Thomas John Mulholland

[sasscham]

I need help tracing the parents of Thomas John Mulholland, born Belfast 7 September 1915.  His son John Walter Mulholland, born *, wants my help doing his family tree, but does not know the name of his grandparents, although thinks his grandmother's maiden name may have been Marr.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.

SallyEwin

* details of living person removed in accordance with Rootschat policy

[Elwyn Soutter]

A birth that seems to be likely to be Thomas John’s was registered in Belfast July – Sept 1915 Volume 1, page 388.

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   25 Feb 1909 Thomas Mulholland married Jessica Marr in St. Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill, Belfast. Fathers' names were Ambrose Mulholland and John Marr. Both families are available on the 1901 census.

Regards

[MaggieTag]

Hi,

This is Jessica and family in 1901

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Cromac/Eliza_Street/969167/

and Thomas and family in 1901

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Falls_Ward/Cavendish_Square/979327/

Margaret

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   The Marrs were all born in Scotland so probably married there but on 17 Jan 1883 Ambrose Mulholland married Catherine McAleavey in Belfast, Urban 2 Roman Catholic Church.  The fathers' names were Michael Mulholland and Thomas McAleavey.

Regards

[gaffy]

Notwithstanding some inconsistency of detail, this looks like Ambrose Mulholland's widowed wife and three of the children in 1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/St__Anne_s_Ward/Little_Grosvenor_Street/182740/

And John and Jessie Marr in 1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/St__Anne_s_Ward/Seymour_Street__part_of_/184863/

And Thomas Mulholland and wife Jessie in 1911 with two new additions:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/St__Anne_s_Ward/Seymour_Row/184857/

[gaffy]

There is the following marriage record:

19 December 1890, at no. 11 Craigend Cottages, Liberton, according to the forms of the Church of Scotland, officiating Minister Gray, D.D.

JOHN MARR, 21 years old, bachelor, horsedealer, Liberton, father John Marr, horsedealer, mother Alice Telford.

JESSIE SANDERSON, 21 years old, spinster, domestic servant, father Thomas Sanderson (deceased), labourer, mother Jessie McLeod, formerly Sanderson, nee Campbell.

BTW, Liberton is a suburb of Edinburgh.

[sasscham]

Many thanks to you all for such comprehensive information.
My friend John tells me that he believes his grandparents, Thomas and Jessie, were killed when his father Thomas John, was four years old, aprroximately 1919 and that a sister went to live with family/carers.  This is the limit to the information we have.

[MaggieTag]

Hi,

The Belfast City Council searchable burials database has the following on John and Jessie Marr

Name of deceased    Jessie Marr
(*)

Name of deceased    John Marr
(*)

Margaret

(*) Moderator Note: cut & paste details from website removed- please use link below to search for the information- if you search for Jessie Marr first then click on link for grave section and number John Marr is easily found

http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialrecords/search.asp