May/Mary Farrington/Corbett

[dathai]

Poor wee Lionel Ahier died 1901 on census with the Farringtons.

one could easily put 2 and 2 together and get 3

Lionel D'Aguliar  ,Etty Ahier sister in law.

see 1901 census 23 Castle Place (St Annes,Antrim)

[jnoone]

Hi
Regarding the marriage record for Philip Farrington Jan/Mar 1916 Vol 2 Page 648 there is no Mary Davis with the the same reference.
On the same page there is a Mary Daly and a Mary Lloyd.Are you sure you have the correct maiden name of Philips wife?

[jnoone]

Hi
Philips parents marriage -Marriages Dublin South Philip Farrington Oct/Dec 1878 Vol.2 Page 647. Ellen Darcy same reference

[nzsimmons]

Wow wow and WOW, you have managed to find out so much in a few hours and I have struggled for several months and found very little. Thank you all.

William Corbett I found his date of birth alongside his date of which was April 1991 in Newport Wales. It listed his DOB as 15th Jan 1920. Could this date be incorrect as if it was him that married  Kathleen Monahan in 1934  he would have been 14 yrs old! Would this marriage still fit or will it be an incorrect year of birth noted at the time of his death?

I have always believed that there were two children from this marriage Margaret (Peggy) and Jane, which could well have been know as Jean. There was never any mention of a boy from this marriage. I understood that their mother died young and that they were put into care and that William Corbetts second wife Mary Farrington ‘rescued them from care’ and raised them as her own. This was information received from Peggy. I was also told that there were three children from this marriage between William and Mary and that only one child survives and he was born June 1950. I have spoken to him about any more information and he says he can’t remember or it could be he chooses not to divulge the information.

It was common family knowledge that William was a womaniser and he had three wives in total but it is unclear whether he had any children from a third union. I know he lived his late years until his death in Bettws Newport with Margaret and her husband John J Heffernan until his death in 1991. Both Margaret and John are deceased and I have tried to obtain further information from their one remaining child but again he is very reluctant to divulge the information. Due to an issue with another family member trying to commit fraud against his late parents estate. I am unable to find birth dates of either but I believe that Margaret and her sister Jane/Jean were both born in Limerick.

Margaret and John married in Birmingham in 1960 and spent the majority of their married life in Newport. They had three children a girl who died shortly after birth and two boys one of which died in 1999.

As regards to Williams parent I have no further information as I am also unsure of Williams place of Birth it could be Ireland Wales or even the Birmingham area.

As regards to Mary Farrington’s parents yes it is Mary Daly and Phillip Farrington and yes that is the marriage record that I have found. I have been unable to locate any further information on them. I have found 10 of what I believe to be 14 children in total that they have had and I can name most of them as they are deceased. I also have named most of their spouses and found references to marriages. I know most that moved to Birmingham and are buried in Witton Cemetery. All were born in Dublin area and moved to Birmingham or stayed within the Dublin area, mainly around the Finglas area or Tallaght.
My Father has also mentioned a Bernadette but is unsure how she fits into the family is she is a child of Mary and Phillip or a grand child.
My Grandmother Margaret Farrington had a daughter out of wedlock that was raised as her sister I have not been able to locate her birth registration she as far as I am aware is still living. (I have no contact with this section of the family).
Then there was Dereck Holmes who was born June 1949 and died 1961 then there are another male and two daughters from this marriage to a George Holmes (deceased). I know little else about him as the marriage broke down and he moved to the Yorkshire area as we were led to believe. ? If he married again or had any other children. There was another marriage between Margaret Farrington/Holmes and a Christopher Glenny and 2 daughters from this union one died 2010. I have most of this current information and dates

It is very amusing that Phillip Farrington spent time in prison for larceny, drunken disorderly and profane language. It was probably not appropriate at the time and quite shameful but I guess he did what he thought was needed at the time.

I have to go and put all of this information now into my tree and see what else I can find. If there is any other information that you lovely people are willing to continue to search that that would be fantastic. I really appreciate all the help that you have so far given, and would appreciate any further help you are willing to give would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks again
Anna.

[nzsimmons]

Poor wee Lionel Ahier died 1901 on census with the Farringtons.

one could easily put 2 and 2 together and get 3

Lionel D'Aguliar  ,Etty Ahier sister in law.

see 1901 census 23 Castle Place (St Annes,Antrim)

Could you please provide links for me to have a look myself please. Thank you for you time.

[myluck!]

Link to 1901 census mentioned
You can navigate to actual page from here

Link to 1911 census where Ellen is now a widow

I previously mentioned a birth in Dublin of a Jane Corbett with the mother's maiden name as MONAHAN which tied in with the possible first marriage.

Although you stated that Margaret was possibly born in Limerick this is a good match in Naas in 1936 LINK
Mother's name is given as MONOHAN
As you knew the lady would this tie in with her age??

I would suggest that to ensure that you are following the right lines that you obtain:
the marriage cert of William CORBETT and Mary FARRINGTON in 1940
the marriage cert of William CORBETT and Kathleen MONAHAN in 1934
then you can compare the Groom's details to see if they are one in the same

It is possible that William lied about his age for some purpose, often in the 1960s and 1970s as pension ages were introduced some people lied to remain at work!

[myluck!]

Possibilities for the missing children that may be worth following up:

Birth of Laurence CORBETT in 1941
mother shown as BARRINGTON

Death of a Laurence Francis CORBETT in 1943

Death of William Anthony CORBETT in 1943 aged 0
there is no obvious corresponding birth

(Just to note I looked at the deaths of children between 1940 and 1960 and ruled out those where there were corresponding births showing a mother's maiden name that was not Farrington or a near match)

[dathai]

With regard to prison records for Philip Farrington ,let me explain how to read them so that you are not misinformed and attribute offences to the wrong people.
As you can see from the offences he is classed in most instances as ''Other'' other in these cases means next of kin so the offenders name usually appears first and next of kin underneath ,most likely daughter and father.
Where he appears on his own as other if you look at the book numbers at the bottom of the page detailing the offence you will see that they tally with Nellies offence.
Regards Dathai.