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.
