All good points (which I wished I had mentioned) but just to complicate things
a bit further, the name "Mary Margaret" with both names being the person's
Given Name (i.e. the 'first name' is Mary Margaret) is not uncommon.
If the family had one daughter named Mary Margaret and one named Mary Ann. they
may have referred to the one as Margaret and to the other as Ann (or some other
variation). I do have a nephew who is called by the second part of his first
name.
Ed.
On Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 08:42:07 PM EDT, Gordon Wilkinson via
CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote:
In our Family Bible, my great grandmother is recorded as both Margaret and
Margret on the same page but in different places. Margt being an abbreviation
of Margaret/Margret. Literacy was not a strong point in the 19thC. ☹️
Gordon
On 27/09/2024 4:50 am, Dorothy Gaunt via CoTyroneList wrote:
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
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On 27 Sep 2024, at 2:51?AM, edward.lowitz1--- via CoTyroneList
<[email protected]> wrote:
? 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.
On Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 09:54:22 AM EDT, Lizanne Smith via
CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote:
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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