Stuck - Great Grandmother Agnes Christina McCabe Born 1907

[SineadKen]

Hi All

Hit a roadblock doing my family tree.
My grandmother Agnes McCabe born November 1907
Only record I can find is Dublin workhouse with her mother Ellen (Nellie)McCabe. 
Then nothing until her marriage in 1928 to John Kenny.
I think she may have been in an orphanage.
What are my options ? Can I search orphanages .
In 1911 census is a Agnes McCabe age 3 living with James Spence can't find any connection to Spence. 
Appreciate any pointers here

[Dundee]

Hi and Welcome   

Have you looked at the full census record?  Bridget and Agnes were the nieces of James SPENCE.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Mountjoy/Buckingham_St_/17376/

Agnes' marriage tells you that she was the adopted daughter of Bernard ANDERSON.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1928/09084/5286340.pdf

I cannot see a birth registration for her, have you found one?

Debra 

[Dundee]

I can see some family trees which suggest that her birth is the one registered in 1908 in Co. Antrim, however that Agnes is here in 1911 with her family:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Antrim_Urban/Church_Street/292800/

Debra 

[jorose]

What is the date / details of the Dublin workhouse record you have? What information was given there on Ellen/Nellie - married, single, other children, etc...

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1952/04492/4179974.pdf
This must be Bernard Anderson's death - informant is daughter Agnes Kenny. He was 75 in 1952, and a carter (as he was at her marriage).

[hallmark]

C Reg  Marriage results for james Spence from 1904 to 1906

  results   6.

none to a Bridget

[SineadKen]

Gosh thank you for replies.  😀
Yes my grandmother was adopted by Bernard Anderson. She only remembered her teen years with him . No female.
Bernard married Anne Gorman in 1902 ..seems they never had children. Dont know what happened Ann. I can't find death cert. Bernard served with Dublin Fussillers until 1920 .
I've search the Antirm Agnes and its a different family.
My grandmother remembers being in an orphanage .
The work house records are from 1908 with mother Ellen McCabe.
Anyone know how I can search orphanage records?
How would a man Bernard Anderson get to adopt a child of 11 years old.