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Edna

Edna Report 31 Dec 2013 15:51

my g grandfather was born hugh deery but 1st wife died remarried and changed his name to adair. any information would help. he was born in nth Ireland about 1850

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Dec 2013 16:22

Hello Edna - this would have been better posted on Find Ancestors rather than General Chat

Ann X

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Dec 2013 16:25

more information needed - name of his first wife would assist

Dermot

Dermot Report 31 Dec 2013 21:37

Deery is a popular N.Ireland surname & Hugh is a regular forename too. Loads listed, including a few in the 1850s.

As Ann hinted, any additional information could possibly help to pin-down your
G-G-father.

Edna

Edna Report 23 Aug 2014 19:03

thank you will try. his wife's name was mary ann beattie

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Aug 2014 19:13

Name: Anne Deery
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1874
Birthplace: Londonderry, Ireland
Father's Name: Hugh Deery
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Beatty
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C70155-9 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 255901 , Reference ID: v 7-1 p 213

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Aug 2014 19:14

Name: Michael Deery
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Straid Learmount, Londonderry, Ireland
Father's Name: Hugh Deery
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Beaty Deery
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01699-6 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 256021 , Reference ID: v 2-1 p 202

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Aug 2014 19:18

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Name: Hugh Adair
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1873
Event Place: Belfast, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: 1873
Registration District: Belfast
Volume Number: 16
Page Number: 440
GS Film number: 101252 , Digital Folder Number: 004179385 , Image Number: 00009

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Aug 2014 19:19

any idea when he died?

Edna

Edna Report 23 Aug 2014 19:24

thank you a big help .hugh and mary ann my grandfathers parents, we are a big family spread all over the world, and deery is a common name as I am finding out

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Aug 2014 20:11

so, do you know when he died? and also do you know the name of his second wife?

Edna

Edna Report 24 Aug 2014 13:16

from what my second cousin has found, it is either mary/ Minnie smith/smyth. we are not sure of spelling