Location: Limerick/Tipperary, Ireland
Surname/tag: Harrigan
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I wonder if anyone can help me resolve an issue that I have with my maternal grandfather, John Harrigan. He passed away in Camden Town, London, England in 1976. He was born? 1903 in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland. The problem that I have is that I can find no record of his birth or baptism, but I can find records of his siblings?
The 1911 Census has him listed as living in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland, and his parents recorded as Patrick Harrigan and Bridget Harrigan (Weston). At the time of the census They had been married 7 years, but my grandfather is recorded as being 9 years old.
The Mystery deepens when looking at the Marriage Records for my Grandad who married Ellen (Nelly) Myers at St Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland. This document records his father as being John Harrigan, occupation Labourer, but notably one of the witnesses was a Patrick Harrigan ( was Patrick Harrigan a sibling of John Harrigan the Father named on the Marriage records?)
This John Harrigan was married to Bridget Hynes.
A final confusion is made by the fact that my DNA matches both on Ancestry and MyHeritage, when I search for Harrigan in the search bar the results are confirmed in very low double digits, all other names associated with my family are getting hits in the hundreds including Hynes, Tobin, Myers etc.
The only conclusion that I can make without upsetting anyone is that my grandad was Adopted, but this has never been spoken about within the family.
If anyone can help me resolve this mystery, I would be eternally grateful.
Regards to everyone John Harrigan Harrigan-552
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