John Bigglane,1853-1904

[PhilGH]

I’m trying to find more information about my great grandfather, John Bigglane,1853-1904. He is recorded in the 1891 and 1901 censuses living in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire with a birth location of Wellington, Shropshire. He married Norah Herrity in 1883 in Newcastle-u-L and died in Dec 1904, sadly just a few days after the death of his son John Patrick Bigglane.

I haven’t found any records of him before 1883. There is a John Biglean born in 1853 in Wellington who briefly raised my hopes but he appears to have died in 1855.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

John Biglean who died in 1855 was aged 57, so maybe don;t give up on the 1853 birth

[Mabel Bagshawe]

This husehold in Wellington from 1851 may be worth looking at. All born Ireland. This is as transcribed on Ancestry, but the Bylands all look like they could be Bigland, similarly JOhn at the bottom of the list, who is I think the 1855 death

Thomas Henry    23
Catherine Henry    19
Mary Henry    12
Richd Byland    55 - married
Margret Byland    53 married
Mary Byland    52 - unmarried
Bridget Byland    12
Phebe Dogerty    58
Catherine Dogerty    38
Thomas Dogerty    4
Ann Dogerty    2
John Bijlaw    53

HO107; 1997; 159; 27;

[garstonite]

this is for other members to read in case family members appear in their tree

John Bigglane was a man born in 1853 in Wellington Salop Newcastle Under Lyme. During the 1891 UK Census he was 38 years old and lived in Staffordshire. He appears as the head of his house in the 1891 UK Census.
LAST NAME:   Bigglane
FIRST NAME:   John
MIDDLE NAME:   
BIRTH YEAR:   1853
BIRTH PLACE:   Wellington Salop Newcastle Under Lyme
COUNTY:   Staffordshire
AGE:   38
GENDER:   Male
RESIDENCE:   3, Ford's Yard
Newcastle Under Lyme
Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:   
John Bigglane (38, Male)
Annie Bigglane (27, Female)
Ann Bigglane (6, Female)
Mary Bigglane (5, Female)
Ellen Bigglane (3, Female)
Catherine Bigglane (1, Female)
Edward Herrithy (55, Male)
Briget Herrithy (54, Female)
Thomas Herrithy (21, Male)
...........................................
just to point out - Herrity is spelt wrong - so could the Bigglane surname be spelt wrong as well ??

[garstonite]

just to let you know
www.freebmd.org.uk
biggland
all events
1839 - onwards
NO RESULTS

SO the surname wasn't Bigglane - seems to be a mispelling from the census enumerator ??

just checked marriage - spelt Biglane - only one g


Births Mar 1884   (>99%)
Biglane    Ann               Newcastle L.    6b   75    
Births Mar 1886   (>99%)
Biglane    Mary        Newcastle L.    6b   65    
Births Mar 1888   (>99%)
BIGLANE    Ellen        Newcastle L.    6b   73    
Births Jun 1890   (>99%)
Biglane    Catherine        Newcastle L.    6b   66    
Births Jun 1892   (>99%)
Biglane    Margaret        Newcastle L.    6b   71    
Births Sep 1897   (>99%)
Biglane    Edward        Newcastle L.    6b   62    
Births Mar 1900   (>99%)
Biglane    Winifred        Newcastle L.    6b   42    
Births Sep 1902   (>99%)
Biglane    Frances May    Newcastle L.    6b   46    

[garstonite]

A lot of Biglane still in Stafford to this present day 

did you notice John Patrick Biglane died in Lichfield aged 9
John Biglane died in Stoke on Trent aged 44 ... 41 miles apart ??
are you sure John Patrick Biglane was Johns son ??

[rosie99]

I’m trying to find more information about my great grandfather, John Bigglane ....He married Norah Herrity in 1883 in Newcastle-u-L

What information does the marriage certificate give for his father

[hanes teulu]

The inquest into the death of John Biglane, Staffordshire Sentinel, 24 Dec 1904, gave his age as 44.

FindMyPast has a John Bislane (as transcribed), age 8, boarder, on the '61 Census, born Wellington. The entry above is Ann Biglane (as transcribed), age 40, widow, boarder, born Ireland.

[garstonite]

brilliant - Hanes Teslu
that would explain why the FIRST Biglane on freebmd isn't until 1858
looks like they came over from Ireland  ...great work ...explains a lot as well - enumerator getting the info from a broad Irish man / woman - probably wrote down as he heard it