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This marriage record transcription is on the FamilySearch website. Michael McDonough, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950" • FamilySearch.
I can't find out HOW to decipher the reference number given (event place 132-1988) of the original record so that I can try to unearth the correct parish register. There are several Michael McDonoughs of similar ages in that area of Northumberland, so I was hoping to find an image of the marriage showing the names of the witnesses. The transcription just states the marriage was at Blyth. I managed to find a film of the marriage register for Our lady and St Wilfrid RC church Blyth, but I couldn't see that event in the images for 1886.
In 1881 MY Michael was in the parental home in Blyth, but I can't find him after that date. He was born 26 April 1866 & bp 29 April at Our Lady and St Wilfrid, Blyth. 1871 census records place of birth as Earsdon, 1881 as Blyth. It's a long standing conundrum - his father was named Michael McDonough, also a nephew born Blyth 1890. Over the years I've chased up several namesakes with no success. Many spelling variants of the surname and by 1901 his elder brother Thomas was recorded as Donough (no Mc), before morphing into Donnick. Their younger sister, my Granny, was recorded as McDonald when she married
(That was a job to sort out in pre-online records days.)
Thanks for reading
Jay
I can't find out HOW to decipher the reference number given (event place 132-1988) of the original record so that I can try to unearth the correct parish register. There are several Michael McDonoughs of similar ages in that area of Northumberland, so I was hoping to find an image of the marriage showing the names of the witnesses. The transcription just states the marriage was at Blyth. I managed to find a film of the marriage register for Our lady and St Wilfrid RC church Blyth, but I couldn't see that event in the images for 1886.
In 1881 MY Michael was in the parental home in Blyth, but I can't find him after that date. He was born 26 April 1866 & bp 29 April at Our Lady and St Wilfrid, Blyth. 1871 census records place of birth as Earsdon, 1881 as Blyth. It's a long standing conundrum - his father was named Michael McDonough, also a nephew born Blyth 1890. Over the years I've chased up several namesakes with no success. Many spelling variants of the surname and by 1901 his elder brother Thomas was recorded as Donough (no Mc), before morphing into Donnick. Their younger sister, my Granny, was recorded as McDonald when she married
(That was a job to sort out in pre-online records days.)Thanks for reading
Jay
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