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I've got two brothers of my great grandfather who I believe to be twins, yet I can't find anything to solve this mystery. Michael Joseph Callan has a baptism record on Irish Roots in which he was baptised in the Naas Roman Catholic Church on 29th August 1897 and was supposedly born the day before (the 28th August). However, no GRO index reference can be found of him. He doesn't appear in the 1901 or 1911 censuses. He has a brother, William Joseph Callan who doesn't have a baptism record on Irish Roots, but a GRO index reference can be found for his birth being registered in Naas in the same year and quarter of Michael's baptism. I ordered this birth certificate of William and it says he was born 25th August 1897...only 3 days before Michael???

One theory is that they were twins and Michael died before the census. However, I haven't been able to look for a death record of him.

Another theory is that they are the same person, and their name was actually Michael William Joseph Callan or William Michael Joseph Callan, and the priest didn't record the name of William on the baptism record. Or the priest wrote Michael instead of William on the baptism.

Their parents names were Nicholas Callan and Margaret/Maggie Cross.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Martin

 

Wednesday 5th Feb 2014, 11:56AM

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  • Hi Martin,

     

    Roots Ireland records are transcribed, there are many mistakes, there seems to have been a problem in Civil Registration it has probably been corrected. Twins have the same volume and page number.

     

    You can see from below there was some mess up, educated guess, there was no twin.

     

    Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
    about William Joseph Callan Name: William Joseph Callan
    Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897
    Registration District: Naas
    Birth Country: Ireland
    Volume: 2
    Page: 769
    FHL Film Number: 101066
     

    Name: William Henry Callan 
    Event Type: Birth 
    Event Date: Oct - Dec 1897 
    Event Place: Malta, Ireland 
    Registration Quarter and Year: Oct - Dec 1897 
    Registration District: Malta 
    Age: 
    Birth Year (Estimated): 
    Mother's Maiden Name: 
    Volume Number: 
    Page Number: 2 
    GS Film number: 101066 
    Digital Folder Number: 004193980 
    Image Number: 00642

     

    Brendan

    www.researchireland.com

     

    BrendanJoseph

    Wednesday 5th Feb 2014, 12:42PM

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