Manley & Hanrahan Certificates

modified 6 Jan 2016
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This is an informal list of the certificates I have on hand concerning our Cecilia Manley and her family. They are in chronological order.
Thomas and Cecilia could not write. Thus they may not have even known how to spell their own names.
They would have spoken to a scribe but with accents and misspellings the variations can be understood.
What perplexes me most is at Cecilia's death, her son John, gives names at variance with all the others.
And on his death the Manley name returns.
Considering that Thomas may have left behind another family, it's understandable they may have been "covering their tracks".
 Please feel free to correct my handwriting interpretations.


1853 Marriage from Bradford
Thomas Handerkin 27 and Cecily Manley 18
???

Marriage Certificate


Shipping Records from 1860
Lord Raglan, arriving Melbourne 22 August 1860, Captain Roper
(screenshot of microfiche reader)
Raglan

Thomas Hanrahan aged 26
Honora (?? not Cecilia) aged 20
and John, infant (would have been about 4)
again names and dates don't quite match
and there should have been two more younger children, Honora and Thomas


Hanrahan names


1862 : Michael Hanrahan's birth certificate

We see Cecilia's family name as Manly.
Thomas was the informant annotated with "his Mark" indicating he could not write.
Some fibbing with the ages, Thomas was about 50 and Cecilia 25






Honora (Annie) Hanrahan Marriage 1873

Hanrahan Jones Marriage




1877 : Thomas Hanrahan's death certificate
We again see Cecilia as "Manly"





1880 : Cecilia remarries Michael Murray
Cecilia's family name recorded as Manesy ?
Cecilia's age was now 43 years.
The 7 and 7 refer to children living and deceased
Cecilia signed with "her mark" indicating she could not write.

Cecilia Manley 2nd Marriage



1900 : Cecilia (Manley) (Hanrahan) Murray dies
Here her eldest son John Hanrahan reports completely different parent details.
Is the parent's surname Munnely or Minniby or what?






1922 : John Hanrahan's death certificate.
Here we see the Manley spelling.

John Hanrahan



Table outlining inconsistent events recorded above

Event
Thomas'
Recorded Name
Cecilia's
Recorded Name
Date
Thomas' Age
Stated
Tom's Birth
Calculation
Cecilia's Age
Stated
Cecilia's Birth
Calculation
Marriage, Bradford England
Thomas Handerkin
Cecily Manley
1853
27
1826
18
1835
Shipping , Lord Raglan
Thomas Hanrahan
Honora
1860
26
1834
20
1840
Birth, Michael
Thomas Hanrahan
Cecilia Manly
1862
40
1822
31
1831
Marriage, Honora , "Annie"
Thomas Hanrahan
Cecilia Manley
1873




Death, Thomas
Thomas Hanrahan
Cecillia Manly
1877
65
1812


2nd Marriage, Cecilia

Ceclila  Manesy ?
1880


40
1840
Death, Cecilia

Cecilia Minneby ?
1900


69
1831
Death, John
Thomas Hanrahan
Cecilia Manley
1922














So Cecilia was 14-20 years old at marriage, Thomas 26-42 years old....







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