Catherine Flanagan

   Other names for Catherine were Kate? Flanagan, Mrs Catherine Groome, Mrs Kate Groome and Mrs Kathleen Groome.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth: from marriage certificate (aged 29), Cir 1881.

• Census, 3 Apr 1881, 38 Parsonage Street, Oldbury, STS, ENG. Aged 7 b Oldury

• Census, 5 Apr 1891, Oldbury, Staffs. aged 16

• Occupation: Schoolteacher, From 1900 to 1935, Oldbury, Staffs. St Joseph's School, Hillview Rd, Dudley

• Census: schoolteacher, 31 Mar 1901, Oldbury, Staffs. aged 24. Kate b Oldbury

• Marriage, 1910, Oldbury, Staffs. aged 29 Schoolteacher

• Census: assisting in the business, 1911, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

• Resided, 26 Aug 1914, Red Lion, 33 High Street, Brierley Hill, ENG.

Catherine married Joseph Patrick Groome, son of Thomas Groome and Unknown, on 9 Aug 1910 in Oldbury, Staffs. (Joseph Patrick Groome was born Est 1874 in Dublin, Ireland, died on 4 Jan 1929 in Dudley, Staffs and was buried on 8 Jan 1929 in Dudley Cemetery.) The cause of his death was paraplegia, transverse myelitis, exhaustive bedsores.

  Marriage Notes:

St Francis Xaviers Church, Pinfold Street, Oldbury.
Marriage witnesses: Michael Moran and Mary Kenny(Catherine's sister).
Ref West Bromwich 6b/1543 Jul/Sep 1910