Christina cosgrave

Jackie:

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Below is a link to the 1911 census record of the only Cosgrave family in Nass. Can't hellp with 1920.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kildare/Naas_Urban/Naas__West/545177/

Hello Jackie,

The large family of John and Kate Cosgrave had lived in Naas, according to the 1911 census, as Roger kindly pointed out. The census shows John and Kate and 8 of their children were living in Naas West. The ages of the children, from oldest to youngest range from 15 year old Patrick to 2 year old Maria. All of these children would have been old enough to marry sometime in the 1920s, even Maria, who would have been 20 years old in 1919.

The 1911 census shows that John, a farmer, and his wife Kate Cosgrave had been married for 16 years, and in that time period had 9 children, with 8 of those children still alive. The 8 living children are in the household with them.

You can view a copy of the original Cosgrave family in the 1911 census from the National Archives link at: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002580711/

Do any of the Cosgraves in Naas from the 1911 census look familiar to you?

The 1911 census shows that John and Kate Cosgrave had been married for 16 years, placing their year of marriage circa 1895. I looked for their civil registration marriage record at the free irishgenealogy.ie website, and found it. John Cosgrave and Catherine Moran were married in the Roman Catholic Chapel of Naas on August 6, 1895. At the time of marriage both John and Catherine were of “full age.” John was a bachelor and Catherine a spinster at the time of marriage. These terns mean they had not been previously married. John’s occupation is farmer. At the time of marriage he had been living in Rathasker Road. His father was Pat Cosgrave, a “Farmer.” The marriage record shows his father was “Dead.”

Catherine’s address at the time of marriage was New Row, Naas. Her father was William Moran, a “Car owner.”

The Parish Priest who married John and Catherine was Thomas Moran, who may have been related to Catherine. The witnesses to the marriage were Patrick Gibbons and Maggie Kelly. The marriage record is attached to this reply. It is the 2nd marriage recorded in the register.

Civil registration birth records shows that John and Kate Cosgrave had at least one more child born after the family were enumerated in the 1911 census. The 1911 took place in Ireland on 2 April of that year.

This child was their son John, who was born in the Rathasker Road, Naas, on 5 October 1911. The occupation of his father John is shown to be farmer. His mother is Katie Cosgrave, formerly Moran. She reported the birth to the local registrar, John Carroll, who recorded the birth in the Naas Registration District on 8 November 1911. The birth record is attached to this reply and is Number 228 in the birth register.

The 1911 census mentions that John and Kate Cosgrave had 9 children, with 8 children still living, which means one of their children had died between the time they married in 1895, and the time the 1911 census was enumerated on 2 April.

With this information I looked for the death of their child at the irishgenealogy.ie website and found it. Their daughter Maria Cosgrave died on 7 August 1898. The place of death was Rathasker Road, Naas. She was 6 days old when she died, and recorded as a “Farmer’s Child.” The cause of death was, “Convulsions. No Medical Attendant.”

Note: John and Kate had a second daughter named they named Maria who is shown to be 2 years old in the 1911 census.

The person who was present at Maria’s death, and who reported the death to the local registrar, John Carroll, was Maria Moran of New Row, Naas. The registrar recorded the death in the Naas registration District on 10 August 1898. Maria Moran was likely Kate’s sister. The baby Maria was probably named after her.

Maria’s death record is attached to this reply and is Number 261 in the death register.

This is the second time where I uncovered the addresses Rathasker Road and New Row, Naas in a civil registration record. The marriage record for John and Kate shows that John had been living in the Rathasker Road and Kate in New Row.

Rathasker Road and New Row are also recorded in Maria Cosgrave’s birth record as well. She was born on 1 August 1898 in Rathasker Road. Her father John, of Rathasker Road, is listed as a “Farmer.” Maria’s mother is Kate Cosgrave, formerly Moran. The person who reported the birth to John Carroll the registrar was Maria Moran, of New Row, Naas. John Carroll recorded baby Maria’s birth the same day he recorded her death, 10 August 1898. Maria’s birth is at Number 210 in the attached birth register.

A Google Map shows that Rathasker Road, where John Cosgrave had lived before marriage, and where he and his family lived after 1895, and the New Row in Naas, where Kate Moran had lived before marriage, are 1.4 miles from each other along the shortest route: https://is.gd/FP5EAS

For a Google Street View of Rathasker Road, Naas, go to: https://is.gd/5l1EnJ

For a Google Street View of New Row, Naas, see: https://is.gd/ILynGF

Do you know if your ancestors at one time had lived in either the Rathasker Road, or New Row in Naas?

Kind Regards Jackie,

Dave Boylan