Hi everyone
I'm looking for any information on Mary/Maria Mansfield. Details as follows:
- Born - about 1863
- I believe she was the daughter of Patrick Mansfield and Frances McCarthy (Free School Lane)
- She gave birth to a son, John, in Midleton Workhouse, in 1894
- John was listed as illegitimate, and father's name was not registered
- She died in the Workhouse in 1900 (listed as widow, but no name change from Mansfield)
- Records show that Maria/Mary entered the Workhouse in April 1894 (around the time that I believe Frances, her mother, died).
- Her name was listed as Maria on her baptism record.
- Her siblings (according to Griffith's Valuation) were Jeremiah, Margaret and Michael
- John Mansfield was adopted by Michael Lynch and Ellen (nee Prenderville).
I'd like to find out any further information about Maria or her family. We visited the Workhouse a couple of years ago and the staff were as helpful as they could have been but we haven't got any further. I understand that paupers were originally buried in the paupers' grave but this stopped around 1899. My dad, John/Jack Lynch (son of John Mansfield/Lynch) is now 89 and would dearly love to find out where Mary/Maria is buried, where her parents are buried, who my father's biological grandfather was, and see if anyone locally has any recollections/stories/anecdotes or clues about where to find this information.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give us.
Jane
Sunday 18th Sep 2016, 03:16PM
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Hi Jane
I just added a reply to your previous post about Maria
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support