Irish Families in Willington Quay

[hty7]

I have been researching  my family for many years and am still searching for some who are very elusive .Frances Costellodied in Willington Quay in 1881, after the census was taken. I found an obituary for her that said she was born in Co Wicklow Kildare in 1780 and so was In her 102nd year. She had 20 children 6 of whom were still living. James Conway was one of them  he was also living in Nelson Street Willington Quay where he had a shop ,he had been living there with his wife Hannah and various relatives from the early census returns. there was John Conway who registered her death.
Michael Conway was the first husband of Frances whom she had married in Avoca Co. Wicklow Ireland in 1810 .I have found the baptisms of three children James Joseph and Catherine then the family moved to Bolton in Lancashire where more children were born and baptised in the Roman Catholic church there. in 1832 Frances Married again  a plasterer called William Curry and had a daughter Mary, then in 1841 they are living in Newcastle where husband number three was living. This is a very complicated family to write in one message. in the 1881 census a lot of the family were living in Nelson Street.
My direct ancestor was Ann Conway one of the daughters born n Bolton in 1825, she married while they were living in Newcastle before moving to Willington Quay.I can give more information if anyone thinks it of interest. []Honour is another name a daughter married.

Smith, Gibson, Ryan,

[davidpaul]

Interested  in the costello name have a john costello in my family his father a athony costello and mother a mary costello nee cunningham living in monkwearmouth just a short distance from willington quay john was born 1850 kirkwhelpton northumberland will have to look again at what ive got then post it to you maybe the same costello family

[hty7]

I haven't a lot of information about the Costellos but James Castelow who married Frances in 1844 was a widower, occupation was shopkeeper and  his fathers name was John  occupation Farmer.
They were both living in St Mary's Street Newcastle at the time of the marriage at the Roman Catholic Church Newcastle with James and Mary Macguire as witnesses

In the 1841 census they seem to be still living in St Mary's Street and there is a son Thomas Costello widower there as well age 46 born in Louth Ireland as is James.

By 1881 some of my Conways have moved to Sunderland only they are in Southwick which isn't too far from Monkwearmouth.

Have you seen the book 'When Paddy met Geordie'

[hty7]

to continue-
John CONWAY/CONAWAY probably born Avoca Co. Wicklow 1814 (his brothers James bap.1810 and Joseph 1815 were both baptised there)
Married MARY FLOYDE (born Sligo) in Leeds 1838
Their children were all born in Leeds then they moved to Eighton Banks Durham before finally moving to Willington Quay
John was living in Nelson Street when he reported his mothers(Frances Costello)death in October 1881However n the census he as a lodger with his Son in Law John Smith and daughter Frances at 3 Pitmans Row. His mother was with her daughter Ann Flanagan in Nelson Street

There were six other related families living in Nelson Street in the 1881 census
No 6 Michael Honour
no.22 Ann Flanagan
No.25 Robert Daglish
no.50 Andrew Daglish
No.64 Francis Pennock
No.67 Frances Gibson

[Rycroft]

A little late on this but, last week I was at a funeral and saw someone I hadn't seen for a number of years who was brought up in Willington Quay so he has lived there for some 70 odd years. For some reason Catholics in Willington Quay came up in conversation and he said how divided it was even as late as the 1950s. He did say no way would my Grandfather have allowed any of his daughters to marry a catholic. Strange even though some of my lot lived in Nelson street and Hedlum street and then ironically in St Mary's Terrace.

Rycroft

[hty7]

Hello ,maybe the divisions came later as apparently in the book i mentioned before' When Paddy met Geordie' the irish we accepted in the northeast where they werent in other places. My GGrandfather who was born a Catholic married a non catholic from South Shields st St Hildas.

[AngelFish]

A little late on this but, last week I was at a funeral and saw someone I hadn't seen for a number of years who was brought up in Willington Quay so he has lived there for some 70 odd years. For some reason Catholics in Willington Quay came up in conversation and he said how divided it was even as late as the 1950s. He did say no way would my Grandfather have allowed any of his daughters to marry a catholic. Strange even though some of my lot lived in Nelson street and Hedlum street and then ironically in St Mary's Terrace.

Rycroft

I also have a couple who's marriage in early 1950 was not attended by all the parents due to a non Catholic marrying a Catholic.