McVAN
McVan is not a native Irish name, but
rather a North Connacht variation of the Scottish McBhean. Quite what brought the first McBhean to
Sligo is not entirely clear, but one family story which has both a convincing
logic and a romantic touch is that the family were originally Catholic
Highlanders who fought at Culloden with Bonnie Prince Charlie and subsequently
had to flee Scotland.
The McBheans were a Scottish clan
whose home was on the northeastern shores of Loch Ness. They had moved there from Lochaber, and were
members of the Clan Chattan. The family `s motto was "Touch not the cat bot (without) a targe (shield)",
their slogan was "Kinchyle",which was the home base of
one of their lines. They were
often referred to as McBeans or McBains and were a fearless, warlike clan. They fought with Bonnie Prince Charlie
against the English and distinguished themselves at the Battle of Culloden where one of them Gillies stood
at a breach in the wall and despatched 14 Hanoverian soldiers before he himself
fell. After the defeat, the English tried to hunt down and kill the Catholic
Highlanders, but many escaped and left the country. Thus, it is said, the McBheans escaped to Ireland and our branch
settled in Sligo, in the area around Tubbercurry .As "bh" is
pronounced "v" in Irish, the name became McVane and then McVan.
Because there is no native Irish name of McVan it is interesting to note how in
some records it became McEvan or McAvan. The first McVan we know of is Brian
McVan, who first appears in Banada Co. Sligo towards the end of 1790. He moved to the crossroads of Banada by the
River Moy attracted by a large grove of treeswhich he cut down by hand, sawed
into planks, and fabricated into furniture.
He was described as a short, very powerful man who carried logs on his
back to his small workshop on the family farm. His wife's name was probably Bridget
Neilon.
James McVan, his wife Mary, and
their two sons Patrick and Michael arrived in Blackburn some time before
1848. The two boys had been born in
Ireland. The family came from the
Tubbercurry area in County Sligo. They
must have left Ireland at the time of the Great Hunger. Quite what they saw and experienced can only
be imagined. What brought them to
Blackburn in particular is not clear, though it might be significant that a few
Irish families were already there by 1840, including one Durkin. Two other
things may be of relevance. Firstly, a
great many people from the Tubbercurry area appeared to come to Blackburn -
especially at that time. While large
numbers of people from all over Connacht were leaving and coming to Lancashire,
the proportion of people from Sligo moving to Blackburn was quite marked. The second factor might have been the amount
of work that was around. Blackburn was
very much at the heart of the industrial revolution and especially of the
cotton industry. The town was
mushrooming in size, and the cotton, the mills, and the new workers all called
for new buildings. The building trade
was to provide much work for many of the incoming Irish males, and James
himself was no exception. In the census
returns from 1851 to 1881 he is described variously as an outdoor labourer, a
labourer, a mason’s labourer, and a general labourer. Some McVan descendants would
follow him into the building trade. Others moved in to the mills for their
work.
More children were to follow -
James, Brian, Mary, Catherine, Margaret, and 1-month-old John are listed on the
1861 census.
The family lived to the north of
the town centre in an area that was heavily populated with Irish immigrants
from Connacht. With the exception of
the 1851 census when they appear to have temporarily moved to the other side of
the town centre, James, Mary, and their children appear on the various 19th
century census returns and GRO certificates at Penny Street, Hindle Street,
Back Syke Street., Back Water St., Hannah St., Moor St., and Syke St.. All
these addresses are in the area between the town centre and St. Alban’s R.C.
church which had been founded in 1773, but which saw its congregation swell
immensely with the Irish influx.
Certainly McVan baptisms and weddings were to keep the local priests
busy! As the Irish moved in, many of the native English moved out. The area
became a strongly Irish enclave with a culture that owed much to the clan
mentality that was still in evidence on the west coast of Ireland. In fact the Irish culture and sense of
belonging were emphasized and strengthened all the more as the immigrants kept
within their own tight-knit community.
Irish immigrants were not popular with the native English community and
there was a certain amount of hostility.
The Irish worked hard and often played hard. Blackburn’s emerging breweries did a good trade! Few police
officers would enter the Irish areas, with one notable exception - Richard
Hindle, known to all as Red 80 after the colour of his hair and his badge
number. He became quite a celebrity and ironically was well liked by the Irish
who thought of him as one of their own.
An unpublished history of Blackburn’s police force describes him
patrolling the “notorious area around Penny St..... .......where the tough
hard-drinking Irishmen lived “
As the McVan children grew up,
they married other first or second-generation Irish immigrants. Patrick married Bridget Walsh, the daughter
of a large Irish immigrant family.
Michael married Catherine Burns - again the daughter of Irish
immigrants. John followed the same
pattern with Mary Gallagher. Daughter
Mary married James Monaghan, the son of two immigrants from County Galway.
Catherine married James Pearce.
As the population swelled, so the
boundaries of the Irish enclave moved slightly further out. They started to move to the north of St.
Alban’s. Pollard Street, Dock Street
and Cob Street became homes for members of the McVan clan. Others left St. Alban’s parish and moved
south across town where other Irish communities had sprung up. Other McVan
descendants left Blackburn altogether, some moved to Preston, others to
Accrington, and some to Colne. The parish registers of St. Alban’s and St.
Anne’s R.C. churches, however, remained full of Irish immigrant births and
marriages. For the next century those
same names would swell the registers at the schools attached to the respective
churches. Even by the 1950s, the area
around St. Alban’s, particularly to the south and immediate east, had a
character all of its own. Demolition
and clearance in the early 1960s were finally to bring things to a close. The area to the west of St. Alban’s was, in
places, relatively untouched by the demolition, but that area was about to be
transformed by another large influx of immigrants - this time from the Indian sub-continent.
McVANN _ "The North Connacht form of
MacBheathan, ie. the well known Scottish and Ulster name McBean."
McVan
_ The name is variously entered
in records as McVan, McVann, McEavan,
McAvan, McCavan, McEvan, McEvans
McEven. McIvan, McKavan, and even Mickavan!! For all of us who have been
frustrated at the different spellings and the hard work this involves I can
recommend nothing better than looking at the entry for James and his family in Blackburn’s
1871 census. You can almost taste the frustration of the census enumerator as
he tries to spell the name over and over again!!
CENSUS RETURNS - descendants of James and
Mary in bold
BLACKBURN
1851
Walsh's Court
* James McVan Head Married 36 Outdoor
labourer Ireland
* Mary " Wife M
32
"
Pat " Son
Unmarried 8 Scholar "
Michael " S U
6 " "
James " S U
3
Blackburn
Bryan " S U
1
"
8, Harwood Court, the home of Denis Egan, a chairbottomer from Ireland,
includes a lodger, one Patrick McEavan who is listed as a 25 year old widower
whose occupation is given as an agricultural labourer and who was born in
Ireland. A family of Durkins live at 11, and at 13, the home of Marty Egan a
chairmaker from Ireland live more Durkins. It appears Marty’s wife Mary was
herself a Durkin. . Egans, Durkins, and
McVans group together strongly in Blackburn
1861
66 Penny Street.
* James McVan H M 45 Labourer Ireland
* Mary McVan W M 4? Labourer's Wife "
Patrick " S U 18 Cotton Spinner "
Michael " S U 16 " "
James " S U 13 " Blackburn
Bryan " S U 11 Scholar "
* Mary " D U 6 "
Blackburn
Catherine "
D U 4
" "
Margaret " D U 2 "
John " S U
1mnth
"
Mary Mullay L U
18 Washerwoman Ireland
132, Darwen St
James Aspden H W
64 Clogger Over Darwen
Alice “ D S 25 Milliner Blackburn
Mary Monagan Servant S
21 Servant Birkenhead, Cheshire
1871
6 Hindle Street.
* James McEven H M
44 Mason's Labourer Ireland
* Mary McEvans W
M 40 _ "
James " S U 23
Bricklayer's lab. Blackburn
Brien " S U
21 Cotton Piercer "
John " S U
13 " Creeler "
* Mary " D U 17 "
Rover "
Catherine " D U 15 "
Creeler
"
* whoever recorded
this tried to spell James' name several
times before eventually leaving it!!
6, Plough Yard
Patrick McVan H M 28 Outdoor labourer
Ireland
Bridget “ W M 28 Cotton slubber
“
Patrick “ S S 3months Blackburn
10 Plough Yard
Patrick McAvan H 40
Cotton labourer Ireland
Margaret " W 40 " weaver "
Winifred " D 16
" " "
Catherine " D 15 " " "
Michael " S 12
" spinner "
Ann "
S 7 Blackburn
Bridget " L 28 Cotton
drawer Ireland
Peter " L 30
" Labourer "
1, Harwood Court
Patrick Brady H M 40 Tailor
Ireland
Mary “ W M 35 Cotton slubber “
Ann “ D U 14 “ creeler Blackburn
Margaret E “ D
U 2 “
Margaret Eldon L M
24 Cotton rover Ireland
Mary McVan Vis U 20 “
”
4, Back Water St.
Michael Quinn H M 27 Labourer Ireland
Margaret “ W M 27 Cotton Rover
Birkenhead
Thomas “ S U 3 Blackburn
James
“ S U
1 Blackburn
James Monaghan
BiL U 17 Joiner Birkenhead
Thomas “ FiL W 50 Labourer Ireland
Catherine “
SiL U 14 Creeler Spinning Room Birkenhead
1881
22 Back Syke Street.
* James McVan H
M 62 General Labourer
Ireland
* Mary
" W M
60 _ "
John
" S U
20 Cotton spinner Blackburn
Catherine " D U 25
Cotton rover "
63A Topping Court (* Mary Monaghan, nee McVan.)
* James Monaghan
H M 27 Joiner Birkenhead
* Mary
" W M
26 Cotton Rover Blackburn
James
" S U
5 Scholar "
* Mary
" D U
11 months
"
8 Hannah Street
Bridget Burns
H W
62 Housekeeper (l) Ireland
Michael McAven
SiL M 30 Bricklayers
lab. “
Catherine McAven
D M 28 Rover, cotton
mill “
Hugh Curren L
S 26 Tailor “
Pat Brennan L S 22
Mason’s lab. “
Thomas Foley L
S 27 Mason’s lab. “
William Byrnes L S 23
Foundry Lab. “
44 Moor St.
Patrick McVan H M 37
Bricksetter's lab. Ireland
Bridget
"
W M 39 "
Patrick
"
S U 10 Weaver
half_time Blackburn
John
"
S U 7 Scholar "
Mary " D
U 3 " "
James
" B
U 32 Bricksetter's lab. "
Luke Holarn L
M 40 Cotton weaver "
Bridget
" W M
36 " " "
Catherine
" D U
16 " rover "
10,Eccles Row
Michael Quinn H M 29 Plasterer’s
Lab Roscommon, Ireland
Margaret Quinn WM 28 Housekeeper Birkenhead
Thomas “ S U 13
Cotton Creeler “
Kate Monaghan SiL U 23 Cotton Carder “
Mary Ann Bavill
L U 22 Cotton
Blower “
Ellen Kennedy L U 12 Scholar Blackburn
John J Quinn
S U 1 day
“
66, Coddington St.
Patrick
McVan H M 60 Bricklayer’s labourer Sligo Ireland
Mary
“ W M
61 “
Michael
“ S U
20 Cotton spinner “
Ann
“ D U 17 “ weaver Blackburn
Patrick Molloy SiL M 24 Mason’s labourer “
Catherine “ D M 23 Cotton weaver Ireland
Patrick
Cawley L U 19 “ spinner Blackburn
74
Salford
Mary
Smith H W
41 Charwoman Birkenhead
Robert “ S U
13 Striper (C) Blackburn
1891.
44 Moor Street.
Patrick McVan
H M 42 Bricklayer's
lab. Ireland
Bridget
"
W M 42 "
Patrick
"
S M 20 Bricklayer's
lab. Blackburn
Mary J
"
DiL M 19 Cotton rag
picker Bury
John
"
S U 17 Cotton
carder Blackburn
Polly
"
D U 13 " " "
Sarah
" GD U
4 Bury
Mary
" GD U
11 months
Blackburn
38 Smithies Street.
John McAvan H M 30
Cotton Spinner Blackburn
Mary
"
W M 31 " Cardroom "
Ellen
"
D U 7 Scholar "
Michael " S
U 3
"
James " S U
1 "
Bridget Godfrey
Serv W 72 Domestic Servant Ireland
8 Eanam Old Road
Patrick Molly H M 35
Furnace Tenter Blackburn
Winifred
" D U
3 "
Mary McAvan
MiL W 63 Dom Housekeeper Co. Mayo Ireland
22 Dock St.
James Monaghan
H M 37 Joiner Birkenhead, Cheshire
Mary “ W M
36 Mill cardroom hand Blackburn
James “ S U 15 Scholar “
Mary “ D U 11 “ ”
Michael “ S U 1 “ ”
128, Alker St.
James Killen H M ??
Blast tenter
Mayo, Ireland
Mary “ W M
57? Housekeeper Birkenhead, Cheshire
Michael “ S S 24
Breadbaker
Blackburn
Mary “ D
S 9 Scholar
“
1901
20 Dewhurst Street
John McVan H
M 40 Cotton Spinner Blackburn
Mary “ W M 41 Cotton
Winder Wrexham,
Wales
Ellen “
D S 17 Cotton Ring Spinner
Blackburn
Michael “ S S 14 “ ”
James “ S S 11 “
Mary “ D S 9 “
35 Moor Street
Patrick McVan H
M 56 Builder’s lab Ireland
Bridget “ W M
57 “
107 Cleaver Street
Catherine Cain H W 62 Cotton Rover mill Ireland
Rose Hawkins L S 38 “
Elizabeth Rourke L
S 34 Cotton Weaver Blackburn
Mary Clare L M
24 Cotton Rover “
Mary McVan L S 23
Cardroom Hand “
Catherine Cain L S 5 “
Agnes Rourke
L S 2 “
HM County Prison Warwick
Patrick McVan P M 30 General
labourer Blackburn
60 Smithies Street
Mary Jane McVan H M 32 Blackburn
Sarah Ellen “ D S
13 “
Mary “ D S
11 “
Patrick “ S S
5 “
John “ S S 3 “
Binna Burke L
S 30 Cotton Ring
Spinner “
Bridget Goodwin L
S 30 “ ”
14 Belgrave Street
Michael McAvan H M 41 Spinner Cotton Ireland
Rebecca “ W
M 41 Cardroom Hand Blackburn
Sarah E Greenwood D M 18
Ringspinner Cotton “
William “ SiLM 30 “
Overlooker “
Hannah “ DiL S 8 “
33 Hazel Street
John McVan H M
27 Lab. outdoor Blackburn
Mary A “ W
M 27 Cotton ring spinner “
John P. “ S
S 8mn
“
Patrick Burke F M 54
Lab. outdoor Ireland
Sarah “ M M 53 Housekeeper
dom. “
Sarah “ SiL S 23 Cotton ring
spinner Blackburn
Michael “ BiL S 18
Cotton reader wind “
John “ N S 5 “
100
Union Buildings
Mary Killen H W 53 Cheshire,
Birkenhead
Mary “ D S
19 Cotton Winder Blackburn
Robert “ S S 32 Lab. general “
Michael Monaghan N S 11
“
BIRKENHEAD
1851
Back Chester St
Thomas Monaghan HM 31 Labourer Galway
Ann
“ WM 30 “
Mary
“ DU 11 Birkenhead
Margaret “ DU 9 “
Thomas
“ SU 3 “
Ann
Bradley LW 50 Ireland
COLNE
1901
36 Buck Street
William Emmott H M 26
Skinner’s lab. Colne
Mary “ W M 21 Blackburn
Mary J. “ D
S 2 Colne
34 Buck Street
Mary Howarth
H W 42 Burnley
Alice “ D S 18 Cotton
ring spinner Colne
Thomas “ S S
14 Foundry boy ½ time “
Peter “ S S 4 “
James Monaghan L S 44
Carpenter journeyman Cheshire, Birkenhead
G.R.O. Records
Births
Mary McCavan
was born on the 1st August 1854 at 10 Penny Street,
Blackburn. Her father was
James McCavan, a
labourer. Her mother was Mary
McCavan, nee Durkin. Mary snr. made
her mark on 30th August 1854.
Mary Monaghan was born on the 21st April 1880 at
22, Syke St. Blackburn. Her father was James Monaghan a joiner. Her mother was
Mary Monaghan, nee McCavan. Mary snr made her mark on the 20th May
1880
James Monaghan was born on the 18th of February
1854 at 5, Ivy Terrace, Birkenhead. His father was Thomas Monaghan a labourer.
His mother was Ann Monaghan, nee Mullaney. Thomas signed on the 28th
of February 1854.
Mary Jane Emmott was born on the 18th of May
1899. Her father was William Emmott, a skinner’s labourer. Her mother was Mary
Emmott, nee Monaghan. Mary signed on the 14th of June 1899
James
McVan was born on the 15th of July 1902 at 86 Dewhurst Street. His father was Patrick McVan a general
labourer, his mother was Mary Jane nee Hunter.
Mary signed on the 18th of August.
Marriages
On the 18th of July 1868 at St. Alban’s RC
Church, Blackburn Michael McIvan a 22 year old bachelor of 10, Hannah St. who
was a general labourer and whose father, James, was also a general labourer married
Catherine Burns a 20 year old spinster of 8,
Hannah St. who was a cotton rover and whose father, Martin, was a
general labourer Michael and Catherine both made their marks as did the
witnesses, Patrick Lundy and Ann Hagan( should this be Eagan? See St Alban’s
registers)
.
On 25th November 1871 at St. Alban's R.C. Church, Blackburn, Mary McAvan, a 19
year old spinster of 6 Hindle Street, who worked as a cotton rover and whose father was James
McAvan, a general labourer, married
James Monaghan, a
19 year old bachelor of 2
Back Water Street, who worked as a joiner and whose father
was Thomas Monaghan, a general labourer. The
marriage was witnessed by Patrick McAvan and Bridget
Welsh.
Both James and Mary made their mark.
* Monaghan was incorrectly entered as Mannigan in the Register Office records.
St. Alban's Parish
Registers show the marriage as being between
James Monaghan and Mary
McEvan, and James very clearly signed
his own signature.
On the 6th of September 1877 at St. Alban’s RC
Church Blackburn James Pearce a 22 year old bachelor of 47, Penny St. who was a
stripper and grinder and whose father William was a joiner married Catherine
McAvan a 21 year old spinster of 47 Penny St. who was a cotton rover and whose
father, James was a general labourer. James signed. Catherine and the
witnesses, her brother Michael and sister-in-law Catherine McAvan, all made
their marks
On the 11th of May 1896, at the Register Office in
Burnley, William Emmott, a 21 year old
bachelor of 4 Law St. Trawden who was a skinner and whose father, John Emmott
was a stone quarrier married Mary Monaghan an 18 year old spinster of Sagar
Fold, Colne who was a cotton weaver and whose father, James Monaghan was a
joiner. Both signed. The witnesses, Frank Seddon and Sarah Ellen Bateman both
made their marks.
On
the 24th May 1927, at St. Anne’s R.C. church, Blackburn, Roger
Brennan, a 51 year old bachelor, who was a Master French Polisher, who lived at
26 Bradshaw Street, Blackburn, and whose father, Roger Brennan (dec’d) had been
a carpet hawker, married Mary Emmott, a 47 year old widow, who was a rag sorter
at Marine Store, who lived at 26 Bradshaw Street, and whose father, James
Monaghan (dec’d) had been a joiner.
Both signed, as did the witnesses Teresa McLean and Alice Higgins.
On
the 3rd October 1914, in the Catholic Church at Colne, John Patrick
McKenzie, a 19 year old bachelor, of 3 King Street, Colne, who was described as
a general labourer, and whose father, Edward McKenzie (dec’d) was also
described as a general labourer, married Mary Jane Emmott, listed as an 18 year
old spinster and cotton cap dyer, of 3 King Street, whose father William Emmott
was described as a general labourer.
Both signed, as did the witnesses James E. McKenzie and Rosetta Sullivan
.
On
the 19th July 1920, Robert Dodgson, a 28 year old bachelor and Iron
Plate moulder (ex-army), of 76 Anvil Street, Blackburn, whose father, Robinson
Bradley Dodgson (dec’d) had been a trade union secretary (cotton weavers),
married Mary Jane McKenzie, a 22 year old widow of 8 Water Street, Blackburn,
whose father William Emmott (dec’d) had been a leather tanner (journeyman). Both signed. One witness, John Brinkman, made his mark. The other witness, Mary Brinkman, signed.
Deaths
On the 4th
of November 1891 at 9,Back Water
St., Mary, the 37 year old wife of James
Monaghan, a joiner, died of enteric fever after a 14 day's
illness. James, who had been present at
the death, signed the information on the 5th of November. She was buried
on the 7th at Blackburn Cemetery in a common grave, L3569 with four
others.
On the 11th of January 1888 at 13, Syke St.,
James McVan a 59 year old outdoor labourer died of bronchitis 9 days. His son
John who had been present at the death made his mark the following day
On the 2nd of January 1888 at 44 Moor St. Mary ,
the 57 year old wife of James McVan an outdoor labourer died of bronchitis 21
days. Her son Patrick who had been present at the death made his mark the
following day.
On
the 11th September 1908 at 35 Dewhurst Street, Patrick McVan, a 37
year old builder’s labourer died of pneumonia, resulting from injuries received
on the 8th instant by falling with his side onto some spars whilst
working on the roof of the Rose Hill foundry.
Accidental. A certificate was
received from D. N. Haslewood, deputy coroner for Blackburn. The inquest was held on the 15th
September 1908 when the death was registered.
On
the 13th April 1917 at 8 Mount Pleasant, Blackburn, Patrick McVan, a
71 year old retired brick layer’s labourer, died of heart failure. His son-in-law, Thomas Coulton, of 73
Florence Street, Blackburn, registered the death on 16th April 1917.
On
the 26th May 1928, at the Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, Roger Brennan,
a 52 year old hawker of 17 John Street, Blackburn, died of Ammonia poisoning
and shock. On the 26th
instant at 17 John Street while not of sound mind through excessive drinking,
drank a quantity of ammonia. A
certificate was received from D. N. Haslewood, coroner for Blackburn. The inquest was held on 28th May
1928. The death was registered two days
later.
On
the 25th January 1950, at the Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, Mary
Brennan, a 69 year old widow of 33 Larkhill Street, Blackburn, died as a result
of cancer. Her grandson, Richard
Dodgson, of 9 Brookhouse Lane, Blackburn, registered the death the following
day.
On
the 18th of May 1993 at Priory Park Nursing Home, Preston, James
McVan, a 90 year old retired slater and tiler died. His son Brian registered the death the same day.
1888 March quarter, Blackburn
Michael McVan 38
1889 June quarter
Bury Mary McVan 0
Sept “ Blackburn Patrick McAvan 59
1878-79 electoral register Blackburn
James McAvan 47 Penny
St, Patrick McAvan 32 Cleaver St
Blackburn Cemetery Records
1867 James McVan 1869 Winifred McIvan 1876 James McEvan
1882 Matthew McEvan 1886 Mary Ann McVan
1888 Mary McEvan + James McEvan + Michael McEvan
1889 Patrick McAvan 1893 Margaret McVan
1895 Catherine McVan + Elizabeth McVan
1897 Mary McVan + Patrick McVan 1898 Abortive McVan
1899 Abortive McVan +
Thomas McVan 1901 Bryan McVan
1904 Joseph McVan + Michael James McVan 1906 Bernard McVan
1908 Bridget McVan, 56 years wife of Patrick of 4 Cob Street, +
Patrick aged 37 years of Dewhurst st. husband of Mary Jane
1910 Mary McVan 1917 Patrick McVan
K3289 grave 33 line 8 which houses - name, age, burial date
John McVan, 43 years, 21/1/1905?
Bridget McVan, 56 years, 2/9/1908
Mary “, 50 years?, 2/11/1910
Patrick “, 21 years?, 19/4/1917
K3407 grave 31 line 11
Patrick McVan, 37 years, 15/9/1908
Walter McVan, 3 years, 29/4/1911
Section J, grave 33, line 5
Bridget Burns, 66 years,
11/10/1883
Bridget Byrne, 21 years,
31/12/1885
Mary Dillon, 58 years, 4/7/1893
Catherine McVan, 45 years,
11/6/1895
N.B. Catherine is described as
rel. (widow?) of Michael.
GRAVESTONES
H292 Pleasington cemetery
Blackburn “OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF JAMES THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARIA MCVANN WHO DIED JUNE 3RD 1954 AGED 43 YEARS”
BAPTISM
On the 4th of February
1857, Catherine Monaghan of Thomas St. in Birkenhead who was the daughter of
Thomas and Annie Monaghan, nee Mullaney and who had been born on the 13th
of January 1857 was baptised at St. Werburgh’s RC Church in Birkenhead by Fr. J
Rogerson. Maria Monaghan was godmother.
ST. ALBAN’S RC BLACKBURN(except
when marked XXXX when St. Anne’s RC or MMMM when St. Mary’s RC)
Baptisms
July 1st 1847, bpt.
July 16th James McCavan son of James and Mary nee Durkin godparents
Patrick Mear and Bridget Dowd
March 22nd 1850 bpt.
March 31st Brian McIvan son of James and Mary nee Durkin godparents
Thomas Durkin and Mary Battle
January 11th 1852 bpt
January 18th Catherine McIvan daughter of Patrick and Winifred nee
Egan godparents William????? and Cath Egan
August 13th 1853 bpt
August 14th Mary McIvan daughter of Patrick and Bridget nee Egan
godparents Michael Kilroy and Ann Egan
July 31st 1854 bpt
August 6th Mary Mickavan daughter of James and Mary nee Durkin
godparents Patrick Quinn and Ellen Conway
August 2? 1858 bpt August 29th
Margaret McKavan daughter of James and Mary nee Durkin godparents John and Mary
Kilroy
September 23rd 1861
bpt. September 28th Robert Monaghan son of Mary godparent Margaret
Monaghan MMMM
May 15th 1868 bpt. May
18th Robert Smith son of Robert and Mary nee Monaghan godparents
George Varley and Mary Shaw
March 5th 1869 bpt.
March 7th Winifred McIvan daughter of Patrick and Bridget nee Welsh
godparents James McIvan and Bridget Kennedy
June 15th 1871 bpt.
June 25th Rachael Smith of
Robert and Mary nee Monaghan godparents Dominic and Mary Coleman MMMM
June? 14th 1872 bapt
June 16th Thomas Monaghan son of James and Mary, nee McVan
godparents Thomas Patrick Coleman and Catherine Monaghan
October 28th 1873 bapt
November 11th Anna Monaghan daughter of James and Mary, nee McEvan
godparents Brian and Catherine McEvan
October 2nd 1874 bpt.
October 27th Eli Smith of Robert and Mary nee Monaghan godparent
Mary Bradley
November 28th 1875 bapt
December 5th John Monaghan son of James and Mary, nee McEvan
godparents John and Catherine McEvan
April 15th 1878 bapt
April 21st Ann Monaghan daughter of James and Mary, nee McEvan
godparents Michael Ginty and Bridget McEvan XXXX
April 21st 1880 bapt
May 2nd Mary Monaghan daughter of James and Mary, nee McEvan
godparents Patrick Molloy and Elizabeth Walsh
December 17th 1882 bapt
February 21st 1888 Sarah Ellen McVan daughter of Michael and
Rebecca, nee ?????? godparent Marg H?????y
August 3rd 1884 bapt
August 21st Thomas Monaghan son of James and Mary, nee McVann
godparents Brian McVan and Mary Killian XXXX
July 16th 1886 bapt
August 8th Patrick Monaghan son of James and Mary,nee McEvan
godparents James and Mary McEvan
July 28th 1885 bapt
July 30th Mary Ann McVan daughter of John and Mary, nee Gallagher
godparents Brian McVan and Mary Monaghan XXXX
7.2.1922, Agnes Doran, daug of
John and Mary, nee Killean, godparents George and Margaret Lare.
October 8th 1923 bapt
November 25th 1928, Richard Dodgson, son of Robert and Mary Jane nee
Emmott, godparent Ann Josephine Carr.
September 18th 1939
bapt October 8th 1939, Elizabeth Ann Dodgson daug of Robert and Mary
Jane nee Emmott, godparents Arthur and Mary Ann Sourbutts.
December 12th 1914 bapt
December 27th 1914 Ann Elsie
Doran, daug of John and Mary nee Killeen, godparents James and Catherine Cain.
June 14th 1905 bapt
June 25th 1905, Charles Alexander Doran, son of John and Mary nee
Killeen, godparents Thomas Snape and Nancy Helen Pemberton.
February 8th 1904 bapt
February 21st 1904, James Doran, son of John and Mary nee Killeen,
godparents Robert Smith and Elizabeth Lynch.
January 17th 1908 bapt
January 26th 1908, Veronica Doran daug of John and Mary nee Killeen,
godparents John Hodgkinson and Ann Doran.
January 1st 1917, bapt
January 14th 1917 Mary Ellen McKenzie daug of John Patrick and Mary
Jane nee Emmott, godparents John and Mary Doran.
October 14th 1897 bapt
October 24th 1897 John McVann son of Patrick and Mary Jane nee
Hunter, godparents John and Mary McVann.
Other listings
1870 Catherine Monaghan
1874 John McEvan
1874 Mary Monaghan
1877 Mary McEvan
1878 Mary Ann Monaghan
1881 Patrick McEvan
1884 Ellen McEvan
1890 Mary McVan
1865 Margaret Killyan
1867 Michael Killeen
1867 Patrick Killian
1881 Mary Killian
1888 John Killeen
1904 Mary Hilda Killien
1906 John Killien
1913 Elizabeth Killien
Marriages
18.7.1868 Michael McIvan son of James and Catherine Burns daug
of Martin, witnesses Patrick Lundy and Ann Eagan.
25.11.1871 James Monaghan, son of Thomas, and Mary McEvan, daug of
James, witnesses Patrick McEvan and Bridget Walsh.
28.7.1866 Patrick McIvan, son of James, and Bridget Welsh, daug
of Matthew, witnesses Patrick Leonard and Bridget Kelly.
14.5.1881 James Killian, son of Thomas and Mary, and Mary
Smith, widow, daug of Thomas Monaghan, witnesses William Southworth and Mary
Baldwin.
8.2.1902 John Doran, son of James and Ann, and Mary Killean, daug of James
and Mary, witnesses Robert Smith and Elizabeth
30.11.190? Thomas Coulton, son of James and Margaret, and Mary
McVan, daug of Patrick and Bridget, witnesses James McGuire and Mary Clare.
12.5.1883 John McAvan, son of James, and Mary Gallagher, daug
of Patrick, witnesses Michael McAvan and Bridget O’Brien.
17.2.1890 Patrick McVan son of Patrick, and Mary Jane Hunter,
daug of Thomas and Margaret, witnesses Robert Walsh and Dorothy Sweeney.
17.9.1932 James McVan, son of John and Mary Ann, and Mary
McIntyre, daug of Joseph and Mary, witnesses Herbert McIntyre and Elizabeth
McVan.
21.7.1934 Arthur Sourbutts, son of Clement and Mary, and Mary
Ellen McKenzie, daug of John and Mary Jane (Dodgson), James Kenny and Dorothy
Bates.
22.2.1928 Robert Dodgson, son of Robert and Mary Ann, and Mary
Jane McKenzie, daug of William and Mary, witnesses Helen Tomlinson and Esther
Wall.- see GRO records for details of their earlier marriage
27.6.1942 Frederick Hopwood (38), son of Thomas and Edith, and
Veronica Lillian Doran (34), daug of John and Mary, witnesses Joseph Swarbrick
and Agnes Doran.
GRIFFITHS AND TITHE INDEX
SLIGO
McVan G2 T
Leyny
McVane G T
"
McEvan G5 T
"
McAvan G T
"
McAvan
T Tirerill
Achonry parish Leyny barony Tobercurry Union G(1858)
T(1827)
McAvan G T
McVan G2 T
McVane G T
McEvan G3 T
Kilmacteige parish Leyny Barony Tobercurry Union G1858 T1825
McEvan G2
Ballysadare
parish Tirerill Barony
Sligo+Tobercurry Unions
G1858 T1825
McAvan
A = immediate leasor
B = description of tenement
C = area
D = rateable annual value _ land
E = rateable annual value _ buildings
F = total annual value of rateable property
BALLYGLASS
A B C
D E F
6 John McVan Adam
Mossman land 3_0_3 2_0_0 _
£19
7 land
1_1_15 0_10_0 _
8
land house 38_3_35 16_0_0 0_10_0
3a Luke Armstrong
" land 16_2_6 9_0_0 1_0_0 £5
Peter McVan
house
£5
office
SESSUECOMMON
11b Michael McVane Thomas J house _ _ 0_5_0
0_5_0
13 Michael McVane
Meredith land 1_8_21 8_5_0 _
8_5_0
SESSUEGARRY
12a John McEvan Edward J
land 1of4 4_7_0 0_7_0 4_14_0
Cooper
house total
office 34_3_9
RATHMAGURRY
30a Michael McEvan William land 34_3_7 4_0_0 0_1_0
4_1_0
Gawley
house+office
CASTLEROCK or CASTLECARRAGH
7a Michael McEvan John
land 44_1_25 6_10_0 0_10_0
7_0_0
Irwin
house
8 Michael McEvan
" land 246_3_0
6_0_0 _ 6_0_0
BANADA
10a Bryan McEvan
Rev D land 14_2_20
7_0_0 0_10_0 7_10_0
Jones
house
KILCUMMIN
27 Thomas McEvan Edward J land 7_0_10 1_10_0 0_15_0
5_5_0
28 Patrick McEvan Cooper
house 16_3_37 7_10_0 0_15_0 5_5_0
offices
SACRED HEART RC SCHOOL COLNE REGISTER
Mary Monaghan 21/4/1880, parent
James, address Carry Bridge, previous school St. Alban’s Blackburn admitted
8/2/1894 aged 13.8
Michael Monaghan 23/6/1889,
address Lodging House, admitted 22/3/1897 aged 7.76