Robert Connelly (b.1847) and Catherine Morrow (b.1850)

[Keckers]

Trying to trace my Great Grandparents births. Robert’s father was a farmer named Henry Connelly (b. c1825) who had a farm in Cootehill....or was the name of the farm Cootehill? Henry married Jane Reynolds. Catherine Morrow’s mother was Margaret McGuire and her father John Morrow, a Soap Worker. Family story has it they both ran away to get married in Scotland, Paisley in 1874. Any information would be most appreciated.

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Religion?

[Keckers]

They were married in the Scottish Episcopal Church in Paisley, so perhaps the Church of Ireland.

[chinapaddy]

 Name    Robert Connelly
Spouse's Name    Catherine Morrow
Event Date    09 Jan 1874
Event Place    Abbey Paisley,Renfrew,Scotland

[chinapaddy]

Robert and Catherine had a daughter in Scotland 15 Oct 1876 Eliza Jean.
Eliza Jean married James Ferguson and died 10 May 1920 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[Keckers]

Thanks chinapaddy, I have their marriage certificate from Paisley, but I'm  really looking to find their origins in Ireland, where they were born.

Thanks for Eliza Jane Connelly, she had married a John Rutherford on 21/02/1896 , but the 1901 Census she was a Widow. I knew at least one of Robert and Catherine's children emigrated to Canada but hadn't realised it was Eliza Jane.

"Eliza Jane Connelly born 1874, in Paisley
Eliza Jane Connelly (aged 22) was a Sewing Machinist and married John Rutherford (aged 24) on 21/02/1896 at her home address of 286 Kennedy Street, Townhead, Glasgow.  John Rutherford's occupation was recorded as a Locomotive Stoker living at 107 Kennedy Street, Townhead, Glasgow. Henry Connelly (my Grandfather) is recorded as a witness."


"Eliza Jane and John had a family of three.

Thomas Rutherford (b. 1896)
John Rutherford (b. 1897)
Catherine Rutherford (1901-1902)
 
In the 1901 Census, Eliza Jane Rutherford was recorded as a Widow and living at 292 Kennedy Street, Townhead, Glasgow. There seems to be no record of John Rutherford's death.

Eliza J Rutherford, Head, Widow, age 27, Domestic, born in Paisley
Thomas Rutherford, Son, age 4, born in Glasgow
John Rutherford, Son, age 3, born in Glasgow
Catherine Rutherford, Daughter, age 11 months, born in Glasgow

Catherine Rutherford sadly died aged 2 in 1902."

[chinapaddy]

from familysearch.org
Name:   Eliza Jean Ferguson
Event Type:   Death
Event Date:   10 May 1920
Event Place:   Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender:   Female
Age:   43
Marital Status:   Married
Birth Date:   15 Oct 1876
Birth Year (Estimated):   1877
Birthplace:   , Scotland
Father's Name:   Robert Conelly
Mother's Name:   Catherine Morrow
Spouse's Name:   James Ferguson

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Eliza Jane Connelly (aged 22) was a Sewing Machinist and married John Rutherford (aged 24) on 21/02/1896 at her home address of 286 Kennedy Street, Townhead, Glasgow.  John Rutherford's occupation was recorded as a Locomotive Stoker living at 107 Kennedy Street, Townhead, Glasgow. Henry Connelly (my Grandfather) is recorded as a witness."

 
 

So Henry was in Scotland too??

[Keckers]

...yes    ...but the Henry I'm quoting is my grandfather, son of Robert Connelly and Catherine Morrow...his grandfather was confusingly Henry too, born circa 1825  he was the farmer from Cootehill.