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WicklowArklow (Wicklow)

Hi Again,

I'm happily continuing the family search.Roger has been very very helpful.

I'm hoping to get the birth info of John O'Brien and Maria Curran married in 1927. He was a Tailor(24yrs) and she a Spinster((18yrs).

Their residences at the time of their marriage were Chapel Ground Arklow (John) and Rustigah Woodenbridge (Maria). The Currans owned proprty and had servants there. Not much info on the O'Briens.

John's Father was Michael O'Brien(Tailor) and Maria's Father was Matthew Curran(Blacksmith).

This is very exciting as I didn't think I would even get this far. Can someone help or recommend a paying site that is very good. Maybe the one's you use?

cheers Lynda Anderson:))

Lynda Anderson

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Hi Lynda
There are 2 birth/baptism records for John O'Brien & surname variants on www.rootsireland.ie/ (subscription site)
2 matches for the search criteria: O'Brien (plus variants) John 1900-1906
Church Baptism Brien John 1900 Co. Wicklow
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Church Baptism Bryan John 1900 Co. Wicklow
Neither is from Arklow but that was where he lived age 24.
There was no record for Maria
I assume you are aware that the 1911 Irish Census (free at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/) has 9 Currans in Rostygah:
Surname Forename Townland/Street DED County Age Sex
Curran Annie Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 6 F
Curran Thomas Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 1 M
Curran Annie Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 38 F
Curran Matthew Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 49 M
Curran Daniel Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 9 M
Curran Rose Anna Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 3 F
Curran Robert Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 0 M
Curran Matthew Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 8 M
Curran Mary Rostygah Arklow Rural Wicklow 4 F
No O'Briens though.
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Marriage for Matthew Curran to Anne Adams. April quarter 1901. Registration District Rathdrum. Volume 2 Page 838
You can obtain a Photo Copy of this cert for ?4 from www.groireland.ie Regards Frances

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Hi Frances,

thank you very much. This will help to continue the search.
I knew about the Currans in Rostygah and only found out through this site that that is where they lived. Another Irish site didn't decipher it with the correct spelling therefore couldn't find them. It was fairly hard to read on the cert.
I guess the next step is to join a subscription site. Can you recommend a good one for me.

cheers & thank you again. Lynda

Lynda Anderson

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