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I am trying to trace my great grandmother (Mary Jane Clarke) who was born in Ballintra, Ireland on the 6th October 1866.  She came to New Zealand in approx. 1882.    She married on 25 October 1887 to Douglas Taylor in Kaikoura, New Zealand.  According to the marriage certificate her parents were Mary Ann Clarke (and that was her maiden name as well) and Thomas Clarke who was a Blacksmith.  I do not know of any siblings or anything else about her except she was a Domestic.  She died at Parikawa on the 2nd February 1918 and was buried in Kaikoura on the 4th February 1918 at the age of 52years.  Any information on her parents and or relatives in Ireland I would be very grateful to hear.

Thank you, Barbara Forsyth, New Zealand

bjforsyth

Thursday 9th Jan 2014, 06:53AM

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  • Barbara,

    There are several places in Ireland called Ballintra. There are two in Co Donegal and one in Co Monaghan.

    I could not find a birth for Mary Jane Clarke in 1866 in the civil indexes, anywhere in Ireland, but I did find one in 1864, registered in Ballyshannon civil registrtaion district (which includes one of the two Ballintras in Co Donegal). 1864 Volume 17, page 2.

    I looked for a marriage between Thomas Clarke and Mary Ann Clark and didn?t see one. I did see one between Thomas Clark and Mary Ann Wark, registered in Ballyshannnon 1860 Vol 2, page 341. I wonder if that might be it? Probably best getting the birth cert first to see what information that contains.

    You can order a photocopy from GRO Roscommon for ?4 per certificate. Put the place, year, quarter (where there is one), volume & page number on the application form (anywhere). Don?t worry about leaving some boxes blank. You don?t need to fill them all in if you have the reference details. http://www.groireland.ie/ You have to post or fax the form to them but they will e-mail the copy certificate to you if you wish. Tick the relevant box on the form.

    I noticed this Clarke family in the 1901 census (who were Church of Ireland) in the Ballintra near Ballyshannon area:

    http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Ballintra/Ball…

     

    Elwyn

    Ahoghill Antrim

    Thursday 9th Jan 2014, 10:30AM

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