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Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:37

It is alexander's grand daughter who went to Cheetham parish church to look at births and she found Alex and Bella but she thought she had Edward but says in her message to me that it was very difficult to read the records.

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 22:42

If the record was on a Parish register, it was not a birth.......it was a baptism

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:46

yes Alex was baptised on 16th November 1885, I also have the godparents name.
Bella was in April 1884

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 22:47

Name: Alexander Mckenna
Death Registration Month/Year: 1927
Age at death (estimated): 56
Registration district: Manchester South
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 272
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Name: Alexander Mckenna
Death Registration Month/Year: 1960
Age at death (estimated): 72
Registration district: Manchester
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 269

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 22:49

Ah, success.

Births Jun 1884 (>99%)
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McKenna Bella Manchester 8d 260

NO death on freebmd

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:50

how can I check where those two are buried?

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:51

yes I use ancestry but the confusing information just doesn't match for Edward.

Her death was spelt McKenny in error

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:52

have to admit you are very good at this, I appreciate the help!

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 22:53

Neither of those was born in 1885

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:56

do you know what would be the easiest way to check his birth iscorrect?

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 22:58

I'm wondering if the 1960 one is more likely. I don't think he died young from what family say, plus I've just realised he is in a photo with my mum who was born in 1943

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 22:58

I'm struggling to find anything that will really help you.............

I just can't see any sign of Alexander on ANY census, and Edward and mary (as per 1881) don't appear on later censuses.........

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 23:00

they quite often spelt the name Mc Kenna with a space inbetween, not sure why!

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 23:01

I was told somewhere on researching another side of my family also from manchester that many lancashire records were destroyed or damaged in a fire.

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 23:03

I also keep finding the spelling McKenny which is confusing too.
Found it for Alex and Bella

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 23:05

The Lancs records that were damaged (by water) were parts of the 1851 census..........so they won't be relevant for the time-scale you're looking at just now.

Can't go back there without getting definite info for later years............

Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 23:08

I wish you'd posted all the info you actually had........would have saved me some time

Deaths Sep 1884 (>99%)
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McKenny Bella 0 Manchester 8d 189

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Births Dec 1885 (>99%)
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McKenny Alexander Manchester 8d 261

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Flick

Flick Report 2 Dec 2010 23:10

Sorry...........must log off now.

Goodnight

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 23:11

I did!, but there are so many posts now. A lot of this is from a printed word document she gave me at a family reunion last week and its a nightmare deciphering it.

Any idea how I can get details from a grave as that would have his date of birth on.

To be honest I find the McKenny spelling very odd and wonder if shes grabbed it as it suits the story about Bella.

Ruth

Ruth Report 2 Dec 2010 23:12

ok, thanks for your help though.