Sarah Coates

[hexhamlad]

Looking for the origins of Sarah Coates, born circa 1870, married Thomas McBride at St. Patricks, Portaferry in 1888, buried Ballyphilip Parish Church 1935

[Sinann]

You forgot to say what her father's name is on the marriage cert
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1888/10773/5929031.pdf
Henry, a labourer, deceased.

[aghadowey]

It this is the correct Sarah McBride then she was born earlier than you indicated which may explain why I couldn't find a birth registration.
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Ards_Upper/High_Street/1232114/ (Sarah age 36 so born c1864)
Birth of daughter Rose confirms parents-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1898/02077/1792741.pdf
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Portaferry/High_Street/241453/ (Sarah age 50 so born c1861, 13 children/8 living)

[Kiltaglassan]

Birth of daughter Rose confirms parents

Rosina McBride sadly died of chronic Bright's Disease in 1903 aged 5 yrs.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1903/05649/4590104.pdf

[sam.b]

You might have all these detail's
Miss   Sarah   COATES   .   Ballyphilip   married Thomas McBride 23 Aug 1888 at Portaferry Catholic Church; mother of Thomas b. 1889 (d. 1971), Sam & Lizzie (Twins ) b. 1890 (d 1891), Sarah b. 1892 (d. 1893), James b 1893 (d. 1938),Archibald b. 1895 (d. 1913), George b. 1897 (d. 1963), Rosina b. 1898 (d. 1903), Sam b. 1900 (d. 1900), Sadie b. 1902 (d. 1925), Joseph b. 1904 (d. 1966), Hugh b. 1906 (d. 1964) & Eveline b. 1907 (d. 1983)
From :  https://rosdavies.com/SURNAMES/C/CoaCol.htm

[hexhamlad]

Thank you, I do have that information, It is Sarah's history prior to marrying Thomas McBride that I am seeking.

[aghadowey]

Thank you, I do have that information, It is Sarah's history prior to marrying Thomas McBride that I am seeking.

It this is the correct Sarah McBride then she was born earlier than you indicated which may explain why I couldn't find a birth registration.
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Ards_Upper/High_Street/1232114/ (Sarah age 36 so born c1864)
Birth of daughter Rose confirms parents-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1898/02077/1792741.pdf
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Portaferry/High_Street/241453/ (Sarah age 50 so born c1861, 13 children/8 living)

[gaffy]

Just to be aware (from a subscription website) that what looks like the same Sarah Coates was the subject in an adult baptism in Ballyphilip RC Parish on the day of her marriage.  I say "what looks like the same", for the address given was Portaferry, the date was 22 August 1888 and the sponsor was named as Sarah McBride (the witness to the marriage?). So maybe a conversion?

Added: that would explain the reversion to Church of Ireland as a widow in the 1911 Ireland census.

[hexhamlad]

I believe Sarah was originally Church of Ireland and turned when she married Thomas McBride, she reverted to Church of Ireland upon the death of Thomas and is buried in Ballyphilip C of I churchyard. I have no record of her birth or christening but believe her Father was Henry Coates and that she had a Sister Jane Ellen.