Irish Family Search Without any Clues

[imison]

I am looking for Irish relatives but without much luck so far.

BIGLEY

NEWTON

ANDERSON

O'CONNOR

the only connection is that they all married into English families

Thank you

IMISON

[Christopher]

Looked anywhere ?

http://www.failteromhat.com

http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm

[imison]

Well I have found them in England but only in the censuses.

So I know that they originated from Ireland but not a clue whereabouts.  However, one person today suggested that Arthur G Bigley might well have come from Belfast.

I am not very clued-up on how to search for people, and would welcome advice on how to go about the research.

I am most grateful for the help that this board has been - I have found more people in 24 hours here than I had before in 2 years by myself.

Thank you

IMISON

[Christopher]

Have you dates for these families ?

[imison]

Arabella IMISON married Arthur G Bigley

They had a son called CECIL Bigley who was 6 at the time of the 1901 census.

I know little more of Arthur Bigley other than the census records IRELAND.

However TANJA found extra information which led her to wonder if he may have come from BELFAST.

TANJA told me of an Arthur Br igley RATHER THAN BIGLEY, however the other particulars chime in as he married ARABELLA who had been born in Runcorn and it was the only Arabella apparently born in Runcorn.  QED?

That being the case Arthur B[r]igley HEAD was 37 and a clerk who was born in Ireland adn his wife was 33 who had been born in Runcorn Cheshire. 
ANNE E HANDLEY was Arthur's STEPGRANDMOTHER who was widowed, aged 80 who ad been born in OLD BROMPTON [KENT?]


JAMES ANDERSON was born in IRELAND according to 1881 census in LICHFIELD where he was living at 3 Militia Stores.  He was a CHELSEA PENSIONER

His rank was Staff Sergt 1st KOS Militia Chelsea Pensioner 11th Regt of Foot 

He was 49, so his approximate year of birth was 1831/1832 I suppose, which makes it impossible for me to check it through the 1837 register doesn't it?

I know that he was married to HANNAH but do not know anything about her other than she was 39 and was born in LICHFIELD.

Their children living in 1881 were Constance Ann aged 12; William James aged 10; George Aaron aged 8; James aged 7; John Henry aged 4; Albert Edward aged 1. 

They apparently had some more children too, but their first child, a girl, had died.  I think their may have been 8 or 9 sons altogether?

Constance Ann was born in Cape Colony/ Cape of Good Hope Grahams Town but her brothers were born in England.



I am very grateful to TANJA for her help in finding this extra information and I hope it will help you to locate them too.

The NEWTON to whom I refer is WILLIAM TUNSTALL NEWTON and there seems to have been an Irish connection there?

Also I found that one of the Imison/Cunningham family seems to have married an O'CONNOR [from TRIM I believe] Ireland.

Unfortunately that is as far as I can go.

Thank you very much for your help

IMISON

[Mobo]

 

1891 Census
RG12/2831
18 Halton Road
Runcorn
Cheshire

Arthur G B(R)IGLEY/Head/37/Clerk/Belfast, Ireland
Arabella B(R)IGLEY/Wife/33/Runcorn, Cheshire
Anne E HANDLEY/Step Grandparent/80/Living on own means/Old Brompton, Kent
Ellizabeth HELSTON/Servant/18/Halton, Cheshire

I think this kinda proves that Arthur came from Belfast Immison !

 

[Mobo]

 

I cannot find the marriage of Arthur & Arabella anywhere   but have found the birth of:-

Cecil Gore BRIGLEY
in 1894 in Toxteth Park, Lancashire
December Quarter 8b 227


Also found the marriage of

Amelia Thisbe IMISON
and William Tunstall NEWTON
in 1891 in Runcorn, Cheshire
September Quarter 8a 371

 

[imison]

Thank you very much Mobo.  I now need to find out how to get the Belfast details.  Where do I find them please?  Thank you very much.

IMISON

[Mobo]

 

1901 Census
RG133440
35 Ferndale ? Road
Toxteth Park
Liverpool
Lancashire

Arthur G BIGLEY/Head/47/Clerk/Ireland
Arabella BIGLEY/Wife/43/Runcorn, Ches
Cecil G BIGLEY/Son/6/Liverpool, Lancs
Amelia T NEWTON/Sis-in-law/Wid/35/Living on own means/Runcorn, Ches.
Eric NEWTON/Nephew/8/Peover, Ches.
Maud TOMLINSON/Servant/18/Runcorn, Ches