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Catherine Regan Circ. 1865 Cork

Hi I am looking for relatives for Catherine Regan, born in 1865 Cork, Ireland. Although some records say Southwark, London.

She married James Arthur Coles in 1885 in Whitechapel, London and later George Haill (Hall).

Her marriage certificate says her father was James Regan from Cork, Ireland who was a pit sawyer and in later records cabinet maker.

That is all the information I have that I know to be true. I have guessed the rest but I would really like to know her background (family in Ireland) and who her mother was.

I have some more information but I'm not even 50% it's correct so I haven't added it.

Thanks

suzanne.coles@…

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Hi Suzanne,

www.rootsireland.ie/has this record (no father's occupation of course!):

Name:Catherine ReganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:26-Sep-1865Address:
Parish/District:DONOUGHMOREGender:FemaleCountyCo. Cork
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:James ReganMother:Margaret TwomeyOccupation:
Informant 1:Denis Morrissy
Informant 2:Honora Sheahan

Next closest are 1856 & 1869

www.irishgenealogy.ie/ is free and good for Cork records

Couldn't find a marraige record on roots (which MAY have had his occupation)

I had a look on ancestry.com and the above couple were not in anyone else's tree so maybe?

Did he name his first son James & second daughter Mary (Irish naming pattern)?

Col

 

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Hi Col, thank you so much for the information.  I am now looking into those names.

Originally I thought he married Catherine Regan (possibily also called Regan by birth) as I couldn't find any further information, which would explain the mother/daughter connection.

Catherine (1865) on her marriage certifcate to James Coles notes that she was born in Finsbury, London.  But on her second marriage it states that she was born in Cork, Ireland so I'm not even sure she was born in Ireland.   I know she lived at 33 Heath Street, Commerical Road, Stepney, London during her second marriage to George Haill (Hall) and they had a daughter Hannah Maria Haill 28 Sept 1906.   She lived with my great grandfather James Arthur Coles at Crown & Shears Place in Stepney and they had 8 children but I don't have any siblings for her.

Kind regards

 

suzanne.coles@…

I found this on ancestry naming James Regan as father born in Cork, Ireland and his wife being Cathe Regan (not sure what the e with the apostrophe means) and names a Catherine as their daughter but the difference in age is about 3 years but my greatgrandfather James Coles grew up around All Hallows in Barking so it seem to make more sense in a way.

I followed this trail before and I couldnt find a record of James and Cathe Regan in Cork.

 

suzanne.coles@…

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