Thomas Costigan , From Wednesbury to New York .

[susyswan]

I am looking for Thomas Costigan . This is what i know about him so far. He was born in Ireland in 1844 to Thomas Costigan b Ireland 1809 and Bridget b Ireland 1811. i have him in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses. He married Alice Stone in West Bromwich in October 1864. She was born in Wednesbury in 1845 she died in Wednesbury in 1886. They lived in Pitts Square Wednesbury.  They had the following children . Thomas b 1865, Eliza b1866 . James b1869, Annie b 1873, Mary 1877,Catherine b1880, and John b1883d 1885. His wife Alice died in July 1886 when a derelict house in which they  were collecting wood to burn on the fire collapsed on them killing Alice and a neighbour instantly . And fracturing the spine of another neighbour. Thomas sailed for New york on the ship Arizona from Liverpool - Queenstown -New York . He arrived in New York on the 8 March 1887 he sailed alone he left his children back in England . What happened to him when he got to America . Where did he go . Any help would be most welcome.

[AMBLY]

Hi there,

The Arizona ship manifest that I can see, lists a Thomas Costigen, Carpenter, Citizen of England, had two pieces of luggage. The Manifest is damaged - his age is not visible.

Your Thomas was a Puddler (1861 & 1871) and a Forge Man (1881).

Are there definite reasons why you'd know the man travelling is your Thomas?

Cheers
AMBLY

[MaureeninNY]

Have you ruled out this death?

FreeBMD

Deaths Jun 1890 
Costigan  Thomas  50  W. Bromwich  6b 457

Age is a little out but there weren't many COSTIGANs in the area.

Maureen

[susyswan]

According to his great grand daughter he went to America .

[heywood]

I have looked with no luck either and Maureen’s find looks very interesting. It seems to fit. It would be worth checking the death certificate.

[susyswan]

I will thank you for your help.

[heywood]

I don’t know anything about this site - you have to pay for records but it seems to show a burial record for Thomas Costigan 1890.
https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?MenuSubmit=home

There may not be much information on the burial record  . It seems to be £2 per record

[MargP]

Hi Sue

Have you checked the marriages for his children to see if he was deceased on them 

[MargP]

I don’t know anything about this site - you have to pay for records but it seems to show a burial record for Thomas Costigan 1890.
https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?MenuSubmit=home

There may not be much information on the burial record  . It seems to be £2 per record

Thomas
Last name
Costigan
Age
50
Birth year
1840
Death year
1890
Death date
25 Apr 1890
Burial year
1890
Burial date
30 Apr 1890
Church
St Michael & the Holy Angels
Parish
West Bromwich
Deanery
Walsall
Diocese
Birmingham
County
Staffordshire
Event type
Burial
Archive
Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives
Archive reference
P304/4/1
Records year range
1858-1890
Record set
England Roman Catholic Parish Burials