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26 Fazeley Street c. 1939

Yes, that's the Kathleen I saw, dob doesn't match the 1939 register though.

Sorry to go on about the same point but how have you proven the connection between your Catherine/Kathleen and the Kathleen born in Dublin?
 
No no proof whatsoever other than looking for an older brother James and similar dates of birth.
My Grandma was also Catherine but I think she went under every possible variation of that name at some point (Kate, Katie, Cate, Cath, Kathleen), so it wouldn’t seem odd to me if someone born Kathleen started calling themselves Catherine ‍♀️
 
Agree with regards Kathleen/Catherine.

There is a marriage for a Kathleen Lynskey to a Charles A Baker, Bham 1950.

I think you probably need to see one of her marriage certificates to confirm her father's name.
 
Sorry, it’s me again! Does anyone you know how I can find out a world war 1 soldiers date and place of birth? It’s not on any of the records I can find on ancestry
 
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Difficult to say. Depends on what information you already have.
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Patrick Lynskey, b 1892 Cheshire. Survived WW1 but injured/disabled in some way. There are v few Patrick Lynskeys in the archives, by process of elimination I’m looking at the one who served with the Northumberland Fusiliers but I don’t know how to confirm ‍♀️
 
Not sure but assuming we're still talking about the Patrick Lynskey that married Catherine Kewish (nee Brady) then the newspaper reports of his assault on James Brady suggest he was Irish
 
MWS said:
Difficult to say. Depends on what information you already have.
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Not sure but assuming we're still talking about the Patrick Lynskey that married Catherine Kewish (nee Brady) then the newspaper reports of his assault on James Brady suggest he was Irish
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Yes, His father was Irish but he was born in England, according to marriage certificate.
I’ve been doing a bit of research on Irish immigrants that came over during/after the famine and I think they were so ostracised and segregated that it would’ve been possible to have a thick Irish accent even if born here?
 
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Patrick Lynskey, b 1892 Cheshire. Survived WW1 but injured/disabled in some way. There are v few Patrick Lynskeys in the archives, by process of elimination I’m looking at the one who served with the Northumberland Fusiliers but I don’t know how to confirm ‍♀️
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Are you sure this is the correct Patrick Lynskey? There is one born abt 1891 on the 1939 reg in Northwich Cheshire who doesn't die until 1963 - also in Northwich.
What was his Father's name on the marriage cert?
 
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Was place of birth a requirement for a marriage certificate?

I do think second generation immigrants could still have a strong accent and probably would be described as Irish so I suppose the newspaper report proves nothing.
 
I didn't think place of birth was on certificate but was curious about Father's name as that might rle out the Cheshire one.
Agree about Irish accent - I know quite a few people born in this country who have picked up their Irish born parents' accent.
 
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