----- Original Message ----- From: <Loree333@aol.com> To: <ROSCOMMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 4 September 1999 1:41 Subject: RI Marriages with Roscommon Connections These records were taken from a microfilm of Marriage Returns in Providence RI. There are copies of the license (or intention to marry) of the couple as well as the certificate signed and filed by the clergyman. A relative few include the actual county - most give only 'Ireland' as the birth place. Unlike the normal city record of marriage, however, these do include the maiden names of the mothers. LDS Film #2,027,972. John HANLEY, resident Providence, 27, laborer, born Co. Roscommon, Ireland, of John HANLEY and Margaret ALAIN (?), and Ann CORCORAN, resident Providence, 25, born in Co. Cavan, Ireland, of John CORCORAN and Mary GALLAGHER. First marriage each. Witnesses: James HUNT; Mary CORCORAN. 23 February 1879 Frederick SCHMINKE, resident Providence, 35, as of 19 July 1881, shoemaker, born Prussia, Germany, of Conrad SCHMINKE, policeman, and Catherine MALKMUSS and Bridget FINNERTY, resident Providence, 26, as of 20 January 1882, born, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, of John FINNERTY, farmer, and Mary FALLON. First marriage each. Witnesses: William H. SHAN… [illegible]; Mary FINNERTY. Rev. James Murphy, St. Mary's RC Church, Providence. 9 January 1882. Doesn't give county…but these are common Co. Roscommon names… Patrick SALMON, resident Providence, 32, merchant, b. Ireland of Timothy SALMON and Margaret BYRNE, and Ellen MATTIMOE, resident Providence, 28, b. Ireland, of Bartholomew MATTIMOE and Ann KELLY. First marriage each. Witnesses: John REILLY; Bridget MATTIMOE. Church not recorded. 25 April 1879.