Greetings,
I am looking for my maternal great grandparents.
All we have is:
Peter Morris - (Stonemason) married to Catherine Gardner someplace in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Catherine would have been born about 1860. No idea on Peter's birth.
We have a bible of Catherine's dated 1872 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
November 20, 1888 (date of my grandmother's birth), Peter and Catherine had my grandmother, Mary Ellen Morris, and they were living at:
23 Cedar Street
Boston, MA USA
I had heard from my grandmother that she thought her family came from Sligo, Limmerick and Cork. Not sure if that was accurate.
Not much to go on, but any help is greatly appreciated.
carrnab
Thursday 24th Jan 2013, 09:30PMMessage Board Replies
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According to the marriage registration of Peter and Catherine, Peters father was Matthew and mother was Anne.
Catherines parents were Michael and Bridget
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Peter Morris Birth Date: abt 1864 Event Type: Marriage Event City: Boston Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1888 Marriage Age: 24 Father Name: Matthew Mother Name: Ann Spouse Name: Catharine Gardner Spouse Marriage Age: 28 Spouse Father Name: Michael Spouse Mother Name: Bridget Peter was a laborer and Catherine a dressmaker , there ages at the time of the marriage 28 and 24
As we now have the parents names it was possible to look for a birth registration for Peter, and here it is:
Name: Peter Morris Gender: Male Birth Date: 30 Sep 1864 Birth Place: Carrigallen, Leitrim, Ireland Father's Name: Mathew Morris Mother's Name: Anne Mccabe
Unfortunately no birth registration found for Catherine, it might just have missed the official registration as civil registration did not take place in Ireland till 1864 and Catherine was born in 1860.Mallow Cork
Friday 25th Jan 2013, 09:47AM