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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Starkey/Heaney conundrum
In Response To: Re: Starkey/Heaney conundrum ()

Sue - thanks for that. The mystery just deepens, because I don't know any of those names! The recent ones anyway - some of the earlier ones are who I found in connection to Sarah Starkey (nee. Heaney) and Jessie.
In discussion with my Mum today, she is wholly convinced that Laura and Winnie were older than my Grandad (James Heaney), and that he was the 'baby' of the family, but then I pointed out that Jessie was only 16 when James was born, so it's highly unlikely that Winnie and Laura were Jessie's daughters or indeed his sisters!
So that begs the question - who were they? Jean has found Laura in a will and she was definitely named as Starkey in that, but there appears to be no trace at all of Winnie, in births, deaths, wills or anywhere! Did Jessie bring up these 2 girls for someone else? Jessie's mum Sarah married a Starkey....
Maggie