Helen would be an anglo attempt at Éibhlín. Mary and Marie are anglo attempts at Máire. Same woman, different languages would be more likely. Le gach dea-ghuí / Best, - Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Hess Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] IRISH-AMERICAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 82 All of these explanations have helped me come to the conclusion that my great-great grandfather probably was married to two women with the last name McAtee. There was one wife named Marie E. and one named Mary Helen. I wondered for years about whether her name was Mary or Marie and why the different middle names. I was able to find one marriage license but not the other and couldn't decide if there was one wife or two because dates I found in various records were very close. So I think he married one sister and then the second sister. Maybe the first one died and then he married the second one. I'm still going to keep searching for the actual birth, marriage, and death records to confirm whether or not there were two wives and have conclusive evidence. [email protected] wrote: Linda Hess - Two of my great-grandparents, both born in Ireland, had middle names. One was ANN JANE and known as ANN. The other one, her husband, was JOHN ROBINSON DAVIS. ROBINSON was his mother's maiden name................Virginia ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message