The John Higgins on Dove St. (Ward 12, South Boston) in 1863
and 1864 tax records may or may not be the roofer listed at Farrell Place from
1859-1862 (See previous post).
A few years later, the 1870 Boston Directory DOES list a
John Higgins at Dove St., a laborer, on the corner near Nash Ct.
The same directory lists several of John the roofer’s
neighbors from the 1870 census as having houses on First Street, so there still
is a chance we are talking about two different individuals, the John at Farrell
Place and the John on Dove [1].
But for now, the John Higgins on Dove could have come from
anywhere, and it’s time to return to James Scanlan.
James married Ellen Coughlan 6 Aug 1861 [2].
They were married in Boston by one T. H. Bannon (likely
Thomas H. Bannon, a Catholic priest and native of Boston, ordained in 1858) [3]
The church is unknown, and city directories
were no help. The location of the church
may matter as well as its name so today I will send a letter to the Archdiocese
of Boston in hopes of not only discovering which church they were married in, but also the names of
witnesses at the wedding.
Notes:
[1] For
John Higgins at Dove St. see “U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989,”
Massachusetts, Boston, 1870, p. 336. For neighbors of John the roofer, see same
directory, entries for Terrance Murphy, laborer at 387 First St., on page 491,
and also Edward C. Blake, carpenter, at 393 First, on page 93; digital images,
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 20 March 2014), citing The Boston Directory, Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Co.
For John the roofer’s 1870 census, see 1870 U. S. census,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Boston, Ward 12, p. 195,
dwelling 846, family 1425, line 8, John Higgins household; digital image,
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 18 March 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593,
roll 647.
[2] "Massachusetts,
Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4MT-GM9
: accessed 13 Mar 2014), James Scanlon and Ellen Coughlan, 06 Aug 1861; citing
Vol. 146, p. 71, No. 1275, Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Archives,
Boston; FHL microfilm 1433019.
[3]
Sadlier’s Catholic Directory, Almanac, and Clergy List Quarterly, 1872, p.42;
digital image, Google Books (http://www.books.google.com
: accessed 20 March 2014).
