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This is from the 1911 Irish census, ages are transcribed as 59 for the husband and 51 for the wife.  However in the 1901 census the husband is 42 and the wife 51 again.  The 1901 image is very clear, the 1911 not so, looks like it was gone over with the pen rather a lot, as was the husbands occupation, although that is obvious

thanks
Lisa

New here - trying to trace my husbands tree and getting nowhere fast!

Could anyone help me with this family

Michael Meagher/Maher (the surname seems to vary according to records), born either 1868 (according to 1911 census) or 1877 (according to marriage registration)

1911 census gives him with wife Mary (b 1886) and daughter Mary (who was known as Molly) at 20 Springfield, Mullingar

Michael died in 1951 and his wife and children came over to England.  All but one child who is still living died in England

I have their marriage record - they married 30th April 1907 in the Chapel of Taughmon.  Mary's maiden surname was Gray.  Fathers given as John Maher and Michael Gray.

There were several children of this marriage - I think I may be missing a few but these are the ones I do have.

Mary (Molly) b1909 Mullingar, died 1980
Rose b1911 Mullingar, died 1989
Teresa b1916 Mullingar, died 1962
Michael (Mick) b1918, died 1999
Catherine/Kathleen, b1917-1920 (not quite sure!) cannot turn up a death registration for her but know it was in England
Bridget b1922, died 2003
Christopher b1926, died 2004
Annie (another puzzle, still living, have found her marriage in England, the only birth reg that fits in Ireland gives a birth date of 1930.  I suppose technically possibly although her mother would have been 44 - but the birth reg gives MMN as O'Hara, possibly the child of Michael Meaghers brother, mother died in childbirth - just my random musing there.

And then I'm stuck.  I found a birth reg for a Mary Gray in Mullingar for 1886, but a line was drawn though the box for fathers name. She may well have been illegitimate, but then I'm wondering where Michael Gray came from on her marriage record.  I have found Michael M in the 1911 dog licence register.  Cannot turn either John, Michael M or Michael Gray up in roughly the right place in the 1901 census.  I found a possibility for Michael M in England in 1901, but place of birth is just given as Ireland.

Thanks for listening to my random musings.  If anyone could help I would much appreciate it.  I've spent hours trawling through birth records but have no idea which may be the right one.  I imagine I will be buying quite a few photocopies!