TRACING THOMAS MCEVOY,LIMERICK JUNCTION

[notsosure59]

Hello Hello
I have recently started to trace relatives from Ireland. I have had great help and luck with my fathers side the FARRELLY'S from WESTMEATH. Not so with my grandmothers side of the family, the MCEVOY'S from LIMERICK JUNCTION, TIPPERARY
My grandmother MARY ELLEN was born in Limerick Junction in 1887, her father (my great grandfather THOMAS MCEVOY) was a railway porter at the time of her birth and we are told actually retired as station master at Limerick Junction??
I can find no trace anywhere in the 1901 or 1911 census of an address for any of this family. I have found a William McEvoy, railway signalman living in Ballykisteen - a relative maybe?
MARY ELLEN married PATRICK FARRELLY, my grandfather and moved to Manchester. My dad Terence was born in Manchester in 1921.
I am a beginner to all of this, so any tips or advice tracing my grandmother's roots in Limerick would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Patrick

[olliecat]

My grandmother MARY ELLEN was born in Limerick Junction in 1887, her father (my great grandfather THOMAS MCEVOY) was a railway porter

You haven't said who Mary's mother was. Could the family be in Lancashire in 1901 and 1911?

1901: RG13 Piece: 3662 Folio: 22 Page: 35

1911: RG14/23607 SN340

[Richard1955]

Hi Patrick
www.
rootsireland.ie shows Mary Elen McEvoy birth 1887 Tipperary but you'll have to buy credits to view it. (sorry Markj)
Searched the 1901 Irish and UK census.
Only the two possibilities and you will probably find the marriage place to be close to one of them.
https://www.familysearch.org/s/searc...ed=true&page=1
Obviously if the marriage is between 1901 and 1911 you should be looking for Mary Ellen Farrelly in 1911 but you haven't said when or where the marriage was.
Hope that helps
Richard

[olliecat]

but you haven't said when or where the marriage was.

This looks like a good bet ...

Marriages Sep 1912 Prestwich 8d 839
Farrelly Patrick McEvoy
McEvoy Mary E Farrelly

There are a number of FARRELLY children (mum's maiden name MCEVOY) in the BMD indexes, born 1914 to 1929 in Manchester. One of these is Terence.

[olliecat]

Patrick, if you think the family in the 1901 and 1911 census is yours, then it seems you are in luck. Thomas McEvoy married again after his wife Ellen died in 1912, and his father's name is on the record.

Marriage: 20 Aug 1912 at St Mark, Worsley, Lancashire
Thomas McEvoy - 45 Railway signalman, widower, of 40 King William Street Winton
Sarah Janet Bain - 48 spinster of 41 King William Street Winton
Groom's Father: William McEvoy, Retired Railway Servant
Bride's Father: James Bain, (deceased), Blacksmith
Witness: James Pearson; Elizabeth Ellen Pearson
Married by Licence by: A. B. Wilson Woodhouse
(From the Lancashire OPC)

Will leave it here now, until you've had a chance to decide if the family in the census is yours or not.

[notsosure59]

The family moved from Ireland at date unknown but after 1901 but settled in High Burton Street, Manchester. Mary's mother was MARY nee MCarthy

[notsosure59]

Wow, will double check thanks

[notsosure59]

Nobody knows whre they got married! In Irleand or Manchester where they settled?. Marriage was between 1901 and 1911 for sure

[olliecat]

The family moved from Ireland at date unknown but after 1901 but settled in High Burton Street, Manchester. Mary's mother was MARY nee MCarthy

Looks like I've found the wrong family then. Did Mary and Thomas McEvoy move over to Manchester too?

Notsosure (I like your username by the way), it's difficult to know which posts you are replying to. It would help if you refer to the username when you are replying to a specific post. Or you could try the 'Reply with Quote' link on the right side of the blue bar beneath the post you wish to reply to.

[notsosure59]

Thanks, wow, I think you are spot on with the dates, we do not know for asure if they married in Ireland or the UK. All the kids born in the range you suggest. The lived in High Burton Street, Manchester