Hello Paul,
We are second cousins, then, as my father, Pat, and your mother, Colette were first cousins. Thank you for replying! Tony Corbett is indeed my uncle and he lives in Co. Tipperary now.
It's a shame that Katie and Matthew died quite young, do you know what from? My Nanny, Margaret Corbett (nee Carrigy), was 81 when she died in London. I see from the 1901 census that Katie would only have been 17 and Matthew only 19 when they went to NYC.
I note from the 1911 census that my Nanny Margaret was not at home in Faughalstown even though she was only 16. I wonder where she had gone to, perhaps she had already gone to London by then, but that is so young!
Do you have any record of Peter Carrigy's, their father's, siblings? This Margaret must have been a sister of his, do you think? Or perhaps she was married to one of his brothers. I'll ask my cousin, Lorraine, to ask Uncle Tony if he knows anything about the ancestors who went to NYC.
I believe that it was often women travelling alone or with children who were detained until they knew someone would look after them.
I will keep searching about the Margaret Carrigy in NYC.
Many thanks for replying,
Ann.
