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Mary Harrington (1856)

Mary Harrington
Born in Knockane, County Kerry, Irelandmap
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Ireland Native
Mary Harrington was born in Ireland.
Mary was born 30 Mar 1856.[1]

Research Notes

Deaths

Before reviewing marriages, it would be prudent to look at any recorded deaths. There were 28 deaths from 1863 to 1960 (we have no civil records fro 1856 to 1863 although there are no church burial records for Mary Harrington for that period - or any other). [Only indices are available for years 1863 to 1890.]
Civil death records: Mary Harrington
1863 to 1960
YearAgeImputed Birth YearNotes
18691001769
1878711807
1888751813
1876601816
1888621826
1894641830
1922851837
1911721839
1882411841
1911691842
1907581849Widow, therefore not likely maiden name; Moyderwell; daughter Mary Anne Muirhead present
1873141859
1873141859
1881191862
1900371863Married; mother Ellen Cremins present
1913481865Spinster; Ballincullig; Denis Harrington present
1940751865Widow, therefore not likely maiden name
1948791869
1904341870
1894161878
188011879
1915321883
1958741884
1955771888
189501895
190751902
1929171912
195051945
From the table, no conclusions can be made but there are two deaths within three years of Mary's birth year that cannot be ruled out. It is possible that Mary died in 1873 or even possibly 1881 or 1913.

Marriages

Until the archives release the marriage records for the 1860s to 1880, there are difficulties in determining if THIS Mary Harrington did wed. There are church records from 1870 to 1911 showing four marriages
Church weddings for bride's named Mary Harrington
1870 to 1911
DateGroomBride's father
6 November 1880Patrick MahoneyJohn Harrington
1 November 1889Walter MuirheadJohn Harrington
16 July 1891Michael DriscollWilliam Harrington
29 April 1893Thomas DalyJohn Harrington
The civil records show nine marriages from 1870 to 1940. As mentioned previously, only indices are available for the first ten years and we can segregate these into two groups. The group with records available (1881-1940) show five marriages with those included in church records having a shaded background:
Civil marriage records for bride's named Mary Harrington
1870 to 1940
DateGroomBride's fatherBride's age
1 November 1889Walter MuirheadJohn21
16 July 1891Michael DriscollWilliam18
29 April 1893Thomas DalyJohn26
9 February 1924Thomas GalvinJohnfull
28 April 1928William LeenPatrickfull
As one can see, the two marriages beyond 1911 have no corresponding church record but, in any case, do not show a bride's father's name of Andrew, and therefore not THIS Mary (not to mention that an elderly spinster marrying is quite rare).
For the four marriages from 1870 to 1880, we can see the most likely candidate based on age, the one for 1880, has a corresponding church record indicating that the bride's father's name is not Andrew and can be excluded. The possible grooms in the table below were calculated based on matching year/quarter/volume/page.
Civil marriage indices for Mary Harrington
YearQuarterVolume NoPage NoImputed agePossible grooms
187112037115

Thade Daly, Patrick Leary, John McCauliff, Patrick Scannell

18731569517

Jeremiah Carmody, John Burns, Jermiah Hurly, David Supple

18741564618

David Leary, Thade Hanifin, Patrick Hanlon, Denis Reidy

18804530924

Richard Holland, Patrick Mahony, Robert McKendrick, Timothy O'Connell

Although the census records cannot rule out all of the possible grooms, there are three men that can be highlighted,

  1. Patrick Leary
1901 Census
1911 census
  1. Patrick Scannell
1901 census
  1. Patrick Hanlon
1901 census
1911 census

The 1911 census record Patrick Scannell show he married in 1879 and does not match the 1871 record. The 1911 census record for Patrick Hanlon shows that he married in 1888 and the birth record of one of the children shows his wife's maiden name was Dineen,

Migrations

TBD

Sources

  1. Church baptism record
    Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - CAUSEWAY
    Baptism of MARY HARRINGTON of KNUCKANE on 30 March 1856
    NameMARY HARRINGTON Date of Birth30 March 1856
    AddressKNUCKANE PriestREV E MCCARTHY
    FatherANDREW NR MotherMARY ROCHE
    Sponsor 1PATRICK ROCHE Sponsor 2MARGARET GAYNOR
    Book NumberPageEntry NumberRecord_Identifier
    3N/R899KY-RC-BA-181118




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