My great, great grandmother, Catherine Mullervy was born in Drumlish in the Parish of Killoe, County Longford, Ireland in January 1835. She was baptised on the 19th of January that year. Her sponsors are recorded as Edward and Elizabeth Malervy. (There are many different spellings of the surname recorded.) Her parents were Owen Mullervy and … Continue reading Catherine Mullervy 1839-1910
Cosgrove
Born On This Day – Catherine Cosgrove 1875-1876
Catherine Cosgrove was the first of my great grandfather’s siblings to be born in Scotland and her birth record allows me to estimate when the Cosgrove family left County Longford in Ireland. She was the 6th of ten children born to Peter Cosgrove and Catherine Mullervy. By the time of her birth the family had … Continue reading Born On This Day – Catherine Cosgrove 1875-1876
An Ancestral Road Trip
Some time in the not too distant future I would like to take a trip to Ireland and visit the places my ancestors lived. I have visited Ireland before with breaks in Dublin and Cork. Great trips but no family connections. To be honest, the last time I visited Ireland I had no idea about … Continue reading An Ancestral Road Trip
An Easy Mistake To Make – Finding Sarah Helferty
The only one of my grandparents I got to meet was my Granny Brawley, my mum's mum. I knew that her father was called Patrick Cosgrove and her mother was Sarah Helferty. I knew that she was born in Glasgow in 1900. Prior to starting my research that was pretty much it. My granny died … Continue reading An Easy Mistake To Make – Finding Sarah Helferty
Reporting On An Epidemic
It’s 120 years to the day that my great grandfather, Patrick Cosgrove died. When the above article was published he was one of the 462 patients suffering from smallpox in Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow. He had been taken there when his condition became too serious to remain in the receiving house that he first attended. Reading … Continue reading Reporting On An Epidemic
Breach of the Peace
In a previous post I told of how my great grandfather, Patrick Cosgrove and his friend , Edward Cooper appeared in court on a charge of serious assault. You can read about that here. I found this newspaper article from May 1896 where it was the wives who were in trouble with the law. Good … Continue reading Breach of the Peace
Shaking The Branches 