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I'd be grateful if someone could help find this girl in the above censuses.In 1911 she was an adopted daughter of Montague Start in Wolverhampton.States she was born London 1886.(18-1-1886).She married Albert Speed in Wolverhamton 3-10-1914.Her father was James McGuigan from County Cavan,Ireland.Mother's name not known.She was a dressmaker in 1911.
Many thanks,
Pat

Hi Pat and welcome to the boards.

Had Laura been married before, as the marriage to Albert is in the name of Marshall:


Marriages Dec 1914 (>99%)

Marshall Laura Speed Wolverhampton 6b 1281 Scan available - click to view
Speed Albert Marshall Wolverhampton 6b 1281 Scan available - click to view

1901

RG number: RG13
Piece: 2677
Folio: 33
Page: 18
Reg. District: Wolverhampton
Sub District: Wolverhampton Western
Parish: Wolverhampton
Enum. District: 44
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrew
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 68a, Evans Street, Wolverhampton
County: Staffordshire


START, Montague C Head Married M 27 1874 Cigar Traveller
Plympton, Devonshire
START, Leah Wife Married F 26 1875
Plymouth, Devonshire
START, Montague J M Son M 3 1898
Plymouth, Devonshire
START, Percy W Son M 1 1900
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
>>>>>>GUIGAN, Laura Adopted Daughter Single F 15 1886
Parish N K, London
PROWSE, John M Brother-In-Law Married M 28 1873 Compositor
Plymouth, Devonshire

Looking at the 1911 image, her nationality is given as Scotch. Where did you get the info about her father?

..1901 England Census
about Montague C Start Name: Montague C Start
[Montague C Hart]
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Leah Start
Gender: Male
Where born: Plympton, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Wolverhampton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Wolverhampton
Sub-registration District: Wolverhampton Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 112
Piece: 2677
Folio: 33
Page Number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
Montague C Start 27
Leah Start 26
Montague J M Start 3
Percy W Start 1
Laura Guigan 15
John M Prowse 28

1891 - NOTE with the START family -


RG number: RG12
Piece: 1726
Folio: 11
Page: 16
Reg. District: Plymouth
Sub District: Charles
Parish: Plymouth
Enum. District: 6
Ecclesiastical District: St Lukes
City/Municipal Borough: Plymouth
Address: 42, James Street, Plymouth
County: Devonshire


START, George Head Married M 63 1828 Malster
Launceston, Kelley
START, Mary Ann Wife Married F 57 1834
Brixton, Plympton
START, Frederick A Son Single M 16 1875 Clerk
Plympton, St Marice
>>>>>MARSHALL, Laura Visitor Single F 4 1887
London

We knew she put Marshall on her marriage cert. but don't know why.We don't know the mother's name-perhaps Marshall? No Scottish connection as far as we know.james McGuigan,catholic,had laura by a protestant girl,we think.Her family came from Belturbet,co.Cavan. the father seems to have brought her to Plymouth at an early age and left her with the Start family in Plymouth .

Thank you all very much for all of that.We haven't yet found a birth record for laura.Would it mention the father if she was illegitimate?

Pat, what proof do you have that her father came from Ireland? Is his name given on her marriage cert?

Family folklore. .Also ,Laura's daughter,Hilda Minett,visited James ' brother Daniel McGuigan in Cavan in 1937.

These are the only McGuigans living in Belturbet in 1901 - James is too young to be Laura's father and there is no Daniel:

Residents of a house 41 in Holborn Hill (Belturbet, Cavan)
Mc Guigan Patrick 39 Male Head of Family R Catholic
Mc Guigan Maggie 36 Female Wife R Catholic
Mc Guigan Mary 17 Female Daughter R Catholic
Mc Guigan Michael J 14 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Guigan Charles 12 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Guigan Maggie 9 Female Daughter R Catholic
Mc Guigan Patrick 7 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Guigan James 6 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Guigan Annie 4 Female Daughter R Catholic
Mc Guigan Kathleen 3 Female Daughter R Catholic
Mc Guigan John 2 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Guigan Francis Male Son R Catholic

You can search the Irish 1901 and 1911 census on this site:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

This is the only other James McGuigan In Cavan in 1901 (both shown as not married) but he is a protestant:

Residents of a house 18 in Drumacarrow (Bailieboro, Cavan)

Mc Guigan Elizabeth 60 Female Head of Family Church of Ireland
Mc Guigan James 22 Male Son Church of Ireland