Margaret Horan Farrimond ~My Emerald Isle Connection ~

HORAN ~ from O'Hodhrain (Gaelic), "descendant of the young, pale one".

My GR GR grandmother Margaret HORAN,
was the daughter of John HORAN.
Margaret was born abt 1850 towards the latter part of the Great Potato Famine
in the South of Ireland.


At some point after Margaret's birth,
her father, John, took his family and moved to England,
settling in the area around Wigan Lancashire.


According to the 1871 Census,
Margaret was living as a lodger
with a Mr James Green and family which included himself & his wife,
3 children and three lodgers all in a small terraced house.


By the time Margaret married, her father John was already deceased.


Although the FARRIMOND family can be traced back to the 1500's in Wigan
and have always been of the Church of England,
Thomas FARRIMOND & Margaret HORAN
were married in St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Wigan,
most likely because of Margaret's Irish ancestry.


The marriage was performed by Father Hugh MacCormack on July 31 1871.
The witnesses were Peter Murphy & Margaret Dunigan.

(St Patrick's Church ~ courtesy of Paul, webmaster for St Patrick's website)

Thomas was a coalminer.
At the time of their marriage,
his residence was listed as Lord Street, Wigan Lane, Wigan
and Margaret's residence was listed as Rigby Lane, Scholes, Wigan.


Eventually, Thomas & Margaret were the proud parents of 6 children:
1) Mary Anne born Mar 8 1872
baptised Apr 12 1872 at St Patrick's

2) *ALICE born Jan-Mar 1875,
married to Matthew LITTLER (see below)

3) John born Jan 10 1877
baptised Feb 4 1877 at St Patrick's

4) Thomas born 1878

5) Elizabeth born Sep 11 1879
baptised May 16 1880 at St Patrick's

6) Margaret born 1881,
married 1st to Henry BAYBUTT who died in a tragic car accident;
married 2nd to Frank CAMINITI who had been born abt 1894 in Italy.

Alice (below) my GR grandmother
married Matthew LITTLER between Jan-Mar 1897 in Wigan.

Links
FARRIMOND 1881 Census
FARRIMOND Direct Ancestor Line

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