Bannigan/Banigan of Monaghan

[Deslaw]

Hello James,

There may have been more than one Isabella Bannigan living in Glasgow (the name Isabella appears to be reasonably common in the Bannigan tree).

You say that half of what has been posted is "rubbish", can you let me know where the common ground is?

The younger woman in each of the photographs is Isabella Bannigan who married John Bissette and is not your "ma".

I noticed that your surname is Bannigan.  Is that your mother's birth surname or her married name?  If it is her married name then any link to my part of the Bannigan tree will  be through your father rather than your mother.

The ladies in the photographs are my grandmother, Isabella (nee Bannigan) and great-grandmother, Sarah (nee Miller), and knowing that I do not have an uncle James makes it pretty clear that you must be descended through another branch of the Bannigan family.  Can you post some details of your family on this forum (or, alternatively, send me the details as a private message) so that I can try to find out if your Isabella was related to mine.

Deslaw

 

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I have found out more information on Sarah Miller and Patrick Bannigan from records in the Mitchell Library. If this is of interest still, please let me know and I'll pass them on.

Lucille McLaughlin

[Deslaw]

Hi,
I am looking for Felix Bannigan (Banigan) and his family in the 1841 Census of Ireland.  They were living in Ballybay, Monaghan.  Griffiths Valuation (1858 -1860) has Felix Banigan, Main Street, Ballybay.

Thanks.

Des

[bambie]

hi - I do not know if I will be any help to you - but I have bannigan in my tree from monagan in ireland - they were all related to my gt gt granda james smith who came to fife from ireland - and when one of his daughters married found out this bannigan's mother was my james sister.  but cannot find them in ireland - regards bambie

[Deslaw]

Hi,
I think that what you are telling me is that James Smith's sister married someone from the Bannigan line.  And, if I have picked this up right, James's daughter married her cousin.
Do you have
any census information on them?
the forename of the Bannigan?

Thanks

Des

[bambie]

hi des - yes that is what I meant - the only thing I have in census - is James Smith and his wife Elizabeth Kirk on Fife Scotland with their children.  While tracing the children - found that their daughter agnes smith married 31 dec 1889 lochgelly fife to john bannigan b 1879 ireland - his parent were rose smith and peter bannigan born monaghan Ireland - they had cousin on the marriage cert.
Now in the census had the bannigan's living as lodgers with the smith family.

in the 1851 census had william McCulloch a lodger living with them - this must have been a brother of my james smith mother who was mary McCulloch - his son.

in the 1881 census fife scotland - was bernard brangian boarder 22 born ireland (this would be a brother of peter)
and another patrick collins boarder 46 born ireland

so it looks as though james smith had 2 sisters one  a rose smith - married a bannigan john b 1879 and his sibblings were james b 1861 and bernard b 1861
the other sister married donnely - as michael smith (son of James) married a mary donnely b 1869 ireland and her parents were william donnely and mary smith

on  James Smith death cert his parents were john smith and Mary Mcculloch.

hope you can understand all this - quite a family puzzle - but could not find anything about them in ireland sites so far - let me know what you think - kind regards bambie

[aghadowey]

Des- Killeshandra, Co. Cavan is the only bit of the 1841 census that survives.

[bambie]

have you got any more info or have you got the 1841 census - would love to see if there is anything there - tks bambie

[aghadowey]

have you got any more info or have you got the 1841 census - would love to see if there is anything there - tks bambie

No, I do not have that bit of 1841 census.