Genealogy Chat

On behalf on a colleague I have found a Philip Cronin (great grandfather) on the 1881 census as Philip Cronan born in C. Clare Ireland 25 (slate maker) in a tiny village in Pembrokeshire with his wife born in that village and a seven month old child also born locally. He was R.C. and the proper name was Cronin. I cannot find the marriage or the birth which should have been easy and I cannot find them on the 1901 census so I am wondering if the registrar / enumerator misheard the Irish pronunciation. Are there any Irish researchers out there who know how the sound of his name might have been pronounced?

Fortunately, most of my names are the "easy" ones: Sullivan, Wakefield, Brown, etc. I went to the LDS website and typed Cronon and had these variations: Cronan, Cronin, Crinion, Cronen, and Cronyn. Hope this helps.

Thanks Lisa and for those folks who cannot find their ancestor on a census return here is a salutory lesson. I was looking for a Philip Cronin in the 1901 census ... not a sign of him and I used all the name variants suggested by Lisa above. I eventually found him by searching for Philip ... born Ireland ... with his approximate age. So what happened to hide him from view? Firstly the enumerator listed him as Cronyn and not Cronin and then the person(s) who then translocated his name onto the 1901 index decided his name was COONYN !!!! No wonder we have all got ancestors missing from the census indexes.

try this out then, my grandmother was 8 months old in the 1901 census,name jane Hennessey,searched and searced all variation's,after trial and error typed in Jane london 8 months,there she was jane enercy,so my brother contacted the office and they got back saying they thanked him for the proof of name and rectified it.........NOT.............. she is now known as Jane Humessey. Just cant win lol