- mary finnegan- micheal gartland

[shanew147]

I see Michael on the census ...  pig iron blast furnace man... fit's with time spent in an industrial location like Dudley. Maybe some training ?


Shane

      English Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[shanew147]

Eldest child Ellen is listed as born in Staffs. ??



S.

[cheryl gartland]

its got to be them 
ive never found where ellen was born, but everything you have found matches, you have found more this morn than i have in 7 yrs lol, you need a medal!

xcx

[shanew147]

the rest of the details from 1901 :

Michael Gartland, 28, place of birth Flimby[?], Cumb.
Mary Gartland, 27, pob. Ireland

children :
 Ellen, 7, Tipton, Staffs.
 John, 5, Maryport, Cumb.
 Mary, 3, Maryport, Cumb.
 James, 2, Maryport, Cumb.
 Joseph, 2 Mon., Workington[?], Cumb.

The references are :  RG13 / Piece 4885 / Folio 175 /Page 23


Shane

      English Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[cheryl gartland]

definately them !!! whoop whoop!
ive never seen that link as was always concentrating on mary and micheal to notice the childrens birthplaces, the dudley marriage definatel fits perfectly now, thank you thank you for helping me shane !!!

did you see any information on who could be marys parents??


ive got the biggest grin on my face here lol

xcx

[shanew147]

no sign of any Finnegan's or people from Ireland on that household. I think the marriage cert is the next step - should give you details of Mary's father...  which in turn narrows down your search for her birth in Co. Dublin. There can sometimes be other clues on marriages, like place of residence, witness that could be a siblings etc



Shane

[shanew147]

It's not a definite match... but the best fit for Mary's birth that I see in extracted records on FamilySearch is probably this one in Skerries - which is about 8km south-east of Balbriggan :

  Name: Mary Finigan
  Birth Date: 20 Jun 1876
  Birthplace:  Skerries, Co. Dublin
  Parents : Hugh Finigan & Catherine Nolan

Once you have Father's name & occupation from Mary's marriage cert you should able to confirm, or rule that out.. at least his name is fairly distinctive and not something like Patrick...

The locations on these extracted records are usually a sub-district rather than a town or townland, so the place of birth could be close to Balbriggan.


Shane

[cheryl gartland]

ive found a hugh finigan married to cathrine living in barrow in furness? the spelling of finnegan was wrong tho,

hugh and cathrine comes up a lot tho

xcx

[shanew147]

if that turns out to be the correct family - then two sisters for Mary... might be worth looking out for them in English census returns ..

  Jane Finagan, 18 Sep 1872
  Louisa Finigan, 29 Apr 1874
  
father is listed on some of the records as Hubert


Shane