Thomas WRIGHT & Sarah BOAG

[GothicMaiden]

Dear Dave,
Let's hope I get this right.  There is a pun there as the name I'm very interested in is on your list of names ... Wright.  My husband is part Irish and part Scottish but hails from Liverpool.
Currently I'm researching his Irish side: I have various Thomas Wrights and an Alice Brady.  Wonder if I'd be lucky enough to have stumbled on a long lost 19th cousin 5 times removed?
Thomas Wright (my hubby's great grandfather) was allegedly born in Wexford (though I wouldn't rule out Waterford) somewhere between 1859-1863.  He married Sarah Boag/Bogue and they had various children in Monaghan.  I've found them on the 1901 & 1911 Irish censuses.  He was a joiner by trade.
I don't suppose this rings any bells with you?
Regards,
Heather

[aghadowey]

If this is the correct Thomas Wright in 1901 census he was born in Monaghan-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Monaghan/Monaghan_Rural/Dublin_Street/1638505

and again in 1911 listed as born Co. Monaghan-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Monaghan/Monaghan_Urban/Dublin_Street/810927

[hallmark]

Dear Dave,
Let's hope I get this right.  There is a pun there as the name I'm very interested in is on your list of names ... Wright.  My husband is part Irish and part Scottish but hails from Liverpool.
Currently I'm researching his Irish side: I have various Thomas Wrights and an Alice Brady.  Wonder if I'd be lucky enough to have stumbled on a long lost 19th cousin 5 times removed?
Thomas Wright (my hubby's great grandfather) was allegedly born in Wexford (though I wouldn't rule out Waterford) somewhere between 1859-1863.  He married Sarah Boag/Bogue and they had various children in Monaghan.  I've found them on the 1901 & 1911 Irish censuses.  He was a joiner by trade.
I don't suppose this rings any bells with you?
Regards,
Heather

Hi Heather

What religion were they?
 

[GothicMaiden]

I do seem to be getting myself in a muddle.  My husband is adamant that his great grandfather was born in Wexford.  He was R.C. and a joiner.

I'm having headaches with his wife, Sarah Boag, too.  Her name is on Thomas the son's birth certificate but I'm beginning to think her name should be 'Bogue' cos I've found a couple of births for her, about the right time according to her death certificate, in Monaghan: with different mothers.  Mind you, I'm still searching for their marriage.  I was so looking forward to rootsireland.ie putting the marriages for Monaghan on line but I can't find it.

Yes, the Wright families in Monaghan in the 1901 & 1911 censuses would appear to be mine as the children are correct.  Should I be able to take as gospel the birth counties, do you think?  I have seen the birth certificate for the son, (grandfather) Thomas Wright, who was born in Clinto(e), Monaghan in 1887.

I don't think the Thomas Wright that ebt47 has is _this_ Thomas Wright but there are so (too) many of them!  The next generation down is also Thomas Wright.

I think my tree is more simple cos it is all in England.  So far.

Thanks for people's help.  It's great to know there are clearer heads than mine out there.

[aghadowey]

To prevent any more confusion I've split the above posts from the earlier thread-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,430106.30.html

[aghadowey]

My husband is adamant that his great grandfather was born in Wexford.  He was R.C. and a joiner.
Well, both census records (links posted earlier) give Thomas' birthplace as MONAGHAN not Wexford. Perhaps he lived in Wexford at some point, visited relatives there, it was another family member who had Wexford connections or the person(s) who said Wexford were mistaken.

I'm having headaches with his wife, Sarah Boag, too.  Her name is on Thomas the son's birth certificate but I'm beginning to think her name should be 'Bogue' cos I've found a couple of births for her, about the right time according to her death certificate, in Monaghan: with different mothers.
Boag and Bogue are just different variations of the same name so I wouldn't worry about that too much. The marriage certificate is really the key to finding her- should list father's name and occupation (unless illegitimate).

I'm still searching for their marriage.  I was so looking forward to rootsireland.ie putting the marriages for Monaghan on line but I can't find it.
It should be in the civil registration index. When was the first child (or earliest you know of) born?

[hallmark]

Thomas Wright that ebt47 has is not yours as he was C of I. There are dozens of Wrights in Monaghan. Boag/Bogue would just be someone's spelling of the name as they wrote it down on a document.

There are plenty of Bogues in Monaghan too of both religions so another Thomas Wright could have married another Sarah Bogue. You can not take anything on census as gospel esp ages....

Sarah could have returned home to Monaghan for the birth...then back to Wexford???

[GothicMaiden]

I'm beginning to think you must be right, aghadowey.  Having quizzed him again, my husband says it was meant to be the grandfather, not great grandfather, who was born in Wexford.  We know _he_ was born in Clintoe, Monaghan, as we have seen his birth certificate.

The first child of Sarah Boag/Bogue and Thomas Wright was Margret/Maggie born in Monaghan abt 1886, according to the censuses in 1901 & 1911.

I've tried looking for a marriage with either maiden name around 1886, give or take a few years.  Nothing in Monaghan to Thomas Wright.  That's using familysearch.org and rootsireland.ie.  Not much chance of an Irish visit any time soon.

Unfortunately, Sarah died in 1901, just after the census, so she does not appear in 1911.  Therefore there is no mention of number of years married or children alive or dead.