Can anyone please advise how I can find my grandfather, William Driscoll/O’Driscoll and his immediate family, details below, on the 1911 census for Cork in Ireland please? I am using the surname Driscoll but they kept dropping the ‘O’. Any approximate dates are in brackets. So I’m looking for William (age 2), his brother John (age 4) and their mum, Mary, (age 21-24).
I have my grandfather’s birth certificate, his marriages certificates, death certificate and his army records and details from the family headstone.
William Driscoll was born in 1909 in Kilblafer, Inniscarra, Cork. His parents were a William Driscoll (a Tinsmith bc1888) and Mary Driscoll (nee Driscoll bc1887-1890), who married in 1908 in Cloghre, Dripsey, Cork. Mary had another son, John, in 1907, in Cork Union before she married.
Mary Driscoll was the daughter of John and Hanorah Driscoll. According to the headstone, which I am told has date errors, Mary was born around (1887) but according to her marriage it means she’s born around (1890). Even Mary’s age on her death certificate is questionable (she died in1917 of TB). I’m told Mary was a nurse in France during the war but that information hasn’t been confirmed.
Mary’s husband, William Driscoll (bc1888) is on the 1911 census, living with his mother. It states he is married and has one child.
Apart from Mary’s parents and 3 of her 7 brothers, none of the family are on the 1911 census and on the 1901 census not one of the family can be found.
Any help is appreciated please and if you need any further information, please ask.
THANK YOU
