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1901 from FMP - unfortunately nothing more than England for pob of the children Mary A and Charles, nothing at all for William J.

John O'Donald is a Widower, he and the children are down as Boarders. And the original is O'Donald

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
2, Watkins Court, Chester, Cheshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Peter Murray Head Married Male 34 1867 Moulder Ireland
Mary A Murray Wife Married Female 27 1874 - Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

John O'Donald Boarder Widower Male 34 1867 Seaman Ireland
Mary A O'Donald Boarder Single Female 13 1888 - England
Charles O'Donald Boarder Single Male 6 1895 - England
William J O'Donald Boarder Single Male 8 1893 - -

Jeanette...By ticking greyghosts post it looks as if your query has been answered... ????

Wonder if this is the family 1901 I don't have access to check original ....Mary A aged 13...??? wonder if its a misprint...

Name: Peter Murray
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Chester, Cheshire, England
County: Cheshire
Civil Parish: Chester
Ecclesiastical Parish: Christ Church Chester
Sub-District: Chester Cathedral
Registration District: Chester
Residence Note: Watkins Court
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Occupation: MOULDER
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Birthplace: Ireland
Schedule Type: 85
Page Number: 14


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Peter Murray Head M 34 Ireland
Mary A Murray Wife F 27 Dublin Ireland

John O'Donald Boarder M 34 Ireland
Mary A O'Donald Boarder F 13 England
Charles O'Donald Boarder M 6 England
William J O'Donald Boarder M 8



Peter Murray, Chester, Cheshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Chester Cathedral subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Thanks Greyghost. There's quite a few Peter James O'Donnells in my tree and up until a few years ago, we weren't aware of John Thomas O'Donnell. I wish my grandfather & his brothers had spoken to each other, it would make things so much easier!

Petrus Jacobus O'Donnell

England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records

Name Petrus Jacobus O'Donnell
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 15 Aug 1897
Event Place St. Werburgh's, Chester, Cheshire, England
Gender Male
Father's Name Joannis O'Donnell
Mother's Name Mariae Pillin O'Donnell

Have you got the generations/names mixed up - Charles parents listed here as John Thomas and ?Maria, not Peter and Mary.

The GRO birth registrations have their names in "English", it's the Catholic baptism records which show the Latin equivalent.

Cheshire Non-conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910

First name(s) CAROLUS
Last name O'DONNELL
Gender Male
Birth year 1895
Birth date 01 Apr 1895
Baptism year 1895
Baptism date 10 Apr 1895
Father's first name Joannis Thoma
Father's last name O'Donnell
Mother's first name Mariae
Mother's last name Pilling O'Connell
Place CHESTER
County Cheshire
Country England
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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

First name(s) CHARLES
Last name O'DONNELL
Birth year 1895
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District CHESTER
County Cheshire
Country England
Volume 8A
Page 401
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Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1897
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
O'DONNELL Peter James Chester Castle Cheshire West CAS/82/40

Trying to find either of their birth dates & their marriage date. I know they had 3 children - William b 1893 place unknown, Charles b 1895 in Chester & my grandfather Peter b 1897 also in Chester. I can't find them on the 1901 census. Peter's father was called John Thomas O'Donnell.

Mary Pilling is listed on Charles' (latin) birth certificate as Mary Pilling O'Connell but just as Mary Pilling on Peter's birth cert.

We're assuming that they were both born in Ireland and married there sometime before 1893 and that there eldest son Charles was also born there.

Family history has always said that 'we' come from Donegal but another darker family secret is that some of them had to flee Dublin in the 1850s due to an anti English protest/attack....

I feel I'm so close to finding the next generation in my tree but I just can't find out where William was born.

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction & if I can help anyone I will

Thanks

Jeanette