Take 2:
Easy genealogy mistake to avoid.
If your great-grandmother was Mary Murphy, nee McCabe, the "spinster" Mary Murphy arriving on a ship is not likely her, even if the age and place of birth match.
You're looking for a single Mary McCabe, or a married Mary Murphy.
Easy genealogy mistake to avoid.
If your great-grandmother was Mary Murphy, nee McCabe, the "spinster" Mary Murphy arriving on a ship is not likely her, even if the age and place of birth match.
You're looking for a single Mary McCabe, or a married Mary Murphy.
Also, if Mary Murphy began having her children in Ireland in the 1850s, the single Mary Murphy who arrived in the US in 1860 is *definitely* not her. (Although I'm currently looking at multiple trees on ancestry that have all imported this same mistake for one family.)
Just saw this mistake:
If great-grandma was born in Europe in 1881, and you have her American marriage certificate from 1907 attached, that isn't her arriving single under her maiden name in 1908. Because, well, she was already here.
#protip: Two people can have the same name.
If great-grandma was born in Europe in 1881, and you have her American marriage certificate from 1907 attached, that isn't her arriving single under her maiden name in 1908. Because, well, she was already here.
#protip: Two people can have the same name.
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