Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Share #1 Posted June 12, 2016 Can anyone make out this name? It's not Declaim, Decleim, Declain, or Declein...seems it would be odd enough to have a hit on the Rolls but nothing yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted June 12, 2016 should probably post the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 12, 2016 Share #3 Posted June 12, 2016 Is the last name O'Brian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted June 12, 2016 Share #4 Posted June 12, 2016 Is the last name O'Brian? Looks like O'Brien.....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72psb Posted June 12, 2016 Share #5 Posted June 12, 2016 First name, Declain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted June 12, 2016 Share #6 Posted June 12, 2016 Declan O'Brien(?)....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted June 12, 2016 Share #7 Posted June 12, 2016 http://www.babynamesofireland.com/declan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted June 12, 2016 I could find no similar first names on the rolls, no Declan, and O'Brien wasn't exactly an uncommon name...even in the late 1800s...36,992 hits for "O'Brien" on the USMC rolls. Between 1875 and 1900, the only D O'Briens on the rolls are a David and a Daniel...unless he enlisted under another name Looks like a distinct dot of an 'i' in the first name, which is throwing me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 12, 2016 Share #9 Posted June 12, 2016 Decluin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted June 12, 2016 no dice, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted June 12, 2016 Share #11 Posted June 12, 2016 Try "Decleine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted June 12, 2016 Share #12 Posted June 12, 2016 The first name is Declain, IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted June 12, 2016 Share #13 Posted June 12, 2016 I could find no similar first names on the rolls, no Declan, and O'Brien wasn't exactly an uncommon name...even in the late 1800s...36,992 hits for "O'Brien" on the USMC rolls. Between 1875 and 1900, the only D O'Briens on the rolls are a David and a Daniel...unless he enlisted under another name Looks like a distinct dot of an 'i' in the first name, which is throwing me off O'Brien is unquestionably of Irish decent and interestingly enough so is Declan....Is Declain a variation of the same name?....It's possible he is listed under a different first name....How complete are the rosters you are searching?....We can only speculate....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted June 12, 2016 No Declein. Declain stood out to me, as well. It was not uncommon in the era for people to enlist under different names The rosters are known to have gaps, I imagine more so the further back one goes. I have seen 1800s career Marines with only a half dozen entries. Unfortunately this guy might remain a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted June 12, 2016 Share #15 Posted June 12, 2016 I'm not a researcher so............ United States Census, 1880 First Name, Last Name Birth Year Age Census Year State County City/Township Declan O'Brien 1856 24 1880 New York Queens Long Island United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Declan O'Brien Military Service, 1865, age 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted June 12, 2016 Interesting...the first one is possible, since the photo's earliest date would have to be 1875 because of the uniform. The portrait was taken in a New York Studio. Possible he enlisted under a different name, or his rolls are missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 12, 2016 Share #17 Posted June 12, 2016 I did a wild card search of ancestry.com: you type in the first few letters of a name and then follow that with *** - it will show every name that starts with those letters. The closest thing I found was a Civi War sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted June 12, 2016 Three * required? I didn't know that, tried with 1 and didn't get a hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 12, 2016 Share #19 Posted June 12, 2016 Three * required? I didn't know that, tried with 1 and didn't get a hit I use three *'s and i think you need at least 3 letters in front of those. Here's a sample using just the last name entry (and I check "Exact"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share #20 Posted June 12, 2016 thanks...good tool to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #21 Posted June 18, 2016 How about this one? Appears to be Orvin L Burke, however nothing on the rolls. Also not Rurke, Buike, Ruike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted June 18, 2016 Share #22 Posted June 18, 2016 This was a quick search on books.google.com -Orvin L Buche- so....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted June 18, 2016 thought I tried Buche, too...been pouring over rolls, all a blur. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 18, 2016 Share #24 Posted June 18, 2016 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 18, 2016 Share #25 Posted June 18, 2016 Four year man - discharged Feb 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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