Looking for information on Richard Canavan and Mary Ann Galway

[camster99]

I've recently started tracing my ancestry and have found that two of my ancestors were Richard Canavan and his wife Mary Ann Canavan (maiden name Galway).

I've found that they had a son called Alexander Canavan who was born on the 31st May 1867. His district of birth is recorded as Lurgan. I know that the family later moved to Glasgow, but I am trying to find out more information about where Richard and Mary Ann were born, to go further back with tracing my ancestry.

Any information about them, or how I could take this further would be appreciated. 

[shanreagh]

Here is the link to the birth of the son Alexander Canavan. 
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1867/03489/2282600.pdf
The townland seems to be Ballinary

https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/oneilland-west/tartaraghan/tartaraghan/ballynarry/

[shanreagh]

There was a sister Sarah Jane born 11/3/1871
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5BL-7DQ

Sarah marries Richard Stevenson 22/9/1893

A brother named John 17/4/1874 in Portadown
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRMQ-ZXL

Sister Mary 27/5/1876
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRQM-BXH

Sister Margaret 19/6/1869
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRWM-TTG

Brother Patrick 31/3/1878
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5Y-R5B1

There is also a tree on FS, caution with all trees, referenced here
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/MC2K-7JM

This seems to indicate that Richard may have been baptised in Seagoe Catholic parish in 1845

ETA Mary born 1876 died at age 4 weeks of bronchitis
A Mary Ann Cannavan died aged 10 weeks on 30/10/1884 born 31/7/1884
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02684/1988708.pdf

Birth of Mary Cannavan 29/12/1881
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02798/2026986.pdf
This wee girl died aged 6 days on 4/1/1882

ETA Margaret Cannovan dies aged 13 on 27/2/1882

[Kiltaglassan]

The townland seems to be Ballinary

https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/oneilland-west/tartaraghan/tartaraghan/ballynarry/

As an alternative, maybe it's the townland of Ballynery which is closer to Lurgan.

https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/oneilland-east/montiaghs/montiaghs/ballynery/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5254268#map=12/54.4669/-6.3995

[gaffy]

I suspect that Richard and Mary Ann got married in Scotland, for the 'scotlandspeople' website marriage index shows a marriage registered in Glasgow Central District in 1866 between a 'Richard Kanafin' and a 'Mary Ann Galloway'.  The record is pay to view, but it's pretty well a must-see for you, as the information in it should give you a surer footing for tracing your ancestry a generation further back.

[shanreagh]

I suspect that Richard and Mary Ann got married in Scotland, for the 'scotlandspeople' website marriage index shows a marriage registered in Glasgow Central District in 1866 between a 'Richard Kanafin' and a 'Mary Ann Galloway'.  The record is pay to view, but it's pretty well a must-see for you, as the information in it should give you a surer footing for tracing your ancestry a generation further back.

Yes that is interesting and with subsequent births of the children in Ireland it may be that they were in Scotland first rather than moving there later...well they may have moved later after the births of the children? 

I wonder if Mary Ann Galloway was from Scotland rather than Ireland.

If you have the death certificates could you let us have the ages at death of both Richard and Mary Ann and the place/s they died please.
See below for details of deaths

Here is the FS link to the marriage Kanafin/Galloway 21/7/1866 in Glasgow that Gaffy has found.  If you can get the certificate from SP you will be a bit further forward as Gaffy says
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTY6-3LH

[shanreagh]

Mary Ann Canavan dies aged 53 on 13/1/1903 at Ballyknock
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1903/05665/4595464.pdf

Richard Canavan dies aged 71 on 25/2/1912 at Ballyknock
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1912/05377/4500064.pdf

Ballyknock T/L
https://www.townlands.ie/down/iveagh-lower-upper-half/moira/moira/ballyknock/

Richard on the 1911 census living with his son Patrick
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Moira/Ballyknock/251903/

[Kiltaglassan]

Richard and Mary Anne 1901 census as Canavin
House 41 in Ballyknock (Moira, Down)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Moira/Ballyknock/1243029/

Both born in Co Armagh.

[camster99]

I suspect that Richard and Mary Ann got married in Scotland, for the 'scotlandspeople' website marriage index shows a marriage registered in Glasgow Central District in 1866 between a 'Richard Kanafin' and a 'Mary Ann Galloway'.  The record is pay to view, but it's pretty well a must-see for you, as the information in it should give you a surer footing for tracing your ancestry a generation further back.

Yes, I paid for a copy of this marriage certificate and it gives Richard's age as 22 and Mary Ann age as 20, so born around 1844 and 1846. It gives Richards parents as Alexander Kanafin and Sarah Kanafin (McCann). And Mary Ann's parents as William Galloway and Sarah Galloway (Killow). I'm assuming that Kanafin is a misspelling.

I can see from the birth record of Alexander Canavan, it gives his mothers surname as Galway, rather than Galloway.

Thanks to everyone else for their information. It will take me a while to go through everything.