Hello,
I'm hoping to find any information about my 2nd great grandmother Margaret Ann(e) Abraham. Here is what I think I know:
Born: cca Oct. 1841
Father: Thomas Abraham - farmer; Mother unknown
Married: Robert Taggart - March 12, 1866 (marriage Cert. Attached)
Based on the Marriage Certificate I believe she lived in Carnew, County Wickow at the time of marriage.
taggs51:
I don't see any reference to Co. Wicklow on the marriage record.
Marriages were normally held in the bride's parish. It appears Margaret was from the parish of Magheracross in Co. Fermanagh and that Robert Taggart was from the civil parish of Aghalurcher in Co. Fermanagh. There is a reference on the record to Ballinamallard (Bellanamallard) so possibly that is where Margaret was from.
Co. Fermanagh Church of Ireland records are not included on the subscription site Roots Ireland.
Roger McDonnell
taggs51,
The marriage record you attached shows her residence as Currin, I think - as it is hard to decipher. Currin is a townland in the Magheracross civil parish in Co. Fermanagh. While Margaret had emigrated to Canada by 1901, the 1901 Irish census records for Currin show two Abraham families living in # 16 and 17. William Thomas is the head in # 16 and John Robert in # 17...he has a daughter named Margaret Anne. The names of these men's children are very similar to the names of Margaret Anne's children. There is a Jane Abraham, age 75, living with John Robert who I thought was perhaps their mother, but it shows she was unmarried, so maybe a spinster aunt. To conclude, perhaps William and John are Margaret's brothers.
Regards,
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K4KS-2K9 Record for Robert Taggart 1832-1925. Born Co. Fermanagh Ireland. Died 16th November 1925 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. Married in 1866 in Irvinestown, Ireland. Parents William Taggart and Elizabeth Bell. Spouse Margaret Ann Abraham. There are 8 children listed for this marriage (Robert and Margaret).
Male 1st March1867–27th September 1921 Born Fermanagh Ireland.
Male 1st July 1868 Born Brookeborough Fermanagh Ireland.
Male 1st July 1871 Fermanagh Ireland died Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
Female1871
Female 20th April 1873
Female 28th December 1874–
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Male 19th January 1878
Thank you all for your responses.
Carolyn - thank you for correcting my mistake with her residence - Currin makes more sense and I will follow up in the 1901 Census. I interpreted the place as Carnew and then looked it up to see it in Wicklow.