Looking for my ancestor Catherine Long

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name2fm=dennis&name2l=&namefm=catherine&namel=long&location=cork&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search&sort=date&pageSize=100&type=B&diocese=&parish=¢ury=&decade=&exact=&ddB=&ddM=&ddD=&mmB=&mmM=&mmD=&yyB=&yyM=&yyD=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&keyword=

Has a Catherine in 1837 mother Mary Coghlan.

There is also a Mary in 1831 mother listed as Norry Corriga.

Major headache is that at a time when illiteracy was the norm, spelling of surnames was a bit of a lottery depending on how the person recording interpreted what was said. Also RC records Latinised many names to fit in with the fact everything was recorded in Latin.

 

Bob Graham (County Fermanagh XO)

 

 

 

Catherine Long married Samuel Bown at the Streatham Hotel in Streatham Victoria on 9 Dec 1861.

On her marriage record her parents are listed as Dennis Long (occupation: Miller) and Norah Long (maiden surname Callaghan). Her birthplace is shown as Cork, Ireland and place of residence was Streatham.

Samuel and Catherine had 10 children.

Annie Bown 1862 ?
Robert Joseph BOWN 1864 ? 1928
Catherine BOWN 1866 ?
Mary Ann Bown 1869 ? 1952
Alice BOWN 1871 ? 1941
Elizabeth Bown 1871 ?
Sarah BOWN 1873 ? 1956
Samuel BOWN 1876 ? 1954
Ellen BOWN 1878 ?

On her death record her father is Dennis Long and mother 'Unknown'.

She died on 16 Mar 1912 in Warracknabeal Victoria. Cause of death looks like 'Senile Decay' and 'Heart Failure'. Informant was Samuel Bown, son.

Catherine was my Great Great Grandmother

I have quite a lot of info on the Bown family at http://harperfamilytree.com/

Gary