Hi,
I am looking for the family of Edward/Edmund Whitaker (also spelled with two Ts) and his wife/partner
Margaret Donough/Donohoe/O'Donoghue (every record it's different spelling) and she possibly became McGuiness in later life as in 1876 she is recorded as that name.
Edward/Edmund dies in Lanesboro, Longford on 25 November 1873 although he was born an Englishman. I traced his through his Chelsea Pension Record (he was a Corporal in the Army and a Tailor by occupation) and it is correct. I can't find his burial place -which cemetery?
I have absolutely no information on Margaret other than she was born in 1805 in Ireland, was a tailoress and had the following children:
James- 1825 in Ireland and dies in 1847 in Lancashire, Margaret-1832 in Ireland, Edmund -MY LINEAGE- 1833 in Ireland, John- Baptised 14 October 1836 in Templemore, Tipperary (Church of Ireland), Elizabeth-Baptised 19 April 1839 in Cork (St Patrick's Catholic Church).
They also had John Munn- born 1844 and baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Tunstead, Lancashire on 22 September 1844. He enlists in the army at Longford in 1863 and marries an Irish lass, Mary Ann Pearson in Dublin.
James - Born 16 June 1844 and baptised 24 June 1844 at Holy Trinity Church, Tunstead, Lancashire. He converts to Catholicism on 13 October 1876 at New Ross, Wexford (this is where his mother Margaret is recorded as Mc Guiness and it is 3 years after Edmund's death) and marries Teresa Ellen Byrne on 4 September 1877 there. He is in the police force in Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin. He is later with the tramways in South Dublin. He dies in South Dublin in 1916. I have traced Edward/Edmund Senior from birth to death but no grave/cemetery. Nothing on his wife Margaret other than what is mentioned here. Naming patterns seem to suggest John, Margaret and Elizabeth are her family names as they are not in Edmund's family. I can trace all their sons lives other than James (b. 1825) and Edmund's (b.1833) birthplace in Ireland. The death record for John (b. 1836) in Ireland. I do not have Margaret (middle name Ann?) or Elizabeth's birthplace or details of her life/death in Ireland or England beyond the 1851 UK Census for England and Wales. All the women of the family have proved elusive. I would be very grateful for any help on solving some of these mysteries. Thank you in advance for any responses
