So I searched Bloomfield, Hartford, CT censuses 1860-1880 (see previous post) for Corrigans and found just one family in 1870 whose surname was indexed in Ancestry.com as Carrochan. I will keep a note of this family for now.
I next searched Find a Grave for any Corrigans in Bloomfield cemeteries. One record stood out: a memorial for Ann Corrigan buried at Mt. Saint Benedict Cemetery: birth unknown, death June 1901.
The date reminded me of an obituary I had earlier collected from the Hartford Courant, dated 12 June 1901:
"Mrs. Ann Corrigan died yesterday morning at her home, No. 236 Garden street, after a long illness. She was a native of Ireland, but had spent most of her life in this city. She was the widow of Peter Corrigan. She leaves two daughters, Annie M. and Maggie M. Corrigan."
According to the 1900 U. S. Census, the Ann Corrigan who lived on Garden Street had FOUR daughters who were present in the household on Census day:
Mami, aged 20
Maggie, age 18
Ann, age 16
Marsella, age 14
By searching for Marsella in the 1910 census, I found that three of the four sisters were enumerated at 236 Garden Street. Their sister Ann was not listed. Obviously, their mother’s obituary had erred in the number of daughters still living.
The handwriting is faint, but one can make out the street address as well as the names of each sister. Mary J. was head of household, then 31 years old [born about 1879].
If I go back to the 1880 Census at 88 Walnut, I will see that this age matches the age of Peter and Annie’s daughter Mary Jane, born also in 1879:
Carrigan Peter, age 34
--Annie (wife), age 28
--Mary Jane (daughter), age 1 (born about 1879)
I find it likely that the Annie here is the same ANN Corrigan who lived at 236 Garden and who died in June 1901. But the questions remain:
Is she the Ann Corrigan buried in Bloomfield who died in June 1901?
If so, why be buried in Bloomfield?
