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I persevered anyhow, and have encountered a problem with the 4th quarter of 1928. The link for the page with English takes me to the J-s. Backtracking, the link for the page with J-s takes me to the pages with S-s. Bless Ancestry's little heart. We'll just have to hope your people didn't marry in that quarter ...

Sorted it out; the E-s were under C ... but they weren't there.

No Columba English marriage back to the beginning of 1927, so far.

I should also have asked: do you know that they married?

Me, I'm a washout on Irish anything, I'm afraid. For records in England, just can't find any that match up at all, e.g. for the marriage.

Have you tried looking at

http://www.freebmd.org

for anything that matches up with Columba or William?


Bernadette was actually registered as Smith:


Apr-Jun quarter 1931
SMITH Bernadette
mother's birth surname: English
district: Oldham
vol: 8d
page: 1205


So I decided to take pity on you ... and avoid working ... and try to find the Smith-English marriage in the untranscribed images I can view at Ancestry. I did 1930 ... and then I figured I should request more info first.

Did they have any other children? Specifically, any born before Bernadette, i.e. that would indicate an earlier marriage than might be the case if Bernadette had been their first?

Any other info you have that might suggest when they married, pass it on -- if we find their marriage, you can get the marriage certificate which will tell their fathers' names.

Bernadette is my mother and she was born 12th April 1931. On her birth certificate her father is listed as William Smith (Smyth) and mother Columba Smith (English). As far as I know they were both born around the 1900's. William in Crinstown Maynooth Co. Kildare Eire and the only thing about Columba I know is that she was working in London and maybe she could have been born in North or Southern Ireland. Hope you can help me?

An odd coincidence of names:


Name: Bernard Columba Smyth
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1912
Death Registration Month/Year: May 1989
Age at death (estimated): 77
Registration district: Redbridge
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 14
Page: 1332

Need some dates in order to do any looking, Stephanie. Approx dates of birth for the people you mention, approx date of marriage ...

Can anyone help me locate Columba English - she lived in London as a domestic and was either born in London, Northern or Southern Ireland. As far as I know she was married to William Smyth and had a daughter by him called Bernadette. William came from Crinstown Maynooth Co. Kildare Eire.
If you can help my email address is [email protected]. Thank you