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.