Henry McGowan c.1841 Cork

[familyroutes]

Henry McGowan is in the 1901 in Carrick-on Shannon,Leitrim aged 60. His occupation is listed as carpenter and his birthplace Cork. I haven't been able to find him in Cork and I don't know where in the county he was born.

[aghadowey]

Marriage certificate should list his father's name and occupation but since his wife was born in Sligo it's possible his residence at the time would not be where he was born/his family was living.
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Leitrim/Carrick_on_Shannon/Carrick_on_Shannon_Town/1484644

1911 census says married 40 years so c1871-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Leitrim/Carrick_on_Shannon/Carrick_on_Shannon_Town/652829

[familyroutes]

I can't find his marriage to Mary Anne Clarke.

[ftcorkmdb]

Many McGowans in Ireland, including Cork, went by the name of Smith.  Some officials and clergymen automatically wrote Smith when they heard McGowan.  The same person could appear in records over his or her lifetime as McGowan one time, and Smith the next.

[familyroutes]

Thanks for that suggestion.