Stumped by my granny Mary Ann McTague!

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
    I have a family record of four brothers going from Londonderry to the US and the eldest of them marrying a girl he would have known at home. They married in Philadelphia and on the death of his father the eldest son and his bride returned home to take over the farm.

Regards

[ladyflippers]

Hi,
    I have a family record of four brothers going from Londonderry to the US and the eldest of them marrying a girl he would have known at home. They married in Philadelphia and on the death of his father the eldest son and his bride returned home to take over the farm.

Regards

That seems like a perfectly reasonable explaination, plus Patrick was the eldest son. If I find a record of his fathers death after marriage in 1906 and before the 1911 census I think I'll go with that Thank you.

Oh I don't suppose you know how I would go about getting hold of that New York marriage record would you?

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   I went to my local library in Co.Londonderry where they were able to connect me to the Ulster-American Folk Museum data base. While looking for the emigration dates for three of boys I inadvertently came across the marriage in the Belfast Telegraph. This explained why I was never able to find the marriage locally.

Regards

[culbaire]

A Michael McTague died in that area in 1909.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0akc/

re Patrick and Maria's Marriage in New York
Stated Brides father was Philip Gaffney, mother was Maggie Groyliegan. Maria’s mother in 1901 census was Margaret. According to family search a Phil Gaffney married a Margaret Gevighigan in the Bawnboy Reg district of Leitrim in 2nd quarter 1884.  Looks likely to be same person possibly wrong spelling of names.
culbaire

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[ladyflippers]

re Patrick and Maria's Marriage in New York
Stated Brides father was Philip Gaffney, mother was Maggie Groyliegan. Maria’s mother in 1901 census was Margaret. According to family search a Phil Gaffney married a Margaret Gevighigan in the Bawnboy Reg district of Leitrim in 2nd quarter 1884.  Looks likely to be same person possibly wrong spelling of names.
culbaire

Thank you so much culbaire I am pretty certain now it is them. I even found Patricks father died in 1909 making the return to Ireland to look after the farm very plausible. I doubt I would have found them without your help! Thank you again!

[bobsnr]

hi
    The name you are  looking for is Margaret Geoghegan . If you wish to go
     back further in the family line let me know. Both Mary and Charles were both well into their nineties when they died.
   
     bobsnr