John, Always take the marriage info over death record info. Usually, by the time someone dies, there are few people left who know the correct names of people they never knew or hadn't seen since their own childhoods. Jo-Ann Croft On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:27 PM, John & Yvonne McDonald <[email protected]>wrote: > I hope someone can help me clarify my problem, as I am sure that other > researchers have encountered the same problems. > > > > In February 1882 Thomas Crilly married Catherine Begen and witnessed by > James Graham and Bridget Clark. > > They both gave their address as Peter Street Priv. Ho., Irvine, Dundonald > Ayrshire. > > > > His parents Michael Crilly and Alice Milligan on his marriage extract. > > Thomas Crilly and Helen Milligan on his death extract. > > > > Her parents Thomas Begen and Bridget Clark on her marriage extract. > > John Begen and Bridget S------- on her death extract. > > > > When researching the 1881 Census for Peter Street Priv. Ho. > > > > There is a Bridget Clark married to a Thomas Clark, with a son James Clark. > > I can't find either a Thomas Crilly or Catherine Begen at this address on > this Census. > > > > All the participants were born in Ireland and normally I would think that > the parents name given on the marriage extract is correct, but: > > > > Could it be Bridget Clark the witness, was recorded incorrectly as > Catherine's mother. (my assumption) > > Or is Bridget S------really Catherine's mother and John instead of Thomas > as > her father. > > > > Any assistance or ideas that anyone can give me would be greatly > appreciated, as I continuously keep returning to this dilemma. > > Thank you in advance, > > John, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.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 >