Joy - I looked in the microfilmed death Indexes for McGRATTENs and did find a 'Nancy' that could be nicknamed 'Nea'. There was also an Alicia and a Margaret with similar surname spellings. Is this one a possibility ? 1878 Deaths, 2Q, McGRATTIN, Nancy age 81, registered Galway district, volume 4 page 214. Finding a FURSE was much more difficult ! No FURSE surname was located in 1878, I found a FURY, a FORDE, a FORHAN, 3 FOLEYs, a FLOOD a FITZPATRICK, a FENLON, a FEENY and several others all named Timothy [its a rare given name so I checked all the F surnames for Timothys]. None sounded like FURSE and I did check FERRIS specifically and in 1877. So far, none of these was registered in Galway as the district. Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA ------------------------------------- Joy Dean wrote: > These two people were mentioned in a letter written in 1878 to my great-grandmother, from her brother who was in the Connaught Rangers. > > "... poor Nea McGratten is dead and that Tim Furse is married.". > > > Joy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Nancy is usually listed as Ann or Anna in Irish records. Same as Bridget and Delia is the same name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Greenwood" <scotquester@bartnet.net> To: <irl-galway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:52 AM Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Nea McGratten and Tim Furse > Joy - I looked in the microfilmed death Indexes for McGRATTENs and did > find a 'Nancy' that could be nicknamed 'Nea'. There was also an Alicia > and a Margaret with similar surname spellings. Is this one a possibility > ? > > 1878 Deaths, 2Q, McGRATTIN, Nancy age 81, registered Galway district, > volume 4 page 214. > > Finding a FURSE was much more difficult ! No FURSE surname was located > in 1878, I found a FURY, a FORDE, a FORHAN, 3 FOLEYs, a FLOOD a > FITZPATRICK, a FENLON, a FEENY and several others all named Timothy [its > a rare given name so I checked all the F surnames for Timothys]. None > sounded like FURSE and I did check FERRIS specifically and in 1877. So > far, none of these was registered in Galway as the district. > > Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA > ------------------------------------- > > Joy Dean wrote: >> These two people were mentioned in a letter written in 1878 to my >> great-grandmother, from her brother who was in the Connaught Rangers. >> >> "... poor Nea McGratten is dead and that Tim Furse is married.". >> >> >> Joy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >