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Thomas Hodgins & Fanny Booker

First of all, what I do know about Thomas Hodgins & Fanny Booker.

They got married in Crossakiel, Prodestant Church C-O-I in 1845 and left for America in the 1850's. I have records on their time in America.

I was told by American relations that they were devout Catholics and Fanny's relations disowned her after the wedding. The implication being that it was a mixed marriage; Thomas, being a RC. Thomas was believed to have been a church warden in his church; presumably the closest RC church to Crossakiel. Story goes on that he was working as a gardener for the Bookers.

On cert, Thomas's father is down as Joseph (deceased) occ Blacksmith. Fanny's father, George, occ farmer.

At the moment it's just an if, but if Fanny belonged to the Crossakiel Bookers, she would have been living beside the RIC station and as well as being a farmer, her father would have run the Post Office. There were some Hodgins families living in Crossakiel at the time.

I would love to contact anyone who would have anything on these two families.

 

John

John Mc Kee

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Hi, The marriage record transcription on RootsIreland notes that both parties belonged to the Church of Ireland:

Marriage:11-Jun-1845  

Parish / District:KILSKYRE

Co. Meath

Husband                          Wife

ThomasHodgins, 30       FrancesBooker, 19

Both lived in Crossakiel

Both were Church of Ireland

Occupation:FARMER

Bachelor (Previously unmarried)

Spinster (Previously unmarried)

Husband's Father           Wife's Father

Name:JosephHodgins      GeorgeBooker

Occupation:BLACKSMITH   FARMER

Witnesses GeorgeBooker  JamesDarling

 

glanvil3@aol.com

Thanks Patricia,

That is the conundrum, because they were devout Catholics when they were in America.

I wonder was Thomas Hodgins a Catholic, but got married in a C-O-I church?

On a list, it was stated that he was a church warden while in Ireland, the ref: Irish Catholic Churchwardens List, or something like that. I haven't been able to find it, which would clear things up.

What is for sure, the Bookers would not have warmed to a mixed marriage.

The whole thing is a bit of a mess, as on her gravestone, she is down as being born in Belfast, not Crossakiel and on every tree, she is linked to the Bookers who lived in Castlepollard, W'meath. The Castlepollard Booker was also called George, which means the witness, might be her uncle. 

John Mc Kee

The transcription of the marriage record clearly states that each was COI.

Of course, the minister may have written the wrong thing.

 

glanvil3@aol.com

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