Hi Folks just been reading your dilemma, you need to think outside the square - is it possible that he had been adopted - or changed his name when creditors were lurking in the background. Death just another leaf fallen from the tree of life to be collected and returned.to the nursery of knowledge. [LWT]. -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Lambert Tracey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 9 October 2000 10:22 Subject: RE: Name Change >Hello Ros, > >I have absolutely no idea. All I know is that our John Maher was referred to >as both John Maher and John Clark at different times. In the Catholic Church >baptismal records for his children to Anne Jane Toohey McPherson, he has >been recorded as John Maher-Clark. Perhaps the church knew something we have >not been able to find out??? > >Cheers, >Jen > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Jennifer Lambert Tracey >HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY >Archaeological & Heritage Assessment Consultants >PO Box 4265 >KINGSTON ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA >Tel / Fax: (02) 6295 6795 >Mobile Tel: 0419 011 860 >http://www.heritagearchaeology.com.au >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rosalyn Steele [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, 9 October 2000 12:36 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Name Change > > > >Good Morning, >Jennifer wrote >> For many years I have been searching for information about Anne Jane >TOOHEY >> and John MAHER [CLARK]. >> >> >> The reference in the above listings to Anne Jane Toohey as "Annie Clark" >is >> considered incorrect. The name 'Clark' has been used consistently in the >> Catholic Church Records as an alias for John Maher. > >Can you tell me why it was the practise to change the name? > >Ros Steele > > >==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== >To search previous messages to the List, point your browser to - >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=aus-nq > > > >==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== >Search the Rootsweb World Connect Project - an ever growing collection of searchable Gedcoms at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/