i have the birth cert for catherine isabella cowely born oct1 1876 father thomas cowley mother margaret ann (cowley)i take it the brackets mean its her maiden name they were living at ballagarraghyn ( farmer) if her maiden name was cowley i think i have traced them to the 1881 census and beyond but i can't be sure
my confusion is in the fact they had the same surname

three things are puzzling me
looking at the 1871 & 1861 census there is an eleanor c fargher or faragher who is a niece
in 1861 there is a christian fargher niece in the cowley household at ballakilley are they the same person and i can't workout how she fits in
the other thing is 1891 william cowley on margaret ann cowleys side is married to louisa j cowley there is also a wm o corlett nephew who is still there in 1901 i have checked louisa
j's prior to 1891 and can't find any record of her maiden name do you think that its possible she was also cowley