Person:Rebecca Murray (5)

Watchers
  1. William MurrayAbt 1850 -
  2. Dennis MurrayAbt 1856 - 1893
  3. Jane MurrayAbt 1858 - Aft 1920
  4. Susan Murray1859 - 1899
  5. Mary Murray1860 - 1892
  6. Thomas Murray1862 - Aft 1930
  7. Robert Murray1866 -
  8. Rebecca Murray1868 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Rebecca Murray
Gender Female
Birth[2][3] 25 Dec 1868 Moress Townland, Inch Parish, County Donegal, Ireland
Baptism? 3 Jan 1869 Inch, County Donegal, Ireland
Immigration[5] 24 Sep 1874 at New York City aboard steamship Victoria
Other? 8 Jun 1880 roll 1088, ed 43, sheet 22, line 311880 Census
Other[4] Charles Gallagher and Margaret MurrayGodparents
Reference Number? 1251

Baptismal records state the Rebecca's mother was Ann Sheering while the Civil Registration listed her mother has Mary Sheerin. According to the O'Doherty and Inishowen Geneology Center, it was quite common to find listings of the same person using different names.

The baptismal records also show that Thomas Murray and Ann Sheering lived in Moress townland as did her godparents, Charles Gallagher and Margaret Murray.

References
  1. Parish Register for Burt, Inch, and Fahan.
  2. Vital Records Index, British Isles.

    from Civil Registration for Ireland, FHL #101181, 1868-1869, note 213

  3. General Registry Office of Ireland. Irish Civil Registration, Births 1868-1869
    p 213.
  4. Parish Register for Burt, Inch, and Fahan
    p 116.
  5. Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891.