John Morgan Born c1814, married Bridget Co.Mayo, moved to West midlands

[MandB73]

Hi, I'm looking to find details on my family tree for John Morgan, born Co.Mayo c 1814, married Bridget and moved to Willenhall area, known children to be, Mary, james, catherine, Bridget, Margaret, Thomas and Sarah. I'd love to know more - but I have no access or more information.

Thanks for reading.

Amanda

[crisane]

This looks like them in 1851.  Thomas Pritchard son in law doesn't seem to have a wife, dau of John and Bridget.  John and Bridget moved to Wolverhampton after birth of Bridget c1846 and prior to birth of Margaret 1850.
Merridale Street Wolverhampton
 HO107 Piece 2018 Folio 324 Page 26
John Morgan 37 labourer Mayo
Bridget Morgan   37 wife, Mayo
Mary Morgan   18 dau, Mayo
Thomas Pritchard 22 Son in law, brick layer, Ironbridge Salop
James Morgan   15 son forgeman Mayo
Catherine Morgan 8 dau Mayo
Bridget Morgan   5 dau Mayo
Margaret Morgan 10 months dau Wolverhampton
Michael Morgan   27 Brother Mayo
Mary Welch Morgan 22 lodger Unmarried Mayo
John Morgan 7 months, lodger, Wolverhampton
John Welch 60 widow Tailor Mayo
John Welch 20 single ? Foundry? Mayo

[crisane]

There is this marriage of a Pritchard to a Morgan on FreeBMD. Mary Morgan aged 18 should be down as Mary Pritchard because it says married.
On same page FreeBMD
Marriages Dec 1/4 1850   
Mary    Morgan and Thomas Pritchard       
Wolverhampton vol 17 page 479

[MandB73]

Thank you, I'm hoping to go back further, back into Irish history, and also forward to see if I can connect th locksmiths of T. Morgan and sons Willienhall to any of the children of John and Bridget.

[crisane]

Hi
I forgot to say - Welcome to Rootschat.
Yes I thought you would be wanting to go back and I have been searching on familysearch.org and some free Irish records but haven't come up with anything yet.

I will take a look at some of the children to see where they end up. We already know Mary married Thomas Pritchard.

[MandB73]

Thank you, thats really great. Do you think Welch could be Bridgets nee name, or would the census state them as father-in-law etc?

[crisane]

Googling Thomas Morgan and sons Willenhall + locksmith brought up this, so it looks as if the firm was founded at least 20 years before your Morgans arrived in the town.

T. MORGAN & SONS (lock manufacturers) LTD.
In 1825 Thomas Morgan of Willenhall started production of handmade padlocks under the trade names of Staffordshire Knot and Bulldog Brand.
By the middle of the century Morgan was one of over 300 lock makers in the town as Willenhall became firmly established as the centre of the British lock industry.
Since those early days Morgan have continued to manufacture and supply padlocks to a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.

[MandB73]

Wow - you're amazing at this....I'm glad I found this site. Thank You 

[crisane]

Until you mentioned it I hadn't taken a good look at Mary Welch Morgan's name just saw it as Mary Welch. Duh. Glad you saw it as it adds another possibility to the mix. It does say she is unmarried.
I can feel a headache coming on