Mary Morrison/Colligan Ballymote

[heywood]

Yes there are a lot of Morrisons.

I am just looking for clues.
The marriage witness was Thomas Morrisson.

There are a couple of skirmishes between Michael and Mary Colligan and Thomas Morrison of Newtown, Ballymote.

26th March 1896, Thomas v Michael and Mary, the witnesses are Thomas (presumably the complainant) and Bt Morrison (Bridget, I assume).

1901?
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Ballymote/Newtown_Street/1679483/

[heywood]

20th April 1882
1) Anne Sharkey Complainant - Biddy Morrison, widow, Defendant - Trespass
2) Anne Sharkey Complainant - Mary Colligan, defendant - assault/threats

All of Ballymote

[Max2121]

What a "colourful" family I seem to have, when my grandmother married my grandad and moved to his hometown in Wales I heard that she also saw off a couple of blokes, one a fairground boxer her son had got into the ring with to earn a few bob was on the receiving end of her wrath after she dragged her son out by his ear.
I did see the various court records with Thomas Morrison and wondered if this may have been a family member.
I see in the census linked with Brigit Morrison do you think she maybe a sister in law of Michael Morrison, was Thomas a cousin?
Thanks again you are both being so helpful.

[heywood]

Not sure at all re the relationships.
I have tried looking for a marriage for Bridget? To Mr Morrison and a birth for Thomas with a mother Bridget but not found yet.
I wondered if your Mary was a daughter to Bridget and sister to Thomas perhaps.

I have similar court records re family and neighbours - drunkenness/threats/allowing animals to trespass etc - lots of squabbling and pettiness really. A hard life, I suppose.

[Max2121]

Yes life must have been hard, I know they were labourers so must have been unbelievably tough and no doubt drink was an escape pretty much as it is for some folk nowadays.
Mary was the daughter of Honoria Kevil and Michael Morrison as far as we now know but no doubt there were many cousins I would imagine.
I have been looking through the microfilm for a record of a marriage between Honoria Kevil and a Michael Morrison no luck with that but did come across a marriage between 2 people with those names married in Boyle Roscommon, not too far away from Keash (Keash was in the birth entry for Mary Morrison) this was in 1855.
Maybe a lead there who knows

[heywood]

I am doubting that Mary is the daughter of Honoria Kevil. That Mary is still shown on 1901 census. It might be an error but then why are other married children not shown? Unless they were deceased, I suppose.

Unfortunately, the earlier parish records are transcribed and have few details. Additionally, Ancestry have only indexed by first names.

Here is a marriage for Michael Morrison and Bridget Walsh in February 1852.
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632303#page/90/mode/1up

There are baptisms, Thomas, 1857; Margaret 1858; John 1860 all with father Michael, of Ballymote. Sadly, no mother’s name , no Mary and no Godparents.

Not much help really. Maybe concentrate on the Colligans for a while. 

[heywood]

I think that marriage you found would be the one. Wasn’t Honoria born Roscommon in the census?

[Max2121]

I was going by the link showing a Mary Morrison born to Michael Morrison and Honor Kevil .
I will look again at the census for the Roscommon link.
Thank goodness you are there by the way
Incidentally my DNA ethnicity has Roscommon as the area it matches more closely but I do know that it is constantly evolving so no sense in jumping to conclusions I would think, just wanted to mention it.

Yes it is Roscommon Honora's place of birth according to the census.

We have a marriage between Honoria Kevil and Michael Morrison in Roscommon
We have a daughter born to Michael Morrison (farmer) and Honoria Kevil just outside Ballymote at Keash (looks like Carrownacreevy but not 100%)
We have the 1911 census showing Honoria as a widow and farmer just outside Ballymote in Carrownacreevy birthplace Roscommon.

My only problem is it says on the census (1901) that Mary is there as an unmarried woman when my Mary Morrison had married in 1879. Could my problem be the marriage between Mary and Michael Colligan?
Also if this is the right Mary Morrison b to Michael and Honoria in 1867 could she really  have married in 1879?
Seems a tad young or was there a very young minimum age?
Actually just looked at the record and it says she was full age.

I am wondering if I need to start from scratch again as am getting in a right pickle.

[Max2121]

I think I will take your advice and try and look at the Colligans.
Michael Colligan aged 46 in the 1901 and 1911 census!

Here we go again, marriage between Michael Colligan and Mary Morrison 1879 Ballymote, both full age.
His father Pat and hers Michael both deceased.
I do know Michael's wife was a Morrison as was on my grannies b/c
Wish me luck