Robert
Alexander
Halligan
Born about in County Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Halligan
and Jane Quin
Brother of
Elizabeth (Halligan) Totton, John Halligan, Edwin Thomas Halligan, Isabella Halligan, Emily (Halligan) Adams and Alice Jane (Halligan) Osborne
Husband of
Jane (Hughes) Halligan
— married
23 Dec 1873 in Belfast
Husband of
Sarah Alice (Corner) Halligan
— married
20 May 1897 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Father of
Henrietta Caroline (Halligan) Benger, Elizabeth Jane Halligan, Joseph Thomas Halligan and Mary Halligan
Died about
at about age 88
in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2016
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Biography
Based on the 1891 and 1911 censuses, Robert was born in Co. Down. Based on ages given on censuses and at death, would have been born somewhere between 1851 and 1854.
Not living with his parents in Bristol in 1871 census. Not found anywhere in England, Scotland or Wales, so probably still in Ireland (1871 census of Ireland is lost).[1]
Married Jane Hughes in Belfast in 1873. Occupation: grocer.[2]
They moved to Wales. They had a daughter, Henrietta Caroline, in Cardiff in 1875, and another, Elizabeth Jane, in Pontardawe in 1877.[3]
By 1879, when their son Joseph Thomas was born, they were living in George Street, Armagh, and Robert was working as a butler.[4] They had a daughter, Mary, born in Ireland c. 1885.
In the 1891 census, Robert is staying at the Wellington Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and his occupation is publican. Jane and the children are living at the Railway Inn, Melton Mowbray.[5]
Jane died in Melton Mowbray in 1896.[6] Robert Married Sarah Corner in Melton Mowbray in 1897 - his occupation was hotel keeper.[7] In 1898, he was the proprietor of the Railway Hotel, Melton Mowbray.[8]
In the 1901 census the Robert and Sarah are living at 23 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, and Robert is an agent for ales. Robert's children are not living with them - Henrietta married Herbert Benger in 1900, where the other three are I have yet to find - and two of his wife's relatives are staying with them.[9]
He was declared bankrupt in 1901. He had been a publican for about ten years, first at the Railway Hotel until it was demolished to build a railway bridge, then the Marquis of Granby, then the Boat Inn, but had lost money at all three.[10]
In the 1911 census, Robert is working as a butler for an American widow called Maragaret Zborowska at 15 St Audley Street West, St George Hanover Square, London. Sarah is still at 65 Burton Street.[11]
Sarah died at 61 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, in 1934. Her death notice notes that Robert had been butler to the racing driver Count Louis Zborowska.[12]
Robert died at Coventry Cottage, Burton Road, Melton Mowbray, in December 1940. His son, Lt. Col. J. T. Halligan, was unable to attend the funeral due to his military duties.[13][14]
Sources
- ↑ 1871 Census, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Civil marriage record, Robert Halligan & Eliza Jane Hughes, 23 December 1873
- ↑ England & Wales Births 1837-2006, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Civil birth record, Joseph Thomas Halligan, 27 August 1879
- ↑ 1891 Census, Genes Reunited
- ↑ England & Wales deaths 1837-2007, Genes Reunited
- ↑ England & Wales marriages 1837-2008, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Melton Mowbray Police - Theft of Ham, Stamford Mercury, 30 December 1898
- ↑ 1901 census, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Melton Mowbray - A Publican's Failure, Stamford Mercury, 14 June 1901
- ↑ 1911 Census, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Grantham Journal, 3 March 1934
- ↑ England & Wales deaths 1837-2007, Genes Reunited
- ↑ Grantham Journal, 20 December 1940
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~6.25%
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