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Alexander Doyle - Anne King - Montreal Canada

Alexander Doyle - Anne King - Montreal Canada

Posted: 4 Feb 2012 1:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Doyle, King, Normandin
I have a marriage in Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 17, 1841 for James Doyle and Maria Normandin. The parents of the groom are given as Alexander Doyle and Anne King of county Leinster, Ireland. The occupation of Alexandre Doyle (written in French) was either fournier or formier, blacksmith or cheese maker)

Hoped someone might know of these families. Not sure at this point IF they married in Ireland become coming to Canada or married in Canada.

Re: Alexander Doyle - Anne King - Montreal Canada

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 3:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Ireland was divided into 4 provinces, 1 was Leinster and in that province were Counties. This province had the most counties of all the provinces:
Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois/Queen's, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly/Kings, Westmeath,
Wexford, Wicklow. All of these have parish and marriage records on www.rootsireland.ie
(I assume he was at least 20 in 1841, which makes him born 1820 approx. You can search for a person with just the name and a birth year.

How old was James Doyle when he married?

Doyle is the most common surname in Ireland and James the 2nd. most common forename after
John. Protestant or Catholic?

As there are so many counties you could try and the earliest exisiting record that is now used as a census substitute, will leave it to you to find the possibilities.

www.genealogy.nationalarchives. 1823-1837 (easy to use) look for the name Alexander as it would of been passed along in a family, very English so possibily Protesant even with the name Doyle, there were at lot of Protestants in Leinster, and the south east.

There were Alexander Doyle's in these counties: 3 x Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow & Queens/Laois
King's: Wicklow, Wexford, Queens, and Carlow.

There was no Normandin in the usual records mention above, but a couple of Norman, Normandy and a deNormandie (a Scot) in Ireland.

The names of their children would reflect their parents names, Anne King's father's name should be
their second son's name. Which would help in the Griffith Valuation search.

Re: Alexander Doyle - Anne King - Montreal Canada

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 12:36AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you for taking the time to so thoroughly answer my question. I appreciate all the leads you provided plus the helpful hints about naming.
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