Mrs. Patrick (or Ellen) at 12 flower

I traced Patrick CORRIGAN in Hartford City Directories through the 1860s, but nothing eye popping jumped off the page. Patrick makes only three appearances: in 1863-64 at 31 Lafayette, in 1864-1865 at 25 West, and lastly in 1867-1868 at 10 Linwood. Nothing earth shattering.

There was a John CORRIGAN living at 8 Linwood in 1865-66, and a John living at 5 Linwood in 1866-67, but this isn’t enough to connect him with Patrick.

Other than William, whom I’ve already discussed, the list ended with Patrick, and so I’m finished with city directories for now. I turned instead this morning to census pages.

There is only one Patrick represented in Hartford in 1870, according to the Ancestry.com index:

Ward 2, Hartford, Hartford, CT

CORRIGAN Patrick, age 27 [born about 1843], born in Ireland, Works in machine shop
CORRIGAN Ellen, age 38 [born about 1832], born in Ireland
CORRIGAN Bernard, age 2, born CT
CORRIGAN James, age 1, born CT

There isn’t a street name on the census page, and I don’t have a census map detailing which streets are in what ward, but on the census page, Patrick is listed between John HORAN, a brakeman, and a Michael CONNER, a joiner. I looked at the 1870-1871 City Directory and found Mr. Horan at 3 Howard St, which is the street that the city directory places Patrick. There weren’t any CONNERs/CONNORs living on Howard, however.

I also looked to see who owned real estate on the census and lived within proximity to Patrick. I selected John WELCH, listed four dwelling units above him. John was a gardener. I also selected one Edward LANCASTER, and both appear to be living on Flower Street, according to the 1870-1871 City Directory: Mr. WELCH at 15 Flower, and Mr. LANCASTER at 25 Flower.

According to this directory, Howard St. ran from Broad W. to Flower, so I would suggest that the Patrick above living with Ellen is the one listed in the directory on Howard St.

And it turns out, THIS Ellen is my Mrs. Patrick from the 1880-81 directory living at 12 Flower. According to the 1880 Census:

12 Flower St., Enumeration district # 6, in Hartford, Hartford, CT:
CARRIGAN Ellen M., age 40 [born about 1840], Keeping house, born in Ireland
CARRIGAN Bernard (Son), age 13 [born about 1867], works in machine shop, born CT
CARRIGAN James Pat’k (Son) age 12 [born about 1868], attends school, born CT
CARRIGAN Francis (Son), age 10 [born about 1870], attends school, born CT
CARRIGAN Timothy (Son), age 7 [born about 1873], attends school, born CT

Patrick isn’t listed and that’s because he died 1 Dec 1879, as stated in a previous post. It appears that poor Bernard had to support the family at age 13.

I will trace Ellen and her sons to see where they lead me – as I wait for a response about Ann CORRIGAN from Mount St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield.