Good Morning All,
Bridget Carroll was the second wife of John McGann, but what was her maiden name?
Bridget was born in Galway, Ireland and is recorded as a widow in the 1871 Census, living in Chapel St, Stone with children Thomas (1856), Edward (1860) & Mary(1866). Another son Patrick(1858) appears in the 1881 census.
She appears with John McGann and her children at Old St, Stone in 1881 to 1901 and widowed again in the 1911 census, still at Old St. with unmarried daughter Mary.
Exhaustive searches of the 1861 Census fails to find Bridget with her sons, Thomas, Patrick or Edward.
An extensive trawl through BMD marriage records produces 2 possible Bridget marriages in Staffordshire at about the right time ; Bridget Higgins & Bridget Fitzparick, each to a James Carroll. However, she might well have married in Ireland prior to her arrival in England.
Possible deaths of Carrolls in the period 1855 to 1871 are equally inconclusive.
A further puzzle relates to the marriage registration of Bridget's marriage to the McGann. The BMD Index records that Bridget Carroll married Patrick, not John, McGann in Stone in Q3/1872. Patrick could of course have been his middle name. However, having already found recording errors for BMD registrations in other Stone records, I suspect it was a simple mistake by the registrar. Maybe he thought all Irish men were called Patrick!
Any suggestions as to how to track down Bridget's first husband or her maiden name would be gratefully received. The McGann/Carroll marriage megistration might give her maiden name but it is not a certainty.
Regards,
John Bennett
Bridget Carroll was the second wife of John McGann, but what was her maiden name?
Bridget was born in Galway, Ireland and is recorded as a widow in the 1871 Census, living in Chapel St, Stone with children Thomas (1856), Edward (1860) & Mary(1866). Another son Patrick(1858) appears in the 1881 census.
She appears with John McGann and her children at Old St, Stone in 1881 to 1901 and widowed again in the 1911 census, still at Old St. with unmarried daughter Mary.
Exhaustive searches of the 1861 Census fails to find Bridget with her sons, Thomas, Patrick or Edward.
An extensive trawl through BMD marriage records produces 2 possible Bridget marriages in Staffordshire at about the right time ; Bridget Higgins & Bridget Fitzparick, each to a James Carroll. However, she might well have married in Ireland prior to her arrival in England.
Possible deaths of Carrolls in the period 1855 to 1871 are equally inconclusive.
A further puzzle relates to the marriage registration of Bridget's marriage to the McGann. The BMD Index records that Bridget Carroll married Patrick, not John, McGann in Stone in Q3/1872. Patrick could of course have been his middle name. However, having already found recording errors for BMD registrations in other Stone records, I suspect it was a simple mistake by the registrar. Maybe he thought all Irish men were called Patrick!
Any suggestions as to how to track down Bridget's first husband or her maiden name would be gratefully received. The McGann/Carroll marriage megistration might give her maiden name but it is not a certainty.
Regards,
John Bennett
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