Bairds Square, Holytown

[JudyR]

Thank you so much for the photo image!

[holytown historical]

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[JudyR]

thank  you....I'll check Holytown FB...

[JudyR]

found the facebook page for Holytown and sent a "join" request.  thanks so much for pointing it out.   jr

[holytown historical]

bairds square

[JudyR]

bairds square

Wonderful photo!   Thanks for sharing!

[Skoosh]

I take it the square is named for the Baird's of Gartsherrie?

Skoosh.

[JasJer]

Hello JasJer here, This is my first post so pardon any mistakes I make.
 I am interested in post arcmorality made with photo of 59    Square Holytown, which was accompanied by photo of McGrogan family at said address.
My great uncle Felix Brannigan, after 6 years in Royal Navy, in 1918 was signing on to British Army, and he used the McGrogan famiily address to forward on his mail. I wonder does anyone know of any McGrogan family connection to Brannigan or White family. His mother Margaret Brannigan White's family came from Holytown Henry White and Ann McGarry were her parents. They had a big family all the boys were coal miners. In his enlistment to Royal Navy in 1913, he said he was a coal miner before enlistment.

[Forfarian]

Welcome to RootsChat, JasJer.

Was Brannigan Margaret's middle name? If so the connection must be on her side.

If not ....

It's always useful to give a date of birth, even if only approximate, when you're asking about someone. Fortunately Felix is a very unusual name in Scotland so he's not going to be too hard to find.

There are three recorded births of Felix B*r*n*g*n in Scotland
1879, Liberton, Midlothian
1896, Glasgow
1900, Glasgow

and two deaths
1873, Haddington, an infant
1925, Dalziel, aged 49
1956, Glasgow, aged 55

There are three in the 1901 census
Glasgow, aged 4, parents Nicholas, born Ireland, and Margaret
Dalziel, aged 24, born Ireland, mother Ann
Gasgow, 9 months, others in household Annie, Bridget, Henry and James

Nicholes Branigan and Margaret White were married in Holytown in 1893.

So it looks as if your Uncle Felix was born in Glasgow in 1896 to Nicholas Bran(n)igan and Margaret White.

However I don't see any record of a death of Nicholas, Margaret or Felix in Scotland, and there is only one death after 1973 of a B*r*n*g*n with mother's maiden surname Whyte. Did they perhaps return to Ireland, or emigrate somewhere? 

There's a birth of a Nicholas Branigan, son of Felix Branigan and Margaret Doran, at ?Maghernahely,  District of Mullaglass, Newry, County Antrim, on 5 February 1867, who looks a likely candidate.

But don't assume - check Nicholas' marriage certificate to see that the parents' names match.