Aargh! O'Hara help

[KatieC]

I have been searching in vain, throwing good credits away, on Scotland's People, hoping to find my O'Hara.

I can't find him and it's driving me mad (and making my credit card hurt... exchange on GBP to CDN$ really stinks).

Edward O'Hara
Married to Sarah Bashford. 

No birth dates, marriage dates, etc... that's whats driving me insane.  And because of that, I cannot find anything on either of them on Scotland's People. 

My only lead on the two of them is they had a son, Patrick O'Hara (birthplace unknown) born in or around 1806 (his age listed on the death certificate in 1866 was 60, so I would assume he was born around 1806, give or take a year) 

Patrick was married in 1841 in Glasgow/Lanark first to a Catherine Ann O'Neill, then again in 1857 in St Nicholas/Aberdeen to Ann McDonald .  I got the information for Patrick and Catherine's marriage off the Family Search LDS website, however their marriage record is not listed on SP.

Can anyone help me with Edward O'Hara and Sarah Bashford?

Thanks.

[rainbowuk]

Have you found Patrick on the 1851 or 1861 census? If you have, it should tell you where he was born. There is the chance that with the surname o'hara he was from Ireland and could be why you can't find his parents marriage.

Sorry I can't be of more help,

Susan

[Bashford]

i found a sarah o'hara and an edward o'hara are both in the liverpool census of 1851  but unable to look them up ... 

[rainbowuk]

Try asking for a request on the Lancashire look up request board...they are very helpful and respond quickly.
Good luck

[KatieC]

Thanks Rainbow.  I have not been able to find Patrick on the 1851 census.  He should be about 55 years old by that time (given he was born in 1806).  If he was married in 1841, as the LDS site indicates, he would have been 35 then (quite old to be married, no?) and both he and Catherine should show up on the census, but they do not.

At one point the family did come to Scotland, from Ireland, but where in Ireland I do not know.  I only heard through verbal stories, which often get mixed up and twisted around, about this event and nobody could give me a general date or who it was that came to Scotland.

I will try Lancashire again.

Thank you.

[SiennaFlamingo]

I have also been looking for information on Edward O'Hara and Sarah Bashford with limited success.  My information on Patrick is the same with death date discrepancy. Patrick would be my husband's great-great grandfather and Edward yet another great.  If you find anything relevant I would appreciate sharing and I will do the same for you.  Thanks.

[JMStrachan]

Where did Patrick O'Hara die? Are the names you have for his parents taken from his death certificate?

For births and marriages before 1855 in Scotland there is no birth or marriage certificate as civil registration didn't start till then. prior to 1855 you have to reply on Parish Registers, which are notoriously incomplete and inaccurate.

[SiennaFlamingo]

I don't know where Patrick died.  The names are from his death certificate.  Did Patrick have any siblings?  I am really at a dead end for other information.

[sarah]

Hi Sienna,

I am sorry but Katies emails are no longer working.

Regards

Sarah