Hello List, I'm looking for thoughts about possible relationships between Irish and English Curtis families that used an unusual identical or similar male forename. My questions are: What's the likelihood that these families are related in some way? Was there migration of note by people from Suffolk Co., England, to Dublin city or county? Here's why I ask: I'm researching the Dublin-city family of the patriarch Gardiner Curtis. The oldest documented information I have for him is his death record, registered 1874 in Dublin North. On that record his estimated birth year was 1816.* The patriarch had a son named Gardiner (birth on death record est. 1846)*, and the patriarch had another son Thomas who had a son named Gardiner (born 1874).** I've also collected a bit of information* on a Gardiner Curtis, born in 1797 in Suffolk, England, with parents Richard Curtis and Mary Baker Curtis, and on a Gardiner Curtis christened in 1823 in Suffolk, England, with parents Gardiner Curtis and Anne Curtis. Some other entries for these Suffolk people had the name spelled Gardner rather than Gardiner. * familysearch.com, historical records ** churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie, Dublin St. Mary Pro. Any thoughts? Thanks. PJ, in Texas

Hi PJ I descend from GARDINERs from Woolpit and Stoke Ash in Suffolk However it is a relatively common name The Gardiner CURTIS's you mention appear to be born in Sudbury I found the following on Ancestry Dublin, Ireland, Probate Record and Marriage Licence Index, 1270-1858 about William Smith Curtis Name: William Smith Curtis [Gardiner Curtis] Spouse: Mary Ann Johnson Document Year: 1824 Record Type: Marriage Licence For reasons that are not obvious a Martina ROONEY has entered the Gardiner CURTIS as an alternative for William Smith CURTIS but does not explain why There are other mentions on Ancestry so perhaps you might take a look if you can at some point Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS Only a small point but we would not have Suffolk Co (or County) it would usually be just Suffolk or at most the County of Suffolk but never Suffolk County On 23/11/2012 23:23, pjsalis@hal-pc.org wrote: > Hello List, > > I'm looking for thoughts about possible relationships between Irish and > English Curtis families that used an unusual identical or similar male > forename. > > My questions are: > What's the likelihood that these families are related in some way? > Was there migration of note by people from Suffolk Co., England, to Dublin > city or county? > > Here's why I ask: > > I'm researching the Dublin-city family of the patriarch Gardiner Curtis. > The oldest documented information I have for him is his death record, > registered 1874 in Dublin North. On that record his estimated birth year > was 1816.* The patriarch had a son named Gardiner (birth on death record > est. 1846)*, and the patriarch had another son Thomas who had a son named > Gardiner (born 1874).** > > I've also collected a bit of information* on a Gardiner Curtis, born in > 1797 in Suffolk, England, with parents Richard Curtis and Mary Baker > Curtis, and on a Gardiner Curtis christened in 1823 in Suffolk, England, > with parents Gardiner Curtis and Anne Curtis. Some other entries for > these Suffolk people had the name spelled Gardner rather than Gardiner. > > * familysearch.com, historical records > ** churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie, Dublin St. Mary Pro. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > PJ, in Texas