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cant find great great grandads death HELP PLEASE

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Carter

Carter Report 12 Sep 2005 08:45

hi i hope someone can help me find the death of my great great grandad patrick oneil ( o'neill) he was born c1850 in galway ireland but moved to england i think around 1870. he married margaret carney in 1872 in bolton lancashire and then they are on all the census right up to 1901. they lived in leigh lancashire for 30 years. margaret died 1902 aged 46 in leigh. i cant find patricks death anywhere. if anyone canhelp i would be really grateful love linda x

Angela

Angela Report 12 Sep 2005 08:53

Is it possible that he went back to Ireland after his wife died?

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 12 Sep 2005 08:54

A few thoughts. Was Patrick the informant of Margaret's death or was she referred to as a widow? Could Patrick have gone to live with one of his children, maybe miles away? Maybe Patrick remarried?

Carter

Carter Report 12 Sep 2005 09:11

thanks angela and gwyenth, i dont know if he went back to ireland and i dont have margarets death cert. i will send off for it today. patrick was 52 and margaret was 48 on the 1901 census and then margaret died 1902. what a shame there is no census after so i could find patrick to see where he was living . thanks again for all your help. love linda x x dont suppose there is any way of finding out if he went back to ireland or not is there ?

Angela

Angela Report 12 Sep 2005 09:21

I can't think of any way of finding out whether he went back to Ireland without a later census from there. I am afraid that I don't know anything at all about Irish records, but I am sure that someone on this board will!!