Curran family documents(with a little bit of background)#1

Here is a list of some documents I have in relation to my family history, census records, marriage certs, birth certs etc. Also I will add some footnotes about what sort of background i know of the situation looking at them.

Martin Curran(B1862) Marriage cert

Just three days earlier, on the 27th april, the summer Olympics had started in London, and the day after the nazi, Oskar Schindler, who was described as 'The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews' was born.

Fairview church is found in the northeastern end of Dublin city, nestling on the banks of the River Tolka. Five years earlier my Grandfather, martin Curran had lost his first wife margaret Gaul, from Knocksquire, County Carlow. He had three surviving children from this marriage. These were Mary(11years) Sarah(9years) and frank(10years), these are the ages they were in 1908. Margaret Doyle, my grandmother had known martin previously, and was a minder of Martins children. At the time martin was living in the family home in richmond avenue, fairview, and Margaret Doyle resided in Russell terrace in Church Road, Eastwall. Margaret lived with

Alfred and Sarah Spellman of Russell Terrace. Alfred(39 at the time), who was born in Australia, was a carriers clerk, and reputedly owned a pub in Henry street in Dublin city. Sarah was the female witness at the wedding, she was 35 years old at the time, and was born in County Wicklow. My aunt kathleen Curran remembers this couple as being close friends of Margaret, her mother. At that time they had been married for 16 years, and had no children.  Kathleen also noted that her brother Alfred(my uncle) was named after this gentleman.

William Flynn, was the male witness at the wedding, he was a barber, and ran his business in fairview strand, where he also lived, He married mary in 1908, begging the question were martin and william married on the same day. William and his wife mary were both 24 years of age at the time.

The priest that married, my grandparents was, Denis Pettit, who was 56 years old and from Granard, County Longford.

There are alot of theories shooting around about the wedding, and many questions to answer, Martin was 45 on his wedding day, and William Flynn was only 24. Would it have been a fact that William was marrying in the church on the same day, and martin got him because he had no male witness? Or were they genuinely friends? Time will tell, as I will checkout William and Marys wedding date.

16 june 2011
Just a small update on this, i did check up on william flynns marriage date and it was the 20/7/1908, so he was not married on the same day. though 26 fairview strand is quite literally opposite the church, and maybe it was the case that martin 'nabbed' him. maybe he knew him, maybe he didn't. we will never know.