Looking for solid leads on parents of both Dennis Mullins and his wife Ellen (nee House or Howes) from County Cork in the 1800s
Dennis and Ellen were both from Cork - whether it's the city or just the larger county, I'm not sure - and they emigrated to London, marrying in Southwark in September 1835. Annoyingly, before fathers' names were mandatory on certificates. According to the 1851 census, Dennis was born in 1817 and Ellen in 1819. Living with the family were lodgers I assume to be Ellen's brothers, Charles and John House, born in 1834 and 1836 respectively. The census may have a mistake as Ellen's death in 1891 has her as born c. 1816, but I'm unclear on that. I might have Dennis' baptism - 20 July 1817 in Cork City to Jerry (Jeremiah?) Mullins and his wife Mary, maiden name McCarthy. Mary might have died in Surrey in 1844, however this might be a red herring. As for Ellen, Charles and John... nothing. I've tried every variant of House I can think of - it's spelt Howes in other places - but nothing's come up, and it seems impossible to find Charles or John after 1851, to find out if they have marriage certificates. Other than Dennis' baptism and that census that has had me going in circles for YEARS, is there ANYTHING solid about a Mullins or House/Howes/How(e) family in Cork from that time? I'm starting to think this is genuinely impossible.