Did she marry in Ireland and die there ? Because I have to say that Penelope is not a Byrne name, it just does not fit Ellen does without a doubt but Penelope in 1864 only shows with the Barratt and Broderic family of further south of Ireland So would it be possible that Penelope or Penella became a derivative of the way it was written down and you have now reached a very pretty name of Penella which I think is lovely, I do have an Ellen Byrne born c1864 who married in Ireland But you dont give us enough information to say if she may be your lass or not Cheers Cara I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter