Michael Henry

[kennyseddon]

Hi, i would appreciate any help if possible, im stiil trying to find my gg grandad;
Michael Henry b 1844 approx
Married 1872 in Liverpool to Rosanna Field/Oreilly
Father Michael Henry- farmer
Mother Bridgit ?
 The above information has been taken from his marriage cert, and basically its all i have of him, he is nowhere to found on the ,81,91 censuses in Liverpool although Rosanna is still listed as married,  until the 1901 census when she is now  a widow

The only other Michael i can find is on the 1871 census;
Michael Henry b 1845
born Sligo
Lodger living in Farnworth (Bolton)
Painters labourer ( the tenuous link is Rosannas brother was a painter}

Is there any way i could find out if this is my Michael in Sligo?
Or at least discount him and start looking elsewhere.

Thanks for any help, and for taking the time to read this (long) post,
Cheers Chris

[Sinann]

If he was RC you could try looking here http://registers.nli.ie/ for his baptism. It will take a while as you don't know which parish.

[hallmark]

ouch 671 Sligo born ones in 1901 Census

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gb5/

[Sinann]

Griffiths Valuation gives about 20 results for Michael Henry in Sligo circa 1850s which could narrow down areas to search but the parish listed in the Valuation is a Civil parish so some work is needed to find which RC parish the townland is in.
No point in going into all that now unless he was RC.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

[hallmark]

23 Michaels in Sligo 1901...  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gb6/

[hallmark]

7 Pension Applications.. only one where father was Michael

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gb7/

[hallmark]

Wills for all Michael Henrys...  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gb8/

these are based on where person DIED

[taramcdsmall]

There was a lot of work done on Michael Henry here :

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=659966.36

They were no closer to finding him though !

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

Have you tried looking for him in prison or hospital in the UK ?

You will need that elusive Mum's maiden name or a townland in Sligo to try and narrow down a search for him here !

Tara