Kia ora from New Zealand. I’m trying to locate either a birth registration or baptism record for my 2x great-grandfather Michael Joseph Gannon, born c.1854, possibly in Richmond, Yorkshire (cannot find him on GRO).
Michael Joseph’s parents were both Irish, Catholic and married and lived in England. His Mother was Julia Rogan. His father Patrick Gannon was a land surveyor, who worked with the ‘Ordnance Department of England’, so the family travelled around a lot and Patrick and Julia’s children were born in many different parts of England. The records I have so far for Patrick and Julia’s children are as follows (not all of them are listed on GRO):
1843: Catherine Mary Gannon; South Hampton
1846: Bridget Maria Gannon; Clerkenwell, London (GRO 1846, J Quarter in St James Clerkenwell, Vol 03, p85)
1847: Julia Ann Gannon; Essex, England (GRO 1847, D Quarter in Rochford Union, Vol 12, p176)
1851: Mary Jane Gannon; Derby, Derbyshire
1851 Census, Borough of Derby: Patrick (30), Julia (30), Kate ( 8 ), Bridget (5), Anne (3)
c.1854: Michael Joseph Gannon, Richmond, Yorkshire?
1855: John M Gannon; Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (GRO 1855, S Quarter in Great Yarmouth, Vol 04B, p14)
In November 1855, the entire family sailed to Melbourne on the ship ‘Emma’: (Patrick (35), Julia (36), Kate (12), Bridget (9), Julia Ann (7), Mary Jane (4), Michael (2), John (infant). (VPRS 947/P0 unit 6, shipping manifest for the ship named ‘Emma’, November 1855, Public Record Office Victoria, Australia).
I cannot find a birth registration record for Michael Joseph Gannon, and would love to find an official record. He stated that he was born in Richmond, Yorkshire on a number of documents. He is definitely not the Michael Gannon listed in GRO ‘1854, Liverpool, Qtr J, Vol 08b, p105’, as I ordered this certificate & it has the wrong parents. Is anyone out there able to please help/point me in the right direction?