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Hi Rose

Just to let you know that I've sent off for some certs, will let you know the results next week. thanks for your help.
Catherine

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Ellen M Grainger
Name: Ellen M Grainger
Arrival Date: 30 May 1950
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Place of Origin: Britain
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: British (English)
Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 24
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_7837
Page Number: 150

Unfortunately there's an error viewing the image so I can't find out more.

Rose

Marriages Jun 1926
Donoghue Ellen M Grainger W.Ham 4a 646
Grainger Charles H Donoghue W.Ham 4a 646

So this is the birth you want:

Births Dec 1905
Donoghue Ellen Mary Southwark 1d 10


Rose

You've got him Rose, that was the only other bit of information I had on John, he lived in Torbay area.
thank you very much for your help!
I know Nellie married, they think to someone called Granger, she eventually went to live in Canada where her daughter Pat lived.

That would be the way to go.

John's death?

Name: John Edward Donoghue
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1907
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 1987
Age at death (estimated): 80
Registration district: Torbay
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 21
Page: 2280

Rose

So if I asked for John's birth cert, making sure that Cornelius & Alice are parents, then I could be getting somewhere?

Mother's maiden names are only shown after 1911.

Rose

I've got -
Births Jun 1907
DONOGHUE John Edward Southwark 1d 1

how do i get his mothers maiden name?

Forget the 1908 Ellen. She died:

Births Dec 1905
Donoghue Ellen Mary Southwark 1d 10

Births Mar 1909
DONOGHUE Ellen Southwark 1d 7

The 1909 one is a twin


Rose

Deaths Jun 1905
Donoghue Cornelius W 0 Southwark 1d 15

Rose

It's all on FreeBMD.

Rose

Those births are siblings because the mother's maiden name is Martin.

Rose

How do you find all this information so quickly?

Is this the Nellie?

Births Sep 1908
Donoghue Ellen St. Olave 1d 153

Rose

Probably another:

Births Sep 1904
DONOGHUE Cornelius William St. Olave 1d 173

Rose

No the siblings are wrong, Thomas had a sister 'Nellie' and a brother John. Nellie was the eldest.

Hi Rose

When i got the birth cert I did a check to make sure that the father was Cornelius, so I am probably correct. Just didn't want to go down the wrong path! Have got the marrige of Cornelius & Alice in 1904, so will trace this back.

Siblings:

Births Mar 1913
Donoghue Mary A Martin St.Olave 1d 363

Births Sep 1915
Donoghue George C Martin Southwark 1d 14

Rose

I assume these are the parents?

Marriages Jun 1904
Donoghue Cornelius James St.Olave 1d 418
Martin Alice Lydia St. Olave 1d 418

Rose

Was his father Cornelius on his marriage cert and does Thomas' age match? If so, you probably have the correct birth.

Rose