Hi all,
I am researching this family who have set me a few problems re marriage and deaths.
John Godsil married Mary Conway?born Limerick where?possibly 1880s marriage
John was described as a Bandmaster on one of his childrens birth certs,Military connection?
1901 Census of 7 Whelans Row[Monasterevan,Kildare
Mary Godsil age 35 born Limerick a widow.
Children
Mary Kate born 1887 Kilkenny
Elizabeth born main st Youghal 1889
Josephine born Cork 1891
Amelia born Youghal 1892
Adeline born Clifden reg dis Galway 1895
William born Thurles Tipperary 1897
Beatrice born Kilkenny 1899
Teresa born Athy 1901 died Dublin South 1902?
John Michael born?appears on Letterfrack school register 1894 son of Bandmaster no other details
The daughter Elizabeth married,Irish Genealogy 1911 says Elizabeth Godrie,Timothy McDonnell and its from this marriage that i could verify the parents but not down as deceased Curragh Kildare.
Between 1901 and 1911 the family must have been in dire circumstances as when i searched 1911 census i found
Adeline at Sisters of Charity Industrial school Friarshill,Roscommon,
Wm Godsil at Sisters of charity Brunswick st .Dublin.
Amelia at Iona Drive Glasnevin a nurse
Elizabeth wrongly transcribed as Godail 72 Charlemont St.
No sign of the other siblings or deaths,their father John must have died 1900 as Teresa born 1901
and no sign of the mother
A further search of marriages revealed a marriage in St Patricks Church,Morristown Butler,Kildare June 23 1909
of a Mary Godsil nee Cooney?a widow to John Foster widower a gardener giving her fathers name as Daniel Cooney.
I have no doubt its the same person but why Cooney not Conway as on birth and marriage of Elizabeth.
1911 census of no 11 Ballysaxhills,Ballysax East,Kildare Shows
John Foster 55 a gardener born Queens
Mary Foster born Limerick
John Foster age 1 born Dublin.
Any advice on how to research the father John if military or the missing siblings would be greatly appreciated.
Regards Dathai.