Sarah Gallagher1

#24084, (c 1814 - )
Extended Family

Children of Sarah Gallagher and Isaac Stirling
  • Isaac Stirling1 (c 1842 - )
  • William Stirling+1 (c 1845 - 1912)
  • Margaret Stirling1 (1847 - )
  • Elizabeth Stirling1 (1853 - )

Life Events

Overview
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[submitted by Colin Bendall, Stirling, Scotland, 2013]. A number of records were found for Sarah Gallagher in Ireland in a search of on-line records in November 2012. The most likely match was the baptism of Sarah on August 24th 1817 at St. Columb's Church of Ireland in (London)Derry. She was the daughter of Hugh Gallagher and Sarah Erskine. A search of all the available Irish vital event records between 1810 and 1820 showed four other baptisms in this period, all Roman Catholic and none of them particularly close to County Londonderry.

She was living in St. John's, Birkenhead, with her husband and four children in the 1861 Census. She was a 48 year-old Trap Maker born in Ireland.

In the 1871 Census her husband could not be found; she was aged 57 years.

In the 1881 Census she was listed as a 68-year old mother-in-law, so living with a daughter's family. The household consisted of John Lightford, a 28 year old born in South Shields, his wife Elizth born in Birkenhead in 1856, Sarah, and a niece of John's.

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BirthSarah Gallagher was born circa 1814 in Ireland.2
 
MarriageShe married Isaac Stirling on 11 Sep 1835 in First Derry Parish, Derry, Ireland.1
 
1851 CensusIsaac and Sarah appeared on the 1851 Census of Birkenhead, Cheshire, at 7 Camden Street. Four Irish families lived at this address. Isaac was 46, an operat-- painter, and born in Ireland. Sarah was 41, born in Ireland. They had three children: Isaac (9, Ireland), William (7, Ireland), and Margaret (3, Birkenhead). All were scholars.3 
1861 CensusIsaac and Sarah Stirling appeared on the 1861 Census of Birkenhead, Cheshire, at 11 Wilson Street. Isaac was 57, a Painter & Glazier, and born in Ireland. Sarah was 48, a Dress Maker, and born in Ireland. Their children were Isaac (19, plumbers apprentice), William (16, Bell hanger apprentice), Margaret (13, scholar) and Elizabeth (7, scholar). Isaac and William were born in Ireland, the girls in Birkenhead.4 
1871 CensusSarah appeared on the 1871 Census of Birkenhead, Cheshire, at 11 Wilson Street. Sarah was a widow, aged 57, and born in Ireland. Her children with her were William (25, whitesmith) and Elizabeth (17). Also with them was a granddaughter Rebecca Dyer (9) and a lodger (Rose West, widow, age 68, born Dublin). William was recorded as born in Ireland, Elizabeth and Rebecca in Liverpool.2 
Last Edited27 Jan 2014

Citations

  1. [S2843] Colin Bendall, Stirling, Scotland, research carried out in the period 1994-2012.
  2. [S875] 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG10/3747 folio 122. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  3. [S932] 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/2175 folio 317. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  4. [S875] 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/2643 folio 74. Image viewed at Ancestry.