Have you seen the original rather than just a transcript? I always double-check when Margt/Mary occurs as it?s easy to get it wrong. But as your example has a t at the end, i would go with Margaret. And check to see if the clerk abbreviated other names.Dorothy Sent from my iPad On 27 Sep 2024, at 2:51?AM, edward.lowitz1--- via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote:
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Where was the name "Margt" notated? On the passenger list?
If the name was on the passenger list, presumably, it was provided by Conway and he would have known his mother's name. The name on the Death cert was provided by someone other than Conway who might have gotten it wrong.
In either case, there is always the possibility that the shipping clerk or the doctor got it wrong.
As the clerk and the doctor were paid to record info correctly, I'd go with the name on the passenger list until I got the name from other records.
Ed.
My great great grandmother, "Margt" Conway McGarvey was a passenger on the Marchioness of Clydesdale with 2 sons John and Joseph. The ship left Glasgow on Nov 11, 1851 bound for Philadelphia, PA, USA. Other records: 1860- 1900 US census, Death certificate list her as "Mary" McGarvey. Would it be possible that Margt and Mary are the same person? Thank you, Lizanne McGarvey Smith
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