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Gloucestershire / Social standing
« on: Tuesday 22 December 15 22:23 GMT (UK)  »
In 1812, my 5Th great grandparents had their wedding announcement put in the London Gazette.   The marriage took place in Hill.  Until I saw the announcement, I assumed both parties ( Thomas Hignell and Sarah Burroughs ) were working class since he was described as a yeoman or farmer.. Was Mr Hignell a merchant farmer?

Confused in Brooklyn

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Galway / Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« on: Monday 15 December 14 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, Hallmark.  My Regan ancestors, at least the ones I knew ( maternal Grandfather) were staunchly Catholic.  Somewhere in my room, I have a CDV of my Grand Father and Great Grandfather taken on Palm Sunday:  they are both wearing little crosses made of palm leaves on their lapels.

Happy Holidays and back to packing

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Galway / Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« on: Monday 15 December 14 15:59 GMT (UK)  »
If my GG Grandparents were married in an Anglican Church in 1847, was there a legal reason?  At that point in time, did the government recognize the Roman Catholic rite as legally binding?  By 1859, the Regans and Caseys had relocated to Roscommon, and my great grandfather, John C Regan, was baptized in the Roman Catholic church.  At least, given the date of the marriage, I can deduce that my great grandfather was one of the younger children.

Is it reasonable to guess the Regans had enough money to survive the Famine, because my great grandfather did not leave Ireland until 1880-1883.

Speaking of emigration, I'm moving on December 22.  Ora pro nobis

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Galway / St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« on: Friday 31 October 14 03:22 GMT (UK)  »
I just got a monthly subscription to rootsireland, and found my great great grandparents, Michael Regan and Bridget Casey were married in this Parish.  Since I'm an American, I don't have any idea where it is located.

Is there any way to find out if the parish register is on line?  The rootsireland transcription is not complete, and I would like to find out the names of my Great great great grandparents.

Thanks for any help.  John C. Regan, their son, emigrated to Brooklyn, NY about 1883.  He was born in 1859, which would make him one of the younger sons.

Peggy

PS: if the apartment is right, my sister and I may be moving to the block where my great grandparents lived.

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Monmouthshire / Re: Newport Criminal Justice System: 1853-1871
« on: Friday 19 July 13 20:13 BST (UK)  »
I think Sarah Hignell who applied for the license was Mary Elizabeth's Sister, not her Niece.  The younger Sarah Hignell was a prisoner at Usk Gaol in 1871.  You can see her photograph at newportpast.com

Thanks

Hot in Brooklyn, NY

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Monmouthshire / Newport Criminal Justice System: 1853-1871
« on: Friday 19 July 13 19:19 BST (UK)  »
Yesterday, I made a terrible discovery about my Hignell ancestors.  I used the newspaper database in the National Library of Wales, and found my 3rd Great Grandfather, Henry Hignell, was tried in 1853 for beating his wife, almost to the point of death.  The story said Mary Ann Hignell ( only known as Mrs. Hignell in the story) was in poor health ( she had given birth to two daughters in a three year period).  My G3 Grandmother is not in any of the death registers, but is not with the family in the 1861 Wales Census--Henry and his daughters, Mary Jane and Sarah were living with their Aunt, Mary Elizabeth Hignell. 

I wonder if Mr. Hignell murdered his wife?   The odd thing was, I was looking for information about Sarah Hignell when I searched the database.  She must have been traumatized by her childhood because she had two arrests for theft; ( one from her dear old Dad) and was raped in 1870.  No wonder my GG Grandmother, Mary Jane Hignell, moved out of the family home by 1871, married and went to America. 

I would love to find the missing Mother and Daughter.  Any suggestions?  I am sending away for the one death record I found for a Mary Ann Hignell, ( Oxford 1861) but have no idea what happened to Sarah Hignell after her incarceration in 1871.

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Dublin / Re: Legal Question
« on: Thursday 13 June 13 05:13 BST (UK)  »
Well, Thomas was the son of a Yeoman farmer, from Henbury, GLS, so he did fairly well by joining the army.  Yes, his wife married Dennis Beckett, and had rather a sad time in her old age.  Her Stepdaughter tricked her into writing a will that gave everything to her, and nothing to her siblings (two brothers).  The Beckett brothers sued, and won. 

Thanks for the help

Peggy

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Dublin / Legal Question
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 21:37 BST (UK)  »
I have a collateral ancestor, Thomas B. Hignell, who died in Dublin, in late February 1876.  He had married Matilda Bowes in 1860, and she owned real estate in Limerick.  Yet, when Thomas Hignell died, his estate was valued at less than 1,500 pounds.  How did that happen?

Thomas B had worked for a Col. Knox at the Irish Times, and testified at the Sligo Election hearings in 1869/70.  Did his legal bills eat up most of his wife's money, or was she land rich and cash poor?
Since Uncle Thomas was telling a few lies at the hearing, I wonder if he was able to hide money from the tax man?

Can you tell me where to search?

Confused in Brooklyn, NY

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United States of America / Re: Elusive
« on: Monday 20 May 13 21:49 BST (UK)  »
You are all the best. :)  My friend's mother is getting on in years, and regrets that her Mother cut all ties with the Rolston family after her Father died and her Mom remarried.  She really would like to know more about her paternal ancestors and maybe even locate cousins.

Thanks again.

Peggy

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