Hi, Ive checked to see earlier cenus' but nothing concrete, the family were still in Ireland at this point. I have Bernard and Elizabeth CAREY'S marrige certificate, dated April 1889, when he was 19. He was a sailmaker at the time.
Elder Bernard was born in Ireland, could be anywhere Im currently writing to parishes Ive narrowed it down to!
He married Eliza Fox there around 1860 and had kids Mary Ann, Peter (died 1865-69, Ireland), Eliza or Lizzie, Catherine, Ellen, John, Bernard, Joseph.
Eliza or Lizzie married a James Carey, this is confusing as her brother Bernard married an Elizabeth Carey (!)
Before that though she had been married to James Rice, they had two kids in the 1901 census, Patrick and Mary Ann.
Mary Ann is my g g granny. She married Francis McDonald in 1885, he died in 1889 and she remarried to Irishman Michael Hughes in 1894. He died in 1911 and Mary Ann died 1941 aged 79.
Ellen married twice too! First to a William Chamberlain, and then to a man called Donnachie, dont know his frirst name. It would be interesting to see if I can there marriage certs on scotlandspeole.
The family is quite complicated there are a lot of deaths and remarryings going on!
Catherine married Charles McMillan on March 10 1880 in Belfast.
John apparently never married, relative tells me he died in Cleland hospital, after 1931
Finally Bernard married Elizabeth Carey (dont know if shes any relation to Elizabeth Owens' husband James Carey)
The youngest child of Bernard Owens and Eliza Fox was Joseph. He married Rose McGinty.
Annotingly I cant find any of their kids in the censuii because they did not marry until 1903!!
Bernard the elder died in Kelvin Glasgow in June 1884 aged 44. Im told by the family he died on the crossing from Ireland to Scotland, his cause of death was acute pneumonia, he died in Galsgow Western Infirmary.
After Bernard's death his wife Eliza Fox remarried to John Devanny in 1892. I dont know when he died but Eliza died 1915 aged 75, in Holtown.
There are alot of gaps in thuis branch of the family. Thats moreorles all I have, the rest is what the family tell me, I have know their info to be edited over the years!!!
If theres anything you dont understand, let me know, I apologise I havent exactly explined it clearly!
Regards Matthew