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Ada's Father, Joseph Keegan, abandoned his wife and children in 1889, when they were taken into the Caistor workhouse. A warrant was issued for him when he was also known as John Smith. Apart from Caroline, her siblings all married locally and lived locally. The inquest into Ada's Mother, names her father as Joseph Francis Keegan. I have not been able to trace him on any census.
I have traced the family Thomas Lammin and Florence, Ada's sister, quite successfully.
I will pursue the electoral rolls for Burgess Street, when I next in the local library.

I must express my appreciation for everyone's help

Alias John Smith, lol...(oh grief)...

Chris :)

(had a quick look down Ayscough Street 1881, but not seeing, don't you have the Marriage Cert.?)

I checked at 87 Orwell Street (where a Joseph Francis Keegan was listed in the directory in 1882)- can't see anything.

There is a John Smith (fisherman, born Brixham) at 86 Orwell Street, but he is with his wife Emma (had been for a long time).

Bruce- do you have the marriage certificate for Joseph and Mary Alice? Does it give an age and father's name and occupation for Joseph?

Off out now- will check back later

(notes below for 87, but don't suppose for one minute, lol)

Chris :)

14 December 1897 - Hull Daily Mail - Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

A DISAPPEARANCE REPORTED. Mr Major, 87, Orwell-street, reports to the Borough Police that his son (John Major) has been missing since Saturday night...(age 34, but actual home Lynn, where he has a wife and family, was one of a crew on board a smack)



19 September 1884 - Hull Packet - Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

District News.
John Smith, fisherman, was charged with stealing a tea- pot, the property of Mary Ann Havercroft. The magistrates believed that Smith only intended the affair as a joke, and dismissed the charge

(probably husband of Emma one)

Joseph's age is given as 21 years and his father is John Keegan, gardener.
Address is simply Ayscough Street. Joseph was a fisherman.
In 1901 census Mary Alice Keegan, Joseph's wife, was living at 15 Orwell Street with Harriett Weston working as a charwoman.

(yes, she is with Harriett Ann Weston (Widow) Housekeeper to Charles Jay 1911. Mary Alice as Servant)

Chris :)

(a gardener one below!)

06 January 1912 - Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Exeter, Devon, England

While John Keegan a gardener employed at Clonyn Castle Castlepollard, Westmeath, was eating his supper, a piece of meat lodged in his throat and he was choked before medical assistance could procured.


(perhaps Daughter of Harriet, not sure if they relate in families)

Baptism
County Lincolnshire
Place Grimsby
Church name (with link) St Andrew
Register type (with link) Unspecified
Register entry number 702
Birth date 04 Mar 1879
Baptism date 02 Apr 1879
Person forename Sarah Jane
Person sex F
Father forename George
Mother forename Harriet
Father surname WESTON
Person abode Strand St, Grimsby
Father occupation Fisherman


Marriages Jun 1878 (>99%)
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TODD Harriet Pearson Caistor 7a 1303
WESTON George Caistor 7a 1303


(15 Orwell Street, her Mother and Mary Keegan 1901)