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Name Jack Pitchforth
Topic Other
Residence Date 18 Dec 1987( Died 10th April)
Residence Place Chatham, Kent, England
Publication Date 18 Dec 1987
Publication Place Chatham, Kent, England
Newspaper Title Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News, etc.
Probate granted to his children....C***** Mackenzie and A***** Keast

Deaths 1987 (>99%)
PITCHFORTH JACK 21AU1924 CHATHAM 16 689

Deaths Jun 1972 (>99%)
BLAXHALL Norah Pretoria 12Se1900 Gosport 6b 922

Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
Blaxhall Betty Hanrahan Portsmouth 2b 852

Marriages Mar 1946 (>99%)
Blaxhall Betty Pitchforth Portsmouth 2b 1227
Pitchforth Jack Blaxhall Portsmouth 2b 1227

1939

First name(s) Betty
County Wiltshire
Last name(s) Keast (Pitchforth,Blaxham)
Country England
Birth date 15 Jul 1924
E. D. letter code WRHJ
Birth day 15
Schedule 349
Birth month 7
Schedule sub number 1
Birth year 1924
Archive reference RG101/7118G/007/37
Sex Female
Piece number 7118G
Marital status Single
Item number 7
Occupation At School
Line number 37
Address 26 Castle Road, Salisbury
Record set 1939 Register
Place Salisbury M.B.

Second surname change for this woman was recorded in 1969

Keast
Betty
15/07/1924
14/08/1983
Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index
Trowbridge Cemetery, Wiltshire

Deaths Sep 1983 (>99%)
KEAST BETTE 15JY1924 TROWBRIDGE 23 2147

3 Pitchforth/Blaxhall births....NOT posting here as they are too recent

The start of lovely hunting on your part.

Investigate several sources:
Check out search/search all members trees as I suggested yesterday.

Www.freebmd.co.uk is a useful source which can then lead you into the GRO.

Library services in the UK usually have free access to Ancestry and sometimes Find My Past, which can save you on subs.

Local archives, sometimes found in local main libraries.

The Hampshire family history society is actually called the Hampshire Genealogy society. I think the Portsmouth section of this may have moved to Gosport,

Added: the National Archives at Kew hold some records of HM Dockyard workers.

Hi to everyone and thank you all very much for your time and kindness in replying to my post.

Some of you may have gathered that I am indeed a complete novice and have never undertook anything like this previously so please forgive me for my lack of knowledge of how to go about researching this on my own but my aim is to establish if I have any potential living relatives today as I know the family is rooted in the Portsmouth Hampshire area.

I have only just started on this journey by beginning to build my family tree and already I'm feeling blown away by what I an discovering, I had until recently not known who my great grandparents were or that my grandfather had a brother and several sisters, this is all news to me.

I'm sure that in the fullness of time there will be more to discover once I start to research all of the other people in my family tree more fully and individually but, once again please accept my heartfelt thanks for your time and kindness in replying to me.

Just to clarify for one member my great grandfather was indeed Thomas James Hanrahan born 1859 in Barnes Surrey, he resided in Jubilee Road Portsmouth and was a Foreman of Stores, Royal Navy Ordnance Department, he died in 1912.

Kindest regards.

Brian Hanrahan

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
St Georges Villas, Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England

Patrick W Hanrahan Head Married Male 48 1833 Tailor Ireland
Mary Ann Hanrahan Wife Married Female 48 1833 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Maria Hanrahan Daughter Single Female 20 1861 Dressmaker Soho, Middlesex, England
William Hanrahan Son Single Male 17 1864 Publishers clerk St James, Middlesex, England
Joseph Hanrahan Son Single Male 13 1868 Scholar Chester, Cheshire, England
Richard Hanrahan Son Single Male 12 1869 Scholar Ireland
Elizabeth Henderson Grand daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar St Giles, Middlesex, England


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
29, Ayrsome Road, Stoke Newington, Hackney, London & Middlesex, England

Mary Hanrahan Head Widow Female 57 1834 - Bristol, England
Joseph Hanrahan Son Single Male 24 1867 Music hall vocal -
Richard Hanrahan Son Single Male 21 1870 Music hall vocal Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Elizabeth Henderson Granddaughter Single Female 14 1877 Dressmaker London, Middlesex, England

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
143, Balls Pond Road, Hackney, London & Middlesex, England
Mary Hanrahan Head Widow Female 67 1834 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Joseph Hanrahan Son Single Male 32 1869 Clerk friendly society Chester, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Henderson Niece Single Female 23 1878 Dressmaker Hoxton, Middlesex, England
Agnes Drew Visitor Single Female 1 1900 - Dalston, Middlesex, England

Deaths Dec 1897 (>99%)
Hanrahan Richard Augustus 27 Marylebone 1a 383


HANRAHAN, JOSEPH EDWARD BRIDGWAY
GRO Reference: 1867 D Quarter in GREAT BOUGHTON Volume 08A Page 317

Marriages Mar 1889 (>99%)
Hanrahan Joseph Edward Whitechapel 1c 498
WELLS Ada Annie Whitechapel 1c 498

HANRAHAN, CONSTANCE CLARA WELLS
GRO Reference: 1891 M Quarter in WHITECHAPEL Volume 01C Page 360
HANRAHAN, LILIAN ADA WELLS
GRO Reference: 1890 M Quarter in WHITECHAPEL Volume 01C Page 350

Deaths Sep 1890 (>99%)
Hanrahan Lilian 0 London C. 1c 6

DIVORCE
Name Joseph Edward Hanrahan............respondent
Gender Male
Type Wife's Petition
Petition Date 1894
Spouse Ada Anna Hanrahan.....................Petitioner
Divorce Court File Number 16221
Item Number 16221
Adultery and Cruelty by husband

Ada re-married

Name AdaAnnie Hanraham
Gender Female
Marriage Age 25
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1870
Marriage Date 26 Jan 1895
Marriage Place Holy Trinity, Minories, Tower Hamlets, England
Father Matthew Wells
Spouse Otto Mark Macbrider
Father Edmund Macbrider
Register Type Parish Register

Name Ada Annie Markbrieter
Age 30
Estimated Birth Year abt 1869
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Death Registration Place Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
Death Date Sep 1899
Inferred Death Place London, United Kingdom
Volume 1a Page 405

First name(s) Thomas James
Father's first name(s) Patrick
Last name Hanrahan
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Birth year 1858
Mother's last name Bridgway
Birth date 20 Dec 1858
Archive Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Baptism year 1859
Register type Baptisms
Baptism date 16 Jan 1859
Register year range 1850-1891
Parish Mortlake, St Mary Magdalen
Record set England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Deanery Mortlake
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Diocese Southwark
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
County Surrey


A sister
HANRAHAN, ELIZA AGNES BRIDGWAY
GRO Reference: 1856 D Quarter in ST GILES IN THE FIELDS & ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY Volume 01B Page 362

Marriages Sep 1853 (>99%)
Bridgeway Mary Strand 1b 627
HANRAHAN Patrick Strand 1b 627

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Dudley Street, Saint Giles in the Fields, St Giles, London & Middlesex, England
Frederick Lester Head Married Male 30 1821 Tradesman Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Eliza Lester Wife Married Female 36 1815 - Ireland
Frederick Lester Son - Male 6 1845 Scholar St Giles, Middlesex, England
Fanny Lester Daughter - Female 4 1847 - St Giles, Middlesex, England
Mary Bridgway Daughter Unmarried Female 17 1834 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Eliza Bridgway Daughter - Female 10 1841 Scholar Middlesex, England


Name Mary Bridgeway
Gender Female
Spouse Patrick William Hanrahan...........Army Sergeant at Belfast Barracks
Child Richard Agustin Hanrahan, born 3rd April 1870
FHL Film Number 101205

HANRAHAN, THOMAS JAMES BRIDGWAY
GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 230

Name Thomas James Hanrahan
Death Date 29 Jul 1912
Death Place Hampshire, England
Probate Date 11 Sept 1912
Probate Registry Winchester
Probate to widow

No census record for him before 1891

Marriages Jun 1924 (>99%)
Hanrahan William G Walsh Portsmouth 2b 1086
Walsh Alma J Hanrahan Portsmouth 2b 1086

ONE child registered as Hanrahan/Walsh, but was NOT William's son, as he was also registered as SIMPSON

Marriages Sep 1938 (>99%)
Hanrahan Alma J Simpson Lancaster 8e 2036
Simpson Harry Hanrahan Lancaster 8e 2036
Simpson Harry Walsh Lancaster 8e 2036
Walsh Alma J Simpson Lancaster 8e 2036

Marriages Sep 1938 (>99%)
Hanrahan William G Ledger Portsmouth 2b 1656
Ledger Elsie M Hanrahan Portsmouth 2b 1656

1939 Register
37 Highgrove Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth C.B., Hampshire, England

Harry Simpson 09 Aug 1909 Male Master Blacksmith Married 70 1
Alma (J) Simpson 05 Jul 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 70 2
The record for this person is officially closed.

Start trying to contact the people you say are in the relevant area.................we can't do it for you

Not sure why you think they could be connected to your bit of the family - Thomas was born in SURREY

BIRTH -
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
HANRAHAN, THOMAS JAMES BRIDGWAY
GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 230

PARENTS MARRIAGE
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1853 (>99%)
Bridgeway Mary Strand 1b 627
HANRAHAN Patrick Strand 1b 627

British Army Service Records
Barnes, London, Surrey, England

First name(s) Thomas James
Attestation service number 1871
Last name Hanrahan
Attestation corps 69th Brigade
Birth year 1859
Discharge corps Royal Irish Regiment
Birth parish Barnes
Document type Attestation
Birth town London
Archive reference WO 97
Birth county Surrey
Series Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913
Birth country England
Box 2974
Service number 1871
Box record number 46
Colour Sergeant
Archive The National Archives
Regiment Royal Irish Regiment
Country England
Year 1873
Record set British Army Service Records
Attestation date 26 Jun 1873
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Attestation age years 14
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Attestation age months 6

From Original -
Attested 26 June 1873 aged 14 as a Private and reached age of 15 on 26 December 1873 and age 17 on 26 December 1875
Promoted Lance Corporal 5.5.1876
Corporal 10.6.1877
Sergeant 19.5.1877
Tried and reduced to private 29.7.1879 with forfeit of good conduct badge
Back up the ranks
Reengaged 1883 to complete 21 years
Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant 17 Feb 1889
Reduced rank to Colour Sergeant June 1893 for Drunkenness and forfeit Good conduct badge

Served Malta, England, India, Afghanistan, India, Egypt and then Home ie England 9.9.1885 to 12.8.1893

Discharge from Army 12 August 1893

NOK - wife Alice with Regiment. Father Patrick William and Mother Mary - Stoke ------
Brothers -
Patrick William (older)- St Johns Brentford
William - Simla, India
Joseph (younger)
Richard(Younger)

Medals awarded for
Afghanistan campaign 1878-1890
Egyptian medal and clasp Nile Expedition 1884-5
Bronze medal Royal humane Society for saving life ***
Khedives Bronze star 1884

*** Rescued Lt Colonel H Shaw VC The Royal Irish from drowning in the Nile 24.1.1885

Married Alice Isabella Bickett Mercut, Bengal 12 January 1884

Enlisted in Malta 25th June 1873, born Barnes, Surrey

Height 60" Chest 28", Weight 95lbs

As there was only one son other than the one who went to Scotland, his descendants - if any - will be the only ones with the surname Hanrahan. Research him, Brian.

ADDED

He died in 1971

Mabel A Hanrahan
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name Mabel A Hanrahan
Registration Date Apr 1920 [May 1920] [Jun 1920]
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration District Portsmouth
Inferred County Hampshire
Spouse Henry J Adams
Volume Number 2b
Page number 1383


Mabel A Adams
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name Mabel A Adams
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 21 Feb 1890
Residence Date 1939
Address Wes Honse Hardon Rd Liphook ["Wee Hoose", on image ]
Residence Place Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Occupation Unpaid Domestic Duties
Line Number 43
Schedule Number 105
Sub Schedule Number 2
Enumeration District Eeqe
Borough Petersfield
Registration District 103 1
Inferred Spouse
Henry J Adams
Household Members (Name) Gender Birth Year
Henry J Adams Male 1893 - Church sexton
Mabel A Adams Female 1890
Albert T Durkin Male 1900


They had no children, as far as I can see.

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1921 (>99%)
Blaxhamm Henry A G Hanrahan Portsmouth 2b 1302
Hanrahan Norah P Blaxhall Portsmouth 2b 1302

Easily found on this free website -
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Then you can use the same site to check for births to the couple (England and Wales only)

Despite this record showing surname Blaxhamm, it comes up as Blaxhall on the initial search

For our reference:

Thomas and Alice's marriage:

Thomas Hawrwhass
in the India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
Name Thomas Hawrwhass
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Race White
Age 25
Birth Date 1859
Marriage Date 12 Jan 1884
Marriage Place Meerut, Bengal, India
Father Patrick Hawrwhass
Spouse Alice Bickell
FHL Film Number 510872


HANRAHAN, AILEEN MARY mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1885 M Quarter in ISLE OF WIGHT Volume 02B Page 621

HANRAHAN, MABEL ANNIE mmn BICHELL
GRO Reference: 1890 M Quarter in COLCHESTER Volume 04A Page 575

HANRAHAN, ALICE ELIZABETH mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1886 D Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 309

HANRAHAN, WILLIAM GEORGE mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 490

HANRAHAN, NORAH PRETORIA mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in PORTSMOUTH Volume 02B Page 418


HANRAHAN, PATRICK CHARLES mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1888 J Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 259


Another child who died:

HANRAHAN, KATHLEEN CLAIRE mmn BICKELL
GRO Reference: 1899 M Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 507

Deaths Jun 1900 (>99%)
Hanrahan Kathleen Claire 1 Portsea 2b 285

As well as the usual GRO birth registrations the children are recorded in British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms

Aileen M 1885 at Newport, Isle of Wight (GRO - Aileen Mary b Isle of Wight)
Alice E 1886 at Devonport (GRO - Alice Elizabeth Stoke Damerel, Devon)
Patrick C 1888 Plymouth (GRO - Patrick Charles Plymouth)
Mabel A 1890 Rochester, Essex (GRO - Mabel Annie Cochester mmn Bichell) <<<<

All above show Father to be in the 18th Regiment of Foot which became the Royal Irish Regiment in 1881

William George 1897 Portsea Island - died Q4 Portsmouth DOB 5 June 1897
Kathleen Claire - 1899 Portsea Island - Died Q2 Portsea 1900 age 1
Norah Pretoria 1900 Portsmouth

all except Mabel show mmn as Bickell

You say there are lots of Hanrahan now living in Portsmouth.
You need to work their trees backwards to see if they end up with the same ancestors.

Or contact them and ask them

If you put Hanrahan & Hampshire into Search/ search all members trees you will find some from Gosport as well as just Hampshire. You could then send the tree owners a pm.

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
St Botolph, Colchester, Essex, England

First name(s) Thomas
Parish St Botolph
Last name Hanrahan
City Colchester
Relationship Head
County Essex
Marital status Married
Country England
Sex Male
Registration district Colchester
Age 32
Sub district Colchester First Ward
Birth year 1859
Enumeration district 19
Birth town Barnes
Parliamentary borough or division Colchester
Birth town as transcribed BARNES
Municipal borough or ward South
Birth county Surrey
Ecclesiastical parish or district St Botolphs
Birth county as transcribed SURREY
Archive reference RG12
Birth place England
Piece number 1408
Occupation Quarter master sergeant
Folio 50
Institution name Camp
Page 23
Institution location St Botolphs Parish Colchester
Schedule 21
Full address St Botolph, Colchester, Essex, England
Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
House number -
Category Census, land & surveys
Street -
Subcategory Census
Town Colchester
Collections from Great Britain, England
© Findmypast


With him are Alice age 30 b Portsmouth, Hants
Aileen 6 born Newport, Hants
Alice 4 b Devonport, Devon (Plymouth)
Patrick 3 born ditto
Mabel 1 born Colchester

I don't see Aileen and Alan, nor their children after 1914.

There are lots of records for an Aileen Florence Howard in Australia - but that woman was married to a Mervyn Howard.


EDIT:

Oh yes, here they are in 1919 (and still there in 1920) , at 16 Montpelier Road, Finchley:

Alan Henry Howard [ with Aileen Mary ]
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name Alan Henry Howard
Electoral Date 1919
Street Address 16 Flaxman Villas [Montpelier Road on image ]
Ward or Division/Constituency Finchley
County or Borough Barnet, England

Can't see them after that.

1921 Census Of England & Wales
11, Jubilee Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Alice Hanrahan Head Female 1861 60 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Home Duties -
William George Hanrahan Son Male 1897 24 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Shipwright Royal Navy
Norah N Hanrahan Daughter Female 1900 20 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Shop Assistant (Hardware) Timothy White Co Ltd
Fielding Old Boarder Male 1867 54 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Cinema Attendant Provincial Cinematograph Co Ltd

Aileen Mary Hanrahan
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name Aileen Mary Hanrahan
Registration Year 1909 [1909]
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Portsmouth
Inferred County Hampshire
Volume 2b
Page 1102
Records on Page (Name)
Aileen Mary Hanrahan
Alan Henry Howard


Aileen Mary Howard
in the 1911 England Census
Name Aileen Mary Howard
Age in 1911 26
Estimated Birth Year abt 1885
Relation to Head Wife
Gender Female
Birth Place Newport, Isle of Wight
Civil parish Ware
County/Island Hertfordshire
Country England
Street Address 33 Trinity Road, Ware
Occupation None
Registration District Number 133
Sub-registration district Ware
ED, institution, or vessel 02
Piece 7478
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Alan Henry Howard 25 Head
Aileen Mary Howard 26 Wife


Two children:

HOWARD, ALAN HENRY mmn HANRAHAN
GRO Reference: 1912 D Quarter in WARE Volume 03A Page 1387

HOWARD, AILEEN FLORENCE mmn HAURAHAN
GRO Reference: 1914 D Quarter in BRENTFORD Volume 03A Page 247