Mclean fanny begley donegal

[Colinbegley22]

Anybody got any info on a Fanny McLean from Scotland born in the mid 1860s, she married a William Begley a blacksmith from Donegal, they were living in londonderry/Derry in 1901 and 1911, they were my great grandparents but i have very little information on them.

[MonicaL]

Hi there 

Just adding the 1901 & 1911 census entries here for ref for everyone:

1901 - www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Londonderry_Urban_No__1/Northland_Avenue/1535377/

1911- www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_Urban__1_/Northland_Avenue/601410/

Monica

[MonicaL]

Fanny is showing a birth year closer to 1870-2 from these entries.

On possible census entry for her and family in 1871 here:

John McLean 21 labourer b. Ireland
Sarah McLean 22 b. Ireland
Robert McLean 2 b. Greenock
Fanny McLean 3 Months b. Greenock
Robert Loes 42 lodger
Thona Clawson 20 lodger

Address:21 East Shaw St, Greenock Renfrewshire

Monica

[Colinbegley22]

Wow, that was quick, thank you very much. I thought maybe her family were born in  Scotland too, this takes me back to Ireland again, thank you. Do you have a link to your 1871 census too?

[MonicaL]

Fanny's birth details here https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ7J-PMZ. This is from the Family Search index - you now need to be signed in to view...it is free to have an account on there. You can view the original image of her birth on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk It is pay to view, but costs are reasonable. Her birth cert should include date and place of her parents' marriage.

Monica

[Colinbegley22]

Thank you

[Forfarian]

If you had looked in https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ you would have found their marriage certificate. They were married in the Presbyterian Church, St Johnston, in the parish of ?Taughboyne in County Donegal on 27 October 1890. William Begley was a mechanic, residing at West Russell Street, Glasgow, son of Robert Begley, farmer. Both were of full age. Fanny was residing at Ballybigley, daughter of John McLean, shopkeeper. The witnesses were John McLean and Rebecca Bell, and the marriage was registered in the registration district of Strabane.

I see that in 1901 Fanney (sic) was 29, suggesting that she was born in 1871/1872. There is a birth of a Fanny McLean to John McLean and Sarah Kincaid in Greenock on 8 January 1871.

Noting that in 1901 William and Fanney had a daughter Sarrah F, full name in 1911 Sarah Florence, it looks possible that these might be Fanny's parents.

Robert Begley was born at Shellbrook, district of Ramelton, County Donegal, on 17 November 1890. Father's address given as Great Russell Street, Glasgow.

Sarah Florence Begley was born on 17 November 1895 at Shellbrook, district of Ramelton, County Donegal. The birth was registered by Maggie McLean, aunt, Shellbrook.

William Begley was bon on 2 March 1911 in Londonderry.

In 1901, at Shellfield, Rathmelton, Donegal, were
John Maclean, head, 58, grocer
Sarah Maclean, wife, 50
James Maclean, son, 27, born Glasgow
and Maggie, 25; John, 23; Evelyne, 13; Albert, 12; and Sarah, 10, Maclean
and Jane Kincaid, niece, 4
all except James born in Donegal.

Albert McClean, son of John McClean, Shellbrook, and Sarah Kincaid, was born on 1 July 1888 at Shellbrook, district of Ramelton, registration district Milford, County Donegal.

So your Fanny may have been born in Scotland, but she was actually Irish.

[Colinbegley22]

I had saw that but in your 1871 census it said John was a labourer but on the marriage certificate it said he was a shopkeeper from ballybegley then a grocer in 1901?. That's where my confusion was, i will look into all the details later,  I thank you again for your help. Ill let you know how i get on. Cheers

[Forfarian]

I had saw that but in your 1871 census it said John was a labourer but on the marriage certificate it said he was a shopkeeper from ballybegley then a grocer in 1901?

Is it unusual for someone to be a labourer in his youth, but to enter a trade later?