Might be worth buying the birth certificate of another child to see if the mother's maiden name is clearer - could save you hours of work. Have you obtained the marriage certificate of Henry and Ellen? She might have been a widow, or both she and her mother might have been married twice Hilary > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:29:28 +1030 > From: "Pam Hillier" <pamhillier24@virginbroadband.com.au> > Subject: Re: [SRY] KOHOANE/COHOANE - SWEETMAN (Battersea > & Croydon) > To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <B3D39D2DC54341848EB149D78BC48B42@GENHILLIER> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; >     reply-type=original > > Geoff I am with you.....could even be a mistranscription or > a result of > phonetics with an irish accent............ of Cochrane or > Calhoun I suspect. > A lot depends on the literacy of the "giver" of information > for starters. > Followed by the phonestics and listening skills of the > census taker, pastor > etc > And of course finding an Irish person in London (London > census taker) > If I get time between study and housework tomorrow I shall > have a play on > ancestry. > Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > > (Battersea & Croydon) > > > > Can't help directly except to suggest (1) that perhaps > Ellen's Mum had > > remarried; (2) that the surname is less likely to be > the Jewish Kohane etc > > than something Irish like Callaghan, Calhoun etc? > > > > Geoff > > > > Geoffrey Chew > > g.chew@rhul.ac.uk > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com > on behalf of Alison Martyn > > > > Henry Sweetman married Ellen "Kohoane" in 1880 > Brentford > > > > Henry was from Co. Cork, Ireland and Ellen was > evidently born in Brighton > > c.1856 > > > > I have a copy of Daniel's birth certificate (1893 - > 180 Meyrick Rd, > > Battersea) and Ellen's maiden name is given as > COHOANE. > > > > With them in 1901 is...Ellen's mum (age 80 born > Ireland).  It's really > > hard > > to make out her surname but it's certainly not > Cohoane/Kohoane.  She's > > either Mary or May...and then > Crawley/Crawly/Crowley..something like that. > > I've searched for Mary/May's death and can't find it. > > ***************************************