hi,
myself and 2 other people all researching the same line but via a different connecting child have hit a brick wall (very hard i may add) and we are all confused and none of us can make sense of it.
between the 3 of us we have 3 different wives (a combination of all 3 i may add), and between the 3 wives they have combined the children. It's not a simple task of buy the marriage cert as we are talking 1830's in Ireland!!!
so i will start with husband - Thomas Jackson b1805 ireland (i know he is correct as listed on my 2nd gg marriage cert). and i also have his will which lists other children of which names match the children's names of my 2nd gg - she named them after her siblings.
wife number 1 - Catherine Giddes/Geddes b1805 ireland. Was possibly married before and maiden name was McKeane as i have found a marriage for catherine McKeane to Thomas jackson in 1838. again not sure on this. This lady was found 1. via other ancestry trees and 2. via a record on familysearch. I found her on the family search after i had been given her name as a possible wife years ago. linked to her are 10 children - andrew (1825-), william (1828-), John (1833-), James (1835-1882), robert (1835-), Joseph (1836-1911), Francis (1838-1876), Hugh (1840-1909), Juliana (julia anna) (1841-), Margaret (1841-)
wife number 2 - Lucy Foly/Foley b1819 ireland. this lady i found on familysearch and also baptism records on ancestry. linked to her are 6 children - Mary Jane (1843-1921) my 2x gg, Gardiner (1849-1913), Eliza (1851-), james (1858-1881), Thomas (1861-), Anne (1864-). i have baptism records for 5/6 named here, i had this lady as wife before getting other info.
wife numer 3 - Margaret ? (?ledbeter as found marriage record of this name) b1804 ireland. this lady's death cert links her as gardiner is listed as informant. linked to her are the following children - Margaret b1841, francis b bef 1842, mary jane b abt 1846 (my 2nd gg), juliana b?, john b?, james b?, joseph b?, gardiner b1849
as above wife 3 has a mixture of wife 1 and 2 children, but no new ones.
if anyone has any ideas as to which wife is likely to be the right one or how i can find out please let me know as i have no idea, but would like to.
myself and 2 other people all researching the same line but via a different connecting child have hit a brick wall (very hard i may add) and we are all confused and none of us can make sense of it.
between the 3 of us we have 3 different wives (a combination of all 3 i may add), and between the 3 wives they have combined the children. It's not a simple task of buy the marriage cert as we are talking 1830's in Ireland!!!
so i will start with husband - Thomas Jackson b1805 ireland (i know he is correct as listed on my 2nd gg marriage cert). and i also have his will which lists other children of which names match the children's names of my 2nd gg - she named them after her siblings.
wife number 1 - Catherine Giddes/Geddes b1805 ireland. Was possibly married before and maiden name was McKeane as i have found a marriage for catherine McKeane to Thomas jackson in 1838. again not sure on this. This lady was found 1. via other ancestry trees and 2. via a record on familysearch. I found her on the family search after i had been given her name as a possible wife years ago. linked to her are 10 children - andrew (1825-), william (1828-), John (1833-), James (1835-1882), robert (1835-), Joseph (1836-1911), Francis (1838-1876), Hugh (1840-1909), Juliana (julia anna) (1841-), Margaret (1841-)
wife number 2 - Lucy Foly/Foley b1819 ireland. this lady i found on familysearch and also baptism records on ancestry. linked to her are 6 children - Mary Jane (1843-1921) my 2x gg, Gardiner (1849-1913), Eliza (1851-), james (1858-1881), Thomas (1861-), Anne (1864-). i have baptism records for 5/6 named here, i had this lady as wife before getting other info.
wife numer 3 - Margaret ? (?ledbeter as found marriage record of this name) b1804 ireland. this lady's death cert links her as gardiner is listed as informant. linked to her are the following children - Margaret b1841, francis b bef 1842, mary jane b abt 1846 (my 2nd gg), juliana b?, john b?, james b?, joseph b?, gardiner b1849
as above wife 3 has a mixture of wife 1 and 2 children, but no new ones.
if anyone has any ideas as to which wife is likely to be the right one or how i can find out please let me know as i have no idea, but would like to.
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