Hello I can fill in some blanks . Joseph Riggs and his wife Mary Gorman were my great great grandparents and as you know had several children including Eliza (Elizabeth?) and Margaret Mary. Francis (Frank) became a solicitor and had a practice in Didsbury Manchester . His sister Annie Mary Ita b 1870 Married my great Grandfather Richard Henry Phillips (Harry) In 1870 in Tullamore . They moved to Lancashire Higher Broughton in Salford , Richard was killed in the Boer war in 1901 leaving Annie with 5 remaining sons to care for (she had 6 but one had died they were Edward (d) , John (Jack), Alan, Francis (Frank), Richard Henry (Harry) And Charles O’Gorman . We think Annie was a midwife . The 1901 census shows her living with her boys but also Her brothers William and Joseph aged 20 and 18 respectively . William was a solicitors clerk suspect he worked for Frank as did Richard Henry , Annie’s husband , until he was recalled to serve . Their youngest son Charlie is my grandad . In the 1911 census Annie’s Mother Mary is shown living with her having been widowed and also another of Annie’s brothers Thomas then 19 and shown as a colliery storekeeper . Our family tree mentions the Irvines and a Walter Irvine , also Lawlers ? I haven’t found any further mention of a sibling called James as yet . Hope this helps fill in a few blanks . It’s lovely to hear of Eliza/ Elizabeth .
