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i manged to find my grandmother mary k rowan , anne and uncle john who shared the same name and had hennessey as their mothers maiden name but i will take your advice and get a birth cert...its something I really want to do for my children as i have only my dad here left and he is limited with info ...thanks for your help

Sharon, I think there is a chance of us getting confused now!

Are you saying that Anne was the eldest of your gran's siblings? Or is that just the oldest that you know about?

As I suggested above, I think you need to get your gran's marriage certificate - we'll help you find the record if you're having bother with it.
Have you assumed the mother's maiden name of Hennessy from possible records are is it a known hard fact?

Martin Rowan married Jane Hennessey in 1905 and had the following known children:-

John 1906
Catherine 1908
Henry 1910

James V. 1912
William 1914
Frank 1916
Wilfred 1919
Mary 1923 (but no middle name shown)
Vincent 1925

..............but no Ann unless one of the girls had a middle name Ann which also doesn't show on the record.

mary k rowan was born 1923 anne was born 1924 cant find frank as there is more than 1 and john rowan is younger ...ill get a certificate i think im confusing my self lol

It's always possible that Mary's family decided to add the middle name of Kathleen after the birth was registered.

That happened with my brother (but his middle name isn't Kathleen!).

gosh i thought john was younger, and i was not aware of the other children . i think they were all split up and were sadly put into care so there has never been much spoke about ...thanks guys for your help

Sorry Sharon, but I can't find a Mary K. Rowan born in 1923 anywhere in the country.

The closest I could get was the one I posted earlier who was born in 1921 Warrington with mother's maiden name Lydon. She had a sister called Ann who was born in 1924?

There is also a John born in 1928 and a Vincent born in 1931?

i think il buy a certificate and check this out . Catherine where did you find this info

All available on freebmd.org
As it says it is a free site giving births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to approx.1950's.

sorry guys looks like i have been looking for hennessey instead of lydon , thanks catherine

Sharon,
You really need to buy the marriage certificate of your grandmother. This will give you her father's name and occupation which will help confirm which Rowan marriage is the correct one!

If it's Martin, then you know it's the Hennessey marriage
If it's James, then you know it's the Lydon one.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1323400?page=0