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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: SineadKen on Friday 23 November 18 23:33 GMT (UK)
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Hi All
Hit a roadblock doing my family tree.
My grandmother Agnes McCabe born November 1907
Only record I can find is Dublin workhouse with her mother Ellen (Nellie)McCabe.
Then nothing until her marriage in 1928 to John Kenny.
I think she may have been in an orphanage.
What are my options ? Can I search orphanages .
In 1911 census is a Agnes McCabe age 3 living with James Spence can't find any connection to Spence.
Appreciate any pointers here
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Hi and Welcome :D
Have you looked at the full census record? Bridget and Agnes were the nieces of James SPENCE.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Mountjoy/Buckingham_St_/17376/
Agnes' marriage tells you that she was the adopted daughter of Bernard ANDERSON.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1928/09084/5286340.pdf
I cannot see a birth registration for her, have you found one?
Debra :)
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I can see some family trees which suggest that her birth is the one registered in 1908 in Co. Antrim, however that Agnes is here in 1911 with her family:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Antrim_Urban/Church_Street/292800/
Debra :)
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What is the date / details of the Dublin workhouse record you have? What information was given there on Ellen/Nellie - married, single, other children, etc...
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1952/04492/4179974.pdf
This must be Bernard Anderson's death - informant is daughter Agnes Kenny. He was 75 in 1952, and a carter (as he was at her marriage).
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C Reg Marriage results for james Spence from 1904 to 1906
results 6.
none to a Bridget
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Gosh thank you for replies. 😀
Yes my grandmother was adopted by Bernard Anderson. She only remembered her teen years with him . No female.
Bernard married Anne Gorman in 1902 ..seems they never had children. Dont know what happened Ann. I can't find death cert. Bernard served with Dublin Fussillers until 1920 .
I've search the Antirm Agnes and its a different family.
My grandmother remembers being in an orphanage .
The work house records are from 1908 with mother Ellen McCabe.
Anyone know how I can search orphanage records?
How would a man Bernard Anderson get to adopt a child of 11 years old.