Patrick Woods -- Harnessmaker

I also wondered about the Patrick Woods listed two dwellings away from Lawrence Kerrigan in 1870.   [1]

In this census Patrick is a 30-year-old harnessmaker from Ireland, enumerated with 2-year-old Hugh Woods – who kept house (chuckle).  

This is probably a good give-away that someone else really did keep house and was, for whatever reason, not listed by name. 

What’s interesting is that both Lawrence Kerrigan and Patrick Woods appear to be living on Spruce Street (at this time) in Ward 2.  [2] 

But by 1872, it appears they had each moved to Chestnut Street:  “Larey Carrigan” at 21 Chestnut and Patrick Woods at 25 Chestnut.  [3] 

This might indicate some kind of connection between the two -- or perhaps not.

The other interesting thing is that Patrick, Sarah, and “Hewitt” were enumerated in 1880 at 15 Howard Street –where a Michael J. Higgins and wife Mary were also enumerated, but I don’t know if Michael is related to my Higgins or not. I lose him and his wife after 1880, even though this census gives a clue to his wife’s maiden name.  [4]

Notes:

[1] 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Ward 2, p. 74, dwelling 620, family 611, Patrick Woods; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 100.  

[2] “U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” Connecticut, Hartford, 1870, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2015), entry for Patrick Woods, p. 306; citing Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1870, Elihu Geer.  For “Mrs. Eliza Reardon”, see Geer’s Hartford city directory (1870) 242.  

[3] “U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” Connecticut, Hartford, 1872, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2015), entry for Larey Carrigan, p. 43; citing Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1872, Elihu Geer.  For Patrick Woods, see Geer’s Hartford city directory (1872) 139.

[4] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Enumeration District 6, p. 4, dwelling 14, family 31, Patrick Woods; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.  

Kate Corrigan's Maiden Name

I wanted to know the maiden name of Kate Corrigan, the widow of Bernard.  

I found what appears to be the Find a Grave memorial for their daughter Rose.  A copied inscription reads:  “Dau Bernard & Catherine Daly Corrigan.” [1] 

It is unclear whether this inscription is from the headstone or from the Hartford Courant, but it gives me an idea of Kate’s maiden name.  I can’t be sure, though, until I look at the headstone and the obit, and until I find other supporting records.  

“Daly” (derived from Ó Dálaigh) is not what I wanted to find.  I had hoped to find some record that stated Kate’s maiden name was Murphy – but I haven’t.  

The only other person I’ve run across lately with a similar surname (“Daily” --also derived from Ó Dálaigh), is Bridget (Daily) Buckley.  She was likely the mother of “Jeremiah Buckley.”  [2]

Jeremiah had a tea and coffee business with Charles J. Reardon, which likely began in the mid-1880s. [3]

Charles was likely the son of Eliza Reardon – who headed the house where Lawrence Kerrigan was enumerated in 1870. [4]

But the Buckleys were likely natives of County Cork (not Westmeath) – according to a photograph of one headstone – which gives Bridget’s maiden name as “Daily.”  [5]      

Notes:

[1] Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 20 December 2015), memorial page for Rose J. Corrigan, Find a Grave memorial no. 141,020,301. 

[2] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Enumeration District 9, p. 14, dwelling 103, family 118, Jeremiah Buckley; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.  

[3] See, for example, “U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” Connecticut, Hartford, 1897, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2015), entry for Buckley & Reardon, p. 73; citing Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1897, Hartford Printing Company.  

[4] Charles resides at 80 Flower as does Eliza Reardon in the 1891 Hartford city directory.  Charles is listed as 8 years old in the household of Eliza Reardon in 1870.  See “U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” Connecticut, Hartford, 1891, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2015), entry for Charles J. and Eliza Reardon, p. 237; citing Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1891, Hartford Printing Company.  

Also see 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Ward 2, pp. 73-74, dwelling 618, family 609, Eliza Reardon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 100.  

[5] Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 3 December 2015), memorial page for Jeremiah Buckley, Find a Grave memorial no. 130,653,986.  

Peter Woods: Born in County Westmeath

The nieces and nephews of Margaret (Woods) Delaney can likely be found ten years earlier -- in the 1870 U. S. census – under the family number of Peter Woods, 55 years old and born in Ireland.   That would place his birth somewhere around 1815.  [1]

Because these were nieces and nephews, it is likely that Peter was the brother of Margaret (Woods) Delaney, even though he appears to be much older.

Peter likely died in September 1876 and his headstone places his birth in none other than County Westmeath.  [2]

If that is accurate, Margaret (Woods) Delaney may have been born there too.    

So why was “Kate Cargin” [or Catherine Carrigan/Corrigan – also likely from County Westmeath] listed under the same family number as Dennis Delaney and wife Margret in 1880?  [3]

Did Kate have some tie to either Dennis or Margaret and did any of these people have ties to Lawrence Carrigan and/or Mary Murphy – who just happened to marry on the same day as Dennis and Margaret?

Notes:

[1] 1860 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Ward 5, p. 32, dwelling 125, family 270, Peter Woods; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 101.

[2] See “Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999,” Hartford Probate Court, Administration papers, estate file for Peter Woods (1876); digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2015), citing various “Connecticut County, District and Probate courts.” 

Also see Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 18 December 2015), memorial page for Peter Woods, Find a Grave memorial no. 133407176.   The headstone photo is not very clear, but one can see County Westmeath as Peter’s place of nativity. 

[3] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, enumeration district 12, p. 15 [household continued from page 14], dwelling 75, family 158, Kate Cargin household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.

Dennis Delaney and Margaret Woods

My last post mentioned the marriage of Dennis Delaney (age 45) to Margaret Woods (age 25) on 17 October 1870 – on the same day Lawrence Carrigan married Mary Murphy.  Both couples were married by the same priest – who officiated at St. Patrick’s Church in Hartford. [1]   

I found likely candidates for Dennis and Margaret in the 1880 U. S. census, residing with “Kate Cargin" – likely Mrs. Bernard Carrigan/Corrigan listed in city directories] but I needed evidence that this Dennis and “Margret” were the couple who married in 1870.  [2] 

A) Let’s take Dennis first.  A candidate for Dennis pops up in the 1870 U. S. census.  There is no adult female listed at this family number, suggesting Dennis’ availability for the October marriage. The 7-year-old John listed here makes a good candidate for the 17-year-old John listed as Dennis’ son in the 1880 census, ten years later. [3]

 

·         Delaney Dennis, 43, laborer, b. Ireland

·         --Alice, 13, house keeper, b. Connecticut

·         --Delia, 9, b. Connecticut

·         --John, 7, b. Connecticut

B) According to Find a Grave, one Margaret Woods Delaney died 9 August 1896 in Hartford and is buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery (no photograph of headstone). [4]

C) Hartford Probate Court records filed 13 August 1896 state that a Margaret Delaney died 9 August 1896 “possessed of goods and estate remaining to be administered, leaving a [unknown hand-written word], whose name is Dennis Delaney who has since deceased [all hand-written].”  The record goes on to list four individuals (listed below) with the surname “Woods” and their relationships to Margaret.  They all lived in Hartford at the time. [5]

Patrick F. Woods, a nephew

James Woods, a nephew

Mary C. Woods, a niece

Lizzie Woods, a niece

D) All four of Margaret’s nieces and nephews likely appear residing at 49 Front Street (mentioned in my previous post) in the 1880 Census – with their Mother Margret Woods – just three family numbers below Dennis Delaney and wife Margret, who just happen to reside with "Kate Cargin." [6]

E) I have not found Dennis or Margret in the 1900 census. 

So, at this point it appears that the maiden name of “Margret” Delaney in the 1880 census record is indeed Woods, making her a good match for the Margaret Woods who married in 1870, even though her age differs from that record by ten years. 

The question still remains:  Why are Dennis and Margaret Delaney living with Kate Carrigan/Corrigan in 1880? 

Notes:

[1] Hartford (Connecticut) Registrar of Vital Statistics, Town of Hartford marriage Registrations, 1870, p. 241; FHL microfilm 1,313,873.

[2] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, enumeration district 12, pp. 14-15, dwelling 75, family 158, Kate Cargin household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.

[3] 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, ward 5, p. 33, dwelling 129, family 278, Dennis Delaney; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 101.

[4] Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2015), memorial page for Margaret Woods Delaney, Find a Grave memorial no. 148,644,907, citing Hartford Vital Records, Connecticut. 

[5] “Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999,” Hartford Probate Court, petition papers, estate file for Margaret Delaney (1896); digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2015), citing various “Connecticut County, District and Probate courts.”     

[6] 1880 U. S. census, Harford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Enumeration District 12, p. 15, dwelling 76, family 160, Margret Woods; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 December 2015), citing citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.

Lawrence Carrigan: Another Connection to County Westmeath?

The following is either all just coincidence or Lawrence Carrigan has some tie to County Westmeath – although he was likely born in County Waterford.   

While reviewing data I’ve collected on Lawrence Carrigan and his wife Mary (Murphy) Carrigan, something caught my attention.

Another couple had married on the same day by the same priest and were listed just below Lawrence and Mary on the registration page:

Dennis Delaney, age 45 from Ireland, and Margaret Woods, age 25 from Ireland, married 17 October 1870.  [1]

I wondered if Dennis and Margaret were associated with Lawrence and Mary somehow. 

Fast forward 10 years to the 1880 U. S. federal census.

Dennis Delaney (about 45 years old) and wife Margret (about 45) are enumerated at 51 Front Street with a son named John Delaney, listed as 17 years old – which would place his birth somewhere around 1863 – before the marriage mentioned above.  [2]   

Their ages on the census record disagree with the ages on the marriage record, and one wouldn’t expect this particular couple to have a 17-year-old son.  One possibility is that John was born out of a previous relationship.  [3]

But hold these conflicts aside for now because what further caught my attention was who else was enumerated at 51 Front Street in 1880 and at 49 Front Street:

51 Front:  “Cargin Kate”, a white female about 60 years old, born in Ireland, along with two daughters:  Kattie (23) and Roseanan (25).  [4]            

49 Front:  “Woods Margret,” 47 with two daughters and two sons, along with a few boarders including James Woods, 25.  [5]

A quick check of Hartford city directories revealed a “Mrs. Bernard Corrigan” in 1880 listed at 51 Front (suggesting Bernard had died by then) and a Bernard Corrigan from 1875-1879.  [6]    

Now switch back to 1870.  One likely candidate for Bernard pops up in the 1870 census and it is likely that Kate Cargin is the 55-year-old Catherine enumerated with Bernard: 

Carrigan Bernard, 80, laborer, born Westmead Ireland

Carrigan Catherine, 55, keeping house, born Westmead Ireland

Rose Ann, 18, born Westmead Ireland

Catherine, 15, born Westmead Ireland [7]

Notes:

[1] Hartford (Connecticut) Registrar of Vital Statistics, Town of Hartford marriage Registrations, 1870, p. 241; FHL microfilm 1,313,873.

[2] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, enumeration district 12, p. 15 [household continued from page 14], dwelling 75, family 158, Kate Cargin household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 97.

[3] One Dennis Delaney (age 43) is listed in the 1870 census in Ward 5 of Hartford with only three children:   Alice (13), Delia (9), and John (7).  The absence of an adult female suggests their mother may have died.  See 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, p. 33, dwelling 129, family 278, Delaney; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 101.

[4] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford, CT., pop. sch., ED 12, p. 14, dwell. 75, fam. 158, Kate Cargin.     

[5] 1880 U. S. census, Hartford, CT., pop. sch., ED 12, p. 15, dwell. 76, fam. 160, Margret Woods.     

[6] “U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” Connecticut, Hartford, 1880, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), entry for Mrs. Bernard Corrigan, p. 55; citing Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1880, Elihu Geer.  For Bernard Corrigan, see Geer’s Hartford city directories (1875) 54, (1876) 54, (1877) 55, (1878) 55, (1879) 55.  

[7] 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, p. 3, dwelling 3, family 19, Carrigan; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2015), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 101.

Welch 6: Possibilities

There are three other individuals I am tracking whose surnames were Welch/Walsh.  It is unknown whether or not they were relatives of the Welches who were associated with the Higgins family:

• Patrick Welch:  a shoemaker of Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, born about 1840 in Ireland.   He had the same parental information as Edward’s wife Mary (Walsh) Walsh:   Thomas Walsh and Alice Gibbons [1].  His residence had been Abington in Plymouth County when he married Alice Landers of Boston in Boston in 1870 [2]. Abington had supplied the Union Army with footwear during the Civil War, and had been a center for the Abolitionist movement [3].  

• Michael Welch:  a foreman of Boston, born about 1839 in Ireland.  He lived close to James Higgins the roofer and also had parental information similar to Edward Welch [4].

• Thomas Welch:  born about 1848 in Ireland.  He appears to also have had similar parental information as Edward Welch [5].  

Notes:

[1] “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:MM9.1.1/23R1-C1G : accessed 30 March 2014), Patrick Walsh, 1917, p. 188, no. 2.
 
[2] “Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://family search.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4SZ-RPP : accessed 29 March 2014), Patrick Welsh and Alice Landers, 26 November 1870; citing v. 228, p. 184, no. 3305, Boston, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,029.

[3] “Abington, Massachusetts,” Article, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts), Section 1.

[4] “Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NW1S-47M : accessed 30 March 2014), Michael Welch, 23 October 1909; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p. 139, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,989.

[5] “Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NW13-WC4 : accessed 30 March 2014), Thomas Welch, 28 December 1909; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p. 594, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,990.

Welch 5: Parental Information

I wanted to take a deeper look at a few individuals whose surnames were Welch/Walsh (See A Common Denominator), meaning I wanted to compare their parental information, including Mary, the wife of Edward, whose maiden name now appears to be Walsh, and determine whether or not any of them were from County Waterford [1]: 

So far the records I have suggest the following parental information:

• Hannah (Walsh) Higgins:  John and Joanna [2]
• Catharine (Welch) Lonagan:  Michael and Catharine [3]
• Edward Welch:  Thomas and Mary [4]
• Mary (Walsh) Walsh:  Thomas and Alice Gibbons [5]
• Michael Welch:  Unknown and Unknown [6]

No two people in the list above have fathers and mothers with the same given names, and at this point it is unknown for certain whether these parents immigrated to the U. S., although I suspect that at least Edward’s mother did immigrate.

Because Edward’s wife Mary’s maiden name was Walsh, their relationship may suggest a link between their families, although at this point it is premature to say they were cousins. 

And not enough is known about Michael Welch to place him in a time and place other than in Hartford, Hartford, CT in 1870 [7].

I am keeping a “possibility file” for a few other individuals whose surnames were Welch/Walsh, and I will post something about them next time.

Notes:

[1] Mary’s maiden name appears as Walsh on her death record as well as on her marriage record.  For the death record, see "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7N3-7ZR : accessed 28 Mar 2014), Mary Walsh Walsh, 20 Feb 1901; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 519 p. 117, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,735. 

For Mary’s marriage record see "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and

images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWYY-MTP : accessed 31 Mar 2014), Edward Walsh and Mary Walsh, 25 Aug 1867; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v. 201, p. 104, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,026.  

[2] “Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915,” Boston, James Higgins and Hannah Walsh, 22 November 1863; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), citing “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-1911,” New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

[3] See "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4MF-8WS : accessed 24 Mar 2014), Philip Lonagan and Catharine Welch, 28 Nov 1863; citing 107, Boston, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,021.

[4] "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWCR-DVM : accessed 27 Mar 2014), Edmund Welch, 06 Mar 1888; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p90 n2070, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,239.

[5] "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7N3-7ZR : accessed 28 Mar 2014), Mary Walsh Walsh, 20 Feb 1901; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 519 p. 117, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,735. 

[6] Most of the information I have for Michael comes from the 1870 census:  1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, Ward 6, dwelling 989, family 981, line 24, John Higgins household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed again 18 March 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 101.

[7] Ibid.