Marriage record transcrition Groom occcupation

Diana,

Can you either attach a copy of the image or tell us the date and place of the marriage with the couples names, so we can look at the occupation? That way we will be better placed to help.

Elwyn,

I previously responded to Diana's post.

I am looking for a marriage record of James Higgins and Mary Buckley. I have the birth and death records from both of them, as of their children, But I cant find the marriage record, not the civil nor the church one... can I ask you to helpp me?

James Higgins is the youngest brother of my great granfather, he lived at Cloncullen, and appears 1st with mary in the census of 1901 and later with Bridget ( McGrath) in the 1911 Census... 

Thanks in advance and have a great day!

Diana

Diana O'Higgins

Sunday 24th Mar 2024, 02:37AM

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• Diana,

  From RootsIreland (paid subscription)

  Date of Marriage:	09-Nov-1887
  Parish / District:	TUBBER AND ROSEMOUNT			County:	Co. Westmeath
  	Husband			Wife
  Name:	James	Higgins		Mary	Buckley
  Address:	Ballymore			Rosemount
  Denomination:	Roman Catholic			Roman Catholic
  Occupation:	BR			Not Recorded
  Age:	Not Recorded			Not Recorded
  Status:	Bachelor (Previously unmarried)			Spinster (Previously unmarried)
  	Husband's Father			Wife's Father
  Name:	Not Recorded	Higgins		Not Recorded	Buckley
  Address:
  Denomination:
  Occupation:	Not Recorded			Not Recorded
  	Husband's Mother			Wife's Mother
  Name:	Not Recorded	Not Recorded		Not Recorded	Not Recorded
  Address:
  Denomination:
  Occupation:
  	Witness 1			Witness 2
  Name:	Hugh	Maguire		Margaret	Buckley

   

  Regards- Mary

  MaryTV

  Sunday 24th Mar 2024, 10:37AM

•  you so so much, Mary!

   

  Just one more question, and is about the occupation of the groom , it says BR.... what it means?

  Diana O'Higgins

  Sunday 24th Mar 2024, 04:17PM

• Diana,

  Sorry, I don't know. It might have been transcribed incorrectly. He was a farmer when his son James was born and on the 1901/11 censuses.

   

  Regards- Mary

  MaryTV

  Sunday 24th Mar 2024, 11:5

When his wife Mary died in 1907, he was identified as a farmer.

4544649.pdf (irishgenealogy.ie)

Per RootsIreland, he married Brigid McGrath in 1909 but occupation wasn't recorded.

PRIEST FR C CASEY
WITNESS 1 ADDRESS BALLYMAHON
WITNESS 2 ADDRESS BALLINACARGY
A DISPENSATION IN THE IMPEDIMENT OF SPIRITUAL AFFINITY WAS OBTAINED AS
RECORDED IN THE REGISTER.

Elwyn you always do such thorough research. Is the BR a mistake or does it have meaning?

Thank you for helping Diana out- Mary

MaryTV,

BR doesn't mean anything to me (nor I suspect anyone else) It's probably a transcription error. (Much of that transcription work was done by people on a job creation scheme and they didn't always have the skills to get everything right, especially when the priest's handwriting was hard to read. I would really need to see the original to give an opinion on what it really says.)

I am not able to find that marriage in the on-line civil records on genealogy, so can't help with that version. Not every marriage was reported to the civil registrar as was supposed to happen. Possibly this one was overlooked.

The National Library only has copies of the parish records till 1880. Later ones are not on-line. I would contact the parochial office in Ballymore and ask them if they can send you a copy of the original entry in the parish register. See what that says. (Post a copy here if you still need help).

Elwyn,

Thank you.

Regards- Mary

wow! sorry didnt receive a notification of your response! Yes, I was only curious, census says he was a farmer, as everyone in the family, but you never know... and was really hard to find that marriage info, thanks to both of you to take so omuch trouble to find if there is a meaning or just an error... Hoping to find out!

Greetings from Buenos AIres