My gggrandparents' eldest son (b. in NY about 1850) was Maurice Doyle. Later, after the family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and when he was an adult, he sometimes was recorded (as in some censuses) as Morris. This may be indicative of the pronunciation of Maurice that was common at the time. I have no idea what the 19th century (and later) pronunciation was in Ireland. Where I live in the eastern US it's most likely to be pronounced with the accent on the second syllable, with a long-e vowel sound (at least by those not named Maurice). ________________________________ From: Trish Jensen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, March 20, 2011 6:54:47 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] O'Connors Hi list, Would any one know if there is another spelling for Maurice. I have done well finding my O'Connor's but I have a Maurice O'Connor ]born app 1854 who was my great grandfather and have been unable to find his birth Found his parents marriage 1842 in Castlemaine Parish Thomas Connor and Elizabeth Teahan [Ballyfinnane] not too sure as to her birth place Maurice's siblings were Mary b 30 March 1846 Gortshavogh.,/ Charles Teahan Connor b 16 feb 1849 , Gortshavogh Killentierna Maurice 1854 ,?? Margaret b 13 April 1855 Camp ,Catherine b 26 March 1859 Garran Thomas Connors parents were Timothy [Thaddeus ] Connor and Joanna Keavane or Clifford married in Castlemaine 1816 Children Bridget b 1816 Ballyfinnane , Ellen b 1820 , Thomas b 1822 Ballyfinnane , Mary b June 1826 Knockbrack , Bridget b 1829 Feb in Duagh , Mary b 3 July 1826 Knockback , John b1830 Keellea.could be more Maurice and his sister Catherine{Kate] went to New Zealand app 1878/1880 Maurice married Mary Frances Courtney from Caherciveen in NZ 1881 ,father John , mother Mary Bowler .Nothing more on that family Kate married James Richard Talbot but I think she died a few years after .1883 Trish is very wet Sydney _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html 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. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- 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