Higgins / Burke Galway

[heywood]

Might not people born 1935 - 1945 still be alive so shouldn't be named here? I am in this age group!!

Sandra,
As Josey has pointed out, those later names should be removed. Rootschat policy is that we do not post names if there is a possibility they could still be living.

[SsGn]

No They are not , from the information I have been given

[SsGn]

I have been given information that their father was either Michael Higgins or Patrick Higgins born around 1914 and these two brothers had sisters Mary, Bridget and Kate.  These were from Clonbur. I have found the birth of the three girls but nothing for Patrick or Michael. Their mother was called Anne Burke and she married John Higgins  in Oughterard in 1913 and live in Clonbur

Only three girls born to the Higgins-Burke marriage between 1913 and 1920.
Mary 1916, Catherine 1917 and Bridget 1920.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qhw/

Yes but apparently two boys too a Michael and Patrick which are nowhere to be found. A distant relation gave this information but she doesn't know why the boys cant be found,

[heywood]

Maybe the distant relative has the generations wrong or something.
Who moved to Meath and Kent? Did the siblings marry in Kent?

Hello Heywood,
I am looking for the birth of John  and his two sisters Christine and Katherine in Galway between 1935 and 1945. I thought originally from Information I had been given that the mothers surname Maiden name was Burke. However it now seems the grand mother's surname was Burke. So I do not know the mother or the father of the three siblings John  Katherine and Christine. Neither can I find a birth for John , Katherine, or Christine. They apparently moved from Clonbur to Meath then onto  England.
I have been given information that their father was either Michael Higgins or Patrick Higgins born around 1914 and these two brothers had sisters Mary, Bridget and Kate.  These were from Clonbur. I have found the birth of the three girls but nothing for Patrick or Michael. Their mother was called Anne Burke and she married John Higgins  in Oughterard in 1913 and live in Clonbur

[SsGn]

Heywood The father and the mother of the three siblings so whoever the dad is Patrick or Michael and the three children so that apparently was around 1945 when they moved to Meath.
Now this could all be completely wrong and I am going by what i've been told.
So really I need to find the brothers or brother of Katherine, Bridget and Mary.

[gaffy]

The 'Familysearch' website shows a number of Higgins civil birth records registered in Oughterard district in the 1920s, including a Patrick in January 1926 and April 1927, and a Michael in July 1923, but I don't know if these were the children of John and Anne.  Same website shows a Higgins birth in October 1928 registered in that district with the mother's maiden name given as Burke, (I'm withholding the forename in case alive, but you can see it yourself on the website), but again, in the absence of seeing the actual record, it's not conclusive.

Under the 100 year rule I'm not aware of any official source where you will find the content of these birth records shown online.

[heywood]

Sandra,
Whilst you seem to be specific with names, the rest of your information is very vague.
As gaffy says, there are other Higgins in the area.
Here is a marriage for Michael Higgins and Catherine Carney/Kearney.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1930/09037/5269968.pdf

If you look on Family Search - Irish BMD, there are births to this couple (well with those surnames) including Michael.

This is just one example of a Higgins from Clonbur.

[SsGn]

The information is vague as I don't have it other than what I have given.
Originally thought the mother of the three siblings born between 1935-1945 was Burke as that is the only mother found anywhere for the three children.
But it seems their grandmother was Anne Burke who was married to John Higgins in 1913 in Oughterard. They had three girls Bridget Mary and Kate born between 1916 and 1920. The father of the three siblings born between 1935 and 1945 should have been born in 1914 and the name is either Patrick or Michael Higgins but cant be found anywhere. He apparently was born in Clonbur and moved to Meath around 1950. This is all the information I have
As John and Anne were married in 1913 and their first grandchild was born around 1935  Patrick and Michael would have to have been born around 1914 so Anyone born around 1927 is not the father.

[heywood]

Have you searched for a Higgins death in Meath for the father who moved?

Have you got marriages/deaths for the ones who moved to Kent?