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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Oct 2015 22:05

1881 Census

Name: Julia Shanahan
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Patrick Shanahan
Mother: Mary Shanahan
Gender: Female
Where born: Peshaurer, East Indies <<<<< Peshawar
Civil Parish: Gorton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 59 Norton St

Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Chorlton
ED, institution, or vessel: 35

Piece: 3901
Folio: 104
Page Number: 8

Patrick Shanahan 48 b.ca 1833, Nema Tipperary, Ireland, Labourer Iron Foundry
Mary Shanahan 49 b.ca 1832, Dicest Cheser, Ireland <<<<< it certainly looks like this!
Julia Shanahan 13
Michael Shanahan 11 b.ca 1870, Agra, East Indies
Mary Ann Shanahan 8 b.ca 1873, Peshaurer, East Indies

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Oct 2015 22:11

I think this is Julia in 1891, with her age wrongly transcribed. It looks more like 23 on the image

1891 Census

Name: Lylia Shanahan
Age: 33 <<<<<<<<<<<<< ??looks more like 23 on the image
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Mary Shanahan
Gender: Female
Where born: India
Civil Parish: Gorton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
Town: Manchester
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Chorlton
ED, institution, or vessel: 49

Piece: 3172
Folio: 110
Page Number: 11

Mary Shanahan 56 Widow
Lylia Shanahan 33 Dressmaker
Michael Shanahan 20 Engine Fitter Labourer
Mary A Shanahan 17 Waterproof Garment Maker

Address:- 111 Norton Street

Michaelena

Michaelena Report 17 Oct 2015 23:18

I am confusing myself Margaret Burke was my g/ grandmother and it is her certs I have.
The details you have for the1901 census are correct .Know this as my grandmother was still in contact with them in 1940s. She died in 1949 when I was 4.
I did find what could be 2 sisters for Margaret born I India in 1866 and 1868 but as there was several families called Burke living in India at that time not sure especially now I have seen what could be a second marriage for Mary, would help if I could find Mary Burke's maiden name but not on either the birth and marriage certs I have.
Thanks Michaelena

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 18 Oct 2015 15:37

I believe this is another child of Mary & Michael

India Births and Baptisms

Name John Borke
Gender Male
Christening Date 10 Jun 1864
Christening Place Cawnpore, Bengal, India
Birth Date 28 May 1864
Father's Name Michael Borke
Mother's Name Mary
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However, he also died the same year as his father (both deaths state 'during the Cholera Visitation'- more widely known as the Indian Cholera Epidemic.

British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Deaths & Burials
name(s) John Burke
Birth year 1864
Death date 07 Sep 1864
Age 3 months
Burial date 07 Sep 1864
Place Lucknow
Presidency Bengal
Child in HM 88th Regt.

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 18 Oct 2015 17:03

This is possibly the first child born to Mary's second marriage:

British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns- Births & Baptisms
First name(s) Patrick
Last name Shanahan
Baptism year 1865
Place Cawnpore
Presidency Bengal
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Father's name(s) Patrick Shanahan (private 88th Regt)
Baptism date 10 Dec 1865
Birth date 01 Dec 1865
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and this is him 1901:

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
3, Foxhall Road Lidford Terrace, Ipswich St Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Patrick Shanahan Head Married Male 35 1866 Railway Labourer Cawnpore India
Louisa Shanahan Wife Married Female 29 1872 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Ethel Shanahan Daughter - Female 2 1899 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Winifred Shanahan Daughter - Female 0 1901 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Maurice Stainer Boarder Single Male 15 1886 Journeyman Butcher Bradfield, Essex,
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and then a dramatic change of job in 1911:

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
19 New Town Road Bps Stortford, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Louisa Miller Head Widow Female Lets Apartments 59 1852 Bishops Stortford Herts
Mabel Miller Daughter Single Female Upholsterer Sewing 24 1887 Bishops Stortford Herts
Ellen Hubbard Niece Single Female Dressmaker 21 1890 London North Dulwich
Patrick Shanahan Lodger Married Male Musician On Tour 45 1866 India Cawmpore Resident
John Morrall Lodger Single Male Musician On Tour 34 1877 Staffs Cannock

Next to 'Musician on tour' it says E.H Bostocks Circus- googling brings a lot of information up about this circus

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Oct 2015 00:36

This is a web site for the Connaught Ranges. It might be worth contacting them to see if they have any records from the era from the mid-1850s through to about 1880.

http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/88th-regiment-foot-connaught-rangers