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Looking for the marriage of Michael Loftus born abt 1898 in Carrowreagh Milltown Galway he moved to Chicago (USA) around 1920ish and I am almost posative he married before he left, his dad was James born abt 1863.
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Presume you have checked https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
Can only see 2 Loftus marriages in Galway between 1915 & 1925
Several Michaels in other parts. One with a father James in County Mayo.
Have you him on a passenger list to USA?
He arrives 1922. Going to his sister Nora Loftus in Chicago.
Contact “from whence came” is uncle Mr Loftus in Oldham, England
He is single
And can be seen on the 1921 census in Oldham
He applied for naturalisation immediately and says he is not married. Says he was born 29 Jan 1897
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You can use Family Search to look for him on the 1930 census
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731
A possibility?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7XS-Y8X?lang=en
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I think he is in Chicago all along. Can see him 1930, 1940, 1950 censuses on Ancestry.
Death of wife ‘Della’ on find a grave. Has type up of newspaper obituary. Confirms a sister-in-law Nora.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01ts1/
A tree also has obit for Michael (d 1958) listing sibs in Chicago and others in Ireland.
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Naturalisation for Della has marriage date to Michael of 25 April 1928
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...Michael Loftus born abt 1898 in Carrowreagh Milltown Galway...
Born 6 April 1897 at Cararea [sic]. MMN Glynn
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1897/02124/1807637.pdf
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I’ve been trying to reconcile the April birth date with the January one,
Can only conclude they were late registering, and so set up a later date.
I can see no January birth that fits the dob declared At naturalisation
Comparing siblings from obit would confirm either way
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214439836/michael-loftus
Birth
6 Apr 1898
Milltown, County Galway, Ireland
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214439836/michael-loftus
Birth
6 Apr 1898
Milltown, County Galway, Ireland
For those who have ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61196/images/007789973_00255?pId=149082
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Thats Fantastic, thanks very much. I am puzzled now that I can't find birth of Della Thersa Hughes in or around 1900 Ballinasloe .
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Thats Fantastic, thanks very much. I am puzzled now that I can't find birth of Della Thersa Hughes in or around 1900 Ballinasloe .
Delia is a variation of Bridget in Ireland. Birth of Bridget Hughes 15 Dec.1898 Scregg, Co.Galway to John Hughes & Kate Glynn (parents match info posted on Find A Grave)
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1899/02047/1783783.pdf
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Scregg/Screggs_West/1381120/
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Scregg/Scregg__West/459302/
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Scregg West townland 8 km to the south of Glenamaddy village (Registration District).
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4042952#map=12/53.5671/-8.5415
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Thanks to the both of you , I found them myself but could not connect with Ballinasloe ???
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Also found a possible one in Belmont in Milltown but just wondered why she has Ballinasloe on her death inscription.
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Also found a possible one in Belmont in Milltown but just wondered why she has Ballinasloe on her death inscription.
There's no headstone photo on Find A Grave- is there actually a headstone?
The birthplace on Find A Grave is submitted information (clicking on 'view source' doesn't really tell much in this instance)
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Sorry I meant to say the newspaper article on her death.
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Sorry I meant to say the newspaper article on her death.
The obituary does NOT mention her birthplace-
Della T. Loftus (née Hughes), beloved wife of the late Michael; loving mother of Michael L. (Joan) and the late James A. (Rosemary) and John P.; dearest grandmother of Kimberly, Brian, Jennifer, Kevin, Lorie, James and the late Michael; great-grandmother of Sherry, Tara and Jimmy; fond sister of Patrick of County Galway, Ireland and the late John, Mary Madden, Thomas, Margaret Forkin and Kathleen Hughes; beloved sister-in-law of Nora Donelan and Martin (Sadie) Loftus. Funeral Saturday, 9:15am, from Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 W 103rd St., Oak Lawn, Il, to St Linus Catholic Church. Mass at 10:00am. Interment at St Mary Cemetery in Evergreen Park. Visitation after 2:00pm Friday.
Brother Thomas' entry mentions a different place of birth- again submitted information but Kilkerrin, Co.Galway mentioned in obituary (contributor is a grandchild)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180936478/thomas-joseph-hughes
Added- Kilkerrin a short distance from Scregg West.
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This I meant......
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This I meant......
That's NOT her obituary it is merely the information someone posted on Find A Grave. It could have come from anywhere- cemetery records, death certificate, or thin air!
To give you an example, someone has submitted records on Find A Grave for many local people who left Ireland in 1600s as being buried in our local churchyard- which did not come into existence until mid-1800s!
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Thanks very much for the info aghadowey , I was reading it as being true fact, the reason I started this search was someone came up as a distant match with me on Ancestry Dna and the only Irish in her tree was from Milltown Galway and I was trying to find the connection as all my side is from in or around Ballinasloe so... I jumped on her thinking that was my connection when I saw the info from Find a Grave. :-[