Teresa Furbey - who was she

[Milliepede]

Looking to find more on this lady - she is around in 1901 age 37 wife of George H with a string of children but I can't find much more on her save a likely death in 1939 Swindon.

Can't find the family in 1891 or Teresa prior to marriage - possible marriage record in Lambeth 1884 her surname is O'Callahan.

In 1881 George is a lodger in Swindon - tin man - so I don't quite know where a marriage in Lambeth comes in.

1901 has

George H Furbey 39 born Bath
Teresa 37 born Bristol
Emily 16
George H 15
Margaret 13
Ernest 11
Winifred 9
Daisy 7
May 3
Nellie 2

All children born Wilts but I don't need anything on those thank you

[groom]

Hi, you say that you don't need anything on the children, do you have any of their birth certificates to confirm Teresa's maiden name?

[groom]

I don't know if this helps with her death:

TERESA FURBEY
Birth    1861
Death 1939 Age   78
Burial 14th March 1939
Place   Swindon; Whitworth Road

Record set   Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index

[Milliepede]

Hi
No I don't have any certificates.  She wasn't a relation.

[groom]

I think that George H Furbey was actually Henry George Furbey (from the last census) and that 1884 marriage date fits!

[groom]

Could this be her in 1871?

Trenchard Street, St Michael, Bristol, Gloucestershire
RG10
Piece number   2533
Folio   55
Page   36

Patrick   O'Callahan   Head         46   Labourer   Ireland   
Mary   O'Callahan         Wife         44              Ireland   
Taressa   O'Callahan   Daughter      10              Gloucestershire

[Milliepede]

That's a good find thank you, I thought there must be an Irish connection with the name.

Will see if her birth is mis spelt as I couldn't find one before.

Reason I am interested in her is from my uncles birth in 1930,  Swindon local studies say she was the head of the household and I don't know why.

Far as the family knew it was Mum, Dad and his 2 older brothers living there.

There is a possibility the houses were renumbered (local studies are investigating) but if Teresa was something to do with the family I'd like to know.

[groom]

I can't see any O'Callahan births around then, perhaps she wasn't registered? Possibly they were Catholic and she was baptised and they thought that was the same.

[groom]

She isn't with parents in 1881, so perhaps she was a servant in London then, as you say strange why they married there. Possibly she was Catholic, he wasn't?

1881.    27 Trenchard Street Bristol

Michael O'Callahan 52. Paper maker. Ireland
Mary O'Callahan.   51.                     Ireland