Thank you, that is helpful and kind of you to take the trouble to look for them. Joy > From: Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net> > 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>>