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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	Ian	Report	4 May 2011 22:14
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	Barry, Thank you. I've just looked at the 1871 image again, and now you've told me it's obvious that it's Westmeath. So that probably lets the 'Barnsley tailor, lodger' off the hook for my birth!
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	Ian	Report	4 May 2011 22:09
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	Thanks to all of you for this very helpful information. I am kicking myself that I didn't think of alternative surname spellings in an age and class of limited literacy. barry I'm off back to my 1871 census to look at the image again, but Westmeath sounds interesting. Ian
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5,047 Send Message	Eringobragh1916	Report	3 May 2011 16:34
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5,047 Send Message	Thank You Barry...The 1861 Census info. is a great help....and the Westmeath ...well what can you say..!!
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 350 Send Message	Barry	Report	3 May 2011 14:33
	FreeBMD's Matthew LANAGAN married Mary Riley Q3 1858 in Manchester district ref 8d 583 - Note spelling 1861 Census Matthew LANNAGAN - again different spelling Tailor b Ireland 1825 wife Mary ,Dressmaker Living with them are Mary's parents Patrick b Ireland 1791 Mary b Ireland 1791
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 350 Send Message	Barry	Report	3 May 2011 11:08
	The 1871 census gives Matthew's birthplace as WESTMEATH Ireland
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	3 May 2011 10:32
	Matthew Lanigan England and Wales Census, 1881 birth 1831 —Ireland residence 1881 —Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding), England census 1881 —Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding), England record title: England and Wales Census, 1881 name: Matthew Lanigan age: 50 gender: Male birth year: 1831 birthplace: Ireland relationship to head of household: Lodger marital condition: Single profession/occupation: Tailor address: Lodging House 11 Doncaster Rd census place: Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding), England record type: Household family history library film: 1342110 the national archives reference: RG11 piece/folio: 4600 / 132 page number: 33
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5,047 Send Message	Eringobragh1916	Report	3 May 2011 10:20
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5,047 Send Message	Ian....Could the birthplace be Westcourt...? It would match with the Mattew Lanigan 1834.... Westcourt is in the Civil parish of Callan Co Kilkenny...However there are 4 Westcourt "Townlands" .. Westcourt Commons..118acres Westcourt Demesne...140acres Westcourt North ...406acres Westcourt South...19acres Matthew and Mary married 1858 Manchester so should show on 1861 Census
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	Ian	Report	3 May 2011 10:06
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 36 Send Message	My great-grandparents were Matthew and Mary Lanigan (nee Riley). In the 1871 UK Census, they are recorded as living at 6 Barrow's Court, Greengate, Salford with their five children. Matthew is shown as 45 yrs and a tailor; Mary as 41yrs and born in Wigan. Matthew's birthplace is indistinct on the record, but is in Ireland and looks like Westincall. I cannot trace this place. Matters are further complicated by the fact that in the 1881 Census, the only Matthew, a tailor is lodging in Barnsley, and his age is now shown as 51yrs. In 1891, he is again recorded at an address in Greengate, but this time as a visitor. His wife Mary does not appear in either of these later censuses. Nor can I find any record of a marriage for them - did they bother?. If I pursue Mary RILEY, I can find a record of a death in Salford in the final quarter of 1880, with an age of 53, which is reasonably close to an estimated birth year of 1830. On the other hand, there were also two deaths of Mary Riley in Salford in 1890 on ancestry.com, (ages 59 and 62). Finally, familysearch.org offers me a Matthew Lanigan born 22.04.1834 in Callan, Co Kilkenny; Kilkenny is the ancestral home of the Lanigan clan. Any help in untangling this knot would be enormously welcome!

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