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When the Valley was Irish

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  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,793
    edited September 4
    Civil records for marriages started in Ireland in 1845 and it only became a legal requirement to register birth marriage and deaths in 1864 - seven years after Bessie's birth but here is a copy of her baptismal record. Not surprisingly the Boyds were Church of Ireland and she was baptised at St Peter's, Aungier Street, Dublin  on 14th October 1857, having been born on September 24th 1857. The Boyds lived at 9 Holles Street which is now part of the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,732
    TelMc32 said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Brilliant, keep it coming.

    So the Valley is built on a dump for dead rats and other animals. Explains a lot.
    That the rats  were from Rotherhithe sounds about right! Probably wearing flat caps too 🤷🏻‍♂️
    Oh no, don’t tell our own little rat, Danny Mac!
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,793
    Couldn't get it to download so have scanned: what a different start in life she had to the two 'deserted' babies on same page.
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,793
    And finally:
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,564
    KBslittlesis said:
    Cheers @TelMc32 just can’t dig out a birth certificate.
    Not unusual for Ireland though tbf 🙄😂😂
    I know and probably not a surprise as I can’t see anyone has her exact date of birth. Not unusual either for some in those days but perhaps a bit surprising, given her family status, that her date isn’t recorded anywhere.

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