mary ann burke 1862

[rachelralph]

i am searching for information about this lady and her husband. from the 1901/1911 irish census i know that mary ann was born 1862 in county longford, maybe from killashee ballyclare but not for certain. she married a james dennigan/denigan but i dont know when.

there first child was born 1882 so maybe they married just before this. i know james was a fair bit older than her, he was born 1827. he was a R I C roman catholic and a retired farmer. she was a housekeeper.


anyone know where to look for info or is anyone related even?!

[aghadowey]

Does the 1911 census not say how many years married?

To save others from searching for the details perhaps you could post a link for the 2 census records you've already found.

[rachelralph]

sorry i should have included those links, serves me right for multitasking!

1911 census for the family
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Killashee/Ballyclare/587197/


1901 census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Killashee/Ballyclare/1553632/

i hadnt relised that the 1911 showed how many years married! now to go and search for a marriage!

i shoudl also explain i do know her maiden name as i rang the longford county registration office for a birth of richard denigan and mother was mary ann denigan nee burke. i know this is the right family also as i know richard had a brother called micheal j (transcribed on 1901 as I)

[mmcpadden1947]

I have sent this to someone who might be related  or have info. &  am awaiting  a reply.
Those family genealogies going back so far take some searching.
Will let you know as soon as  any info. comes up.
                                                                      Maura

[rachelralph]

wow, thank you very much Maura, i would love to know a bit more about this lady, as it would seem that most of the wives of the denigan men were long suffering!

[mjmce61]

Hi Rachel,

Its Michael again, I am having a little trouble in working out what is and what is not allowed! I notice you saw the photo of my family before it was removed, yes my mother, the lady in the centre is a Dennigan. Also attached to that post was a PDF of my family tree, but I will summarise for you.

Grandfather - James Dennigan 1895-1948 married Jane Thomas 1908-1961

GGF - James Dennigan 1827-? married Mary Anne Burke 1862-? This couple had seven children, Joseph 1882, Thomas 1884, Michael 1887, Annie May 1890, James 1895, Elizabeth 1897 and John 1899. - I have a copy of marriage certificate, James has his father listed as Richard Dennigan.

GGGF - Richard Dinnigen or Dennigan

The family farm was in Ballyclare, in the 1835 Tithe records, Richard Dinnigan is the registered leasee, so I assume they are one and the same person.

I am not worried over the spelling of Dennigan, 1835 Tithe its Dinnigan, on the 1881 wedding certificate its Dennigan, 1901 Census it is Denigan, 1911 Census its Denigan, on James GF wedding certificate its Dennigan and I am certain they are all who I think they are!

When I get my scanner working, I will post a photo of the farm house (it has since been demolished) and a copy of the map showing where it was located.

Michael

[rachelralph]

hi again michael. all this sounds very promising. i can tell you that james denigan and mary ann burke had another son richard born 1881. i rang the records office and they told me richards mother was mary ann burke, and the father of richard is james listed on his army records.

when i have more time i will sit down properly and tell you all i know

until then x

[mjmce61]

Rachael

That's a bit odd, in the 1911 census they declare they had 7 children and they all survived. On my visit to Ballyclare in 2007, I was told the oldest Joseph inherited the farm which was later sold by Mary Dennigan, John's daughter, in 2003.

Due you have any details on Mary Anne's parents so that I can fill in a bit more of my tree?

Am still trying to put some info on the farm on this site but the files are over 500kB

Happy days

[rachelralph]

oh goodness! the birth of richard (my gg grandfather) was definatley to a mary ann(e) burke and a james denigan. maybe they missunderstood the form and only filled out who was living there or maybe and this seems a lot more likely given what my gg grandfather was like, he was expeled from the family!

i dont have anything about mary anne sadly this was why i posted here