Blogger Amy Johnson Crow has
challenged us with writing about an Ancestor once a week for the year
2019. She will give us prompts to get us started. This week's
prompt is Challenge.
I think doing genealogy research is a
challenge every day. Just recently I
received an email from a distant cousin asking if I had proof of her great
grandmother’s parents’ names.
Her great grandmother, Elizabeth
McCrudden Mulraney, was a sister to my great grandmother, Mary McCrudden
Mathers.
I had been told by my father’s cousin,
Bunny Morris, that Mary McCrudden and her sisters Catherine, Elizabeth. Teresa
and Ann were born to James McCrudden and Catherine Harvey. Bunny had lived with Mary McCrudden and spoke
to her often about her family in Ireland.
All the sisters came to America. They did have two brothers Thomas and
William who stayed in Ireland.
The challenge I had was finding proof
of the parent’s names, hopefully in a document. I found the proof in the marriage
certificate of Elizabeth McCrudden which indicates her parents are James
McCrudden and Catherine Harvey.
City of New York Return of a Marriage
Full Name of Husband George Mulraney
Place of Residence 337 Washington St., New York
Age Next Birthday 27
Occupation Shoe
Maker
Place of Birth Ireland
Fathers Name George
Mothers Maiden Name Ann Martin
No. of Husband Marriage 1st
Full Name of Wife Lizzie McCrudden
Place of Residence 134 W. 28th St., New York
Age Next Birthday 26
Place of Birth Ireland
Fathers Name James
Mothers Maiden Name Catherine Harvey
No. of Wife Marriage 1st
New York February 5, 1876
Well done!
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