John Riordan (has been spelt riordan, riordon, Reardon no wonder i'm confused ha) he married Mary Ford (has also been spelt Forde) on 6th May 1900. On the certificate I can't read the ages, it looks like they both read 'full' ?? It tells me that John Reardon was the son of John Reardon and Mary was the daughter of Jeremiah Ford, John and Mary both state that john a labourer and Mary a Domestic Servant, John lived at New Road Mallow and Mary is just listed as Mallow. they had Kate on the 9th Feb 1908 Name and Surname and Dwelling place of Father is recorded as John Riordan Workhouse Mallow on this Birth cert Mother Mary Forde now has an e on the end of her name. section where t says Signature, Qualification and residence of Informant reads Mary Riordan mother, Berry Lane Mallow and registered on 25th february. I am assuming this would be John Riordans mother, would i be correct?? (i assume that, because it wouldn't have been normal now would it for parents to live seperate)
so now John Riordan senior born 1862 married Mary Conway and the note here says that His Father was Station Master.
Now John Riordan born 1862 went to Salk St. Ontario Canada, after he had broke a chair over his wifes head, she survived the attack and now i'm not sure if there would have been a court case, and he sent to Canada? or if the wifes family had run him out of ireland. He left ireland on 13th May 1908. He apparently joined up with the mounted police there, and that's where my story ends. He used to send money and letters home to the wife, with many aplogies but she never opened the letters and wouldn't have the money...I'm not sure who would have had the letters nor the money, but there was a big family so I imagine one of them had them lol.
I do know Kate had siblings Nora (my grandmother) then there was Jack, but on the death certificate Mary Died 12 June Ballydaheen Mallowand her son John was present at death in Ballydaheen...I am wandering if who we know as Jack is actually a John
Does anyone know any of these names or where i can get information of John in Canada as it would be nice to know if apart from the Brother Mick that he went out to stay with if there was other family, did he have more children, he wouldn't have been able to get maried again because there was never a divorce...would like to know about Mick's family too.
I really do hope this all makes sense lol
Caroline
