Motherwell - Roman Catholic Cemeteries

[Cemb726]

Was Margaret's maiden surname Fern?

Lodger death certificate on someone's tree confirms the name Fern

Rosie

Correct!

[Cemb726]

There are four children in total, two in common ground and two in a purchased plot. No adults so I'm guessing they are in St Pat's, New Stevenston. I'll try to find out.

The Globe interments are -

STILLBORN CURRAN, 20 Ann Street (Motherwell).
Parents - Michael Curran & Maggie Ferns.
Interred in common ground on 1st July 1893.

BRIDGET CURRAN, aged 2 years, 107 Windmillhill.
Parents - Michael Curran & Margaret Fern.
Interred in common ground on 17th December 1897.

MINNIE MARGARET CURRAN, aged 10 weeks, 57 Millar Street.
Parents - Michael Curran & Margaret Fern.
Interred in C D 138, 2nd July 1906.

GEORGE CURRAN, aged 14 days, 51 Millar St. (Could be 57?)
Parents - Michael Curran & Margaret Fern.
Interred in C D 138, 27th August 1908.

Hi - thank you so much for the info, and apologies for my late reply. I can confirm that these are my ancestors. Can I ask where you obtained this information? I am in the states. Thanks again!

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No sign of Michael in my 1911 Motherwell Directory, which seems to be a list of householders and adult men living at the same address who were eligible to vote.
In my 1925 Motherwell & Wishaw Directory, which is split into a Householders list and in another part, there is a list of those eligible to vote, there is, at 19a Scott Street,

CURRAN Michael, steelworker. (who must be the householder).

In the 2nd section, for 19a Scott Street, there are the following adults eligible to vote.

CURRAN, MICHAEL.
CURRAN, JOHN.
CURRAN, JOSEPH.

I'm presuming the above three will be the father and 2 adult sons?

19 Scott Street was a tenement building consisting of six houses (apartments or flats, depending on where in the world you are!). 19a would have been on the ground floor.
I wouldn't have thought the street numbers went as high as 81? Could be worth checking. In this very small world, I went to school in Scott Street and now, many decades later, I do voluntary work from an office in the same street, so I know it well and can't imagine where number 81 would have been, it's a fairly short street.

Yes, John and Joseph are sons of Michael.

At the time of Michael's death he was living with his son Fred (81 Scott Street, death cert attatched). Fred had a son that passed away on Dec 31 1947 named John "Jackie" Curran. Mothers maiden name (O'neill). I was able to find an obituary but it did not mention burial place. I am thinking maybe Michael may be buried where Jackie could be?

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I will try to find Michael's burial place.

I smiled when I saw the death certificate you posted, the Joseph Owens who lived in Vulcan street had a son, also called Joseph, who was a good friend of my grandfather's. Joe kept pigs and my granny was never too happy when he came to visit (at least 2 or 3 times a week) as he left a smell in the house. The Owens family lived in that house in Vulcan St well into the 1960s.
Thanks for the memories Cemb726

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Hi - thank you so much for the info, and apologies for my late reply. I can confirm that these are my ancestors. Can I ask where you obtained this information? I am in the states. Thanks again!

I have a copy of the Globe cemetery burial records, they were transcribed by a group of amateurs about 30 years ago, unfortunately, they didn't make a very good job of the work and I have found many mistakes over the years. The original books are with North Lanarkshire Archives at the Heritage Centre in Motherwell.