shannon Lawler

[brenndarcy]

This is my first post.... so be gentle with me !
I am tracing my Shannon roots.
I need to know where in Ireland Patrick & Catherine Shannon came from?

So far I have found that my Gt grandfather Patrick Shannon married to Catherine (nee Lawler or Lauler) came to the UK c 1873 with two very young children Patrick & John - They must have travelled via Scotland as on the 1881, 91 and 1901 census Julia Shannon is listed as born in Scotland c1974 - I cannot find her on Scotlandspeople site - In 1878 when William was born they are in Upholland, Wigan, Lancashire. Father Patrick was a Miner.  My late father Wilfred (known as Pat) brought us all up as Catholic, I remember him saying that his Grandad was from Donegal and was a Shepherd or something similar.

[RonnieG]

Hello and welcome to Rootschat,

Cool Avatar for one so young!

When Wilfred was talking about Grandad was he referrring to Patrick Shannon? from Donegal?

Would it be reasonable to assume that Patrick and Catherine married in Ireland c. 1870?

Patrick, John, Julia and William are all their children and the first two were born in Ireland?

Assuming I have got these facts correct I will have a look to see what I can find

RonnieG

[RonnieG]

I had a look at Griffiths Valuation c.1850 in Donegal to look for where their families might have come from.

There were 24 hits for Shannon but I think that there are less than 20 individuals included.

However there were no hits at all for Lawler or Lawlor or any other variation anywhere in the county.

RonnieG

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat.
This could be one of the family (from IGI on www.familysearch.org):
John Shannon born 28 Mar.1872 Co. Wicklow, Ireland, son of Patrick Shannon & Kate Lawler.

[brenndarcy]

I had a look at Griffiths Valuation c.1850 in Donegal to look for where their families might have come from.

There were 24 hits for Shannon but I think that there are less than 20 individuals included.

However there were no hits at all for Lawler or Lawlor or any other variation anywhere in the county.


Yes I wondered if it was the correct County?

RonnieG

[brenndarcy]

Welcome to Rootschat.
This could be one of the family (from IGI on www.familysearch.org):
John Shannon born 28 Mar.1872 Co. Wicklow, Ireland, son of Patrick Shannon & Kate Lawler.

Looks promising!

[aghadowey]

Checked British Isles Vital Records Index but can't see any other children listed.

[Wendl]

Hi Brenndarcy.....

While searching for Catherine Lawler...you may also want to try surname spellings "Lalor, and Lawlor"....  best wishes in your search

Wendy

[brenndarcy]

Thanks Wendy
I'm finding the Irish bit difficult!
On my Uncle Williams Birth Cert 1878 Wigan, her name was written as Catharine Lauler, as she could not read or write I assume that the spelling was incorrect. On the Census' she is always listed as Catherine
Regards
Brenda