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faheys of galway ireland

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Alison

Alison Report 25 Mar 2009 11:19

what i have below is what i can piece together so far but can anyone help me. was always told by family that there was a galway mayo connection. would anyone be able to help me with this. unsure of which parish to look at or were to go next.

thanks mark fahey


Birmingham 1841 census

Fahey Catharine age 38
Fahey Patrick age 11
Fahey Catharine age 4

1851 census
Fahey Patrick age 19 Medway Gillingham

1861 census
Fahey Patrick age 27 Bellingham Kirkwhelpington

1871 census
Fahey Patrick age 41 Easington Easington


I have looked at the census and this is really him

I am looking at indexes for Birmingham and I have found that in the 1841 death index their was a father Anthony but was dead of malnutrition and not much given just born Galway Ireland c 1801 I think this could be them all other threads tie up.
It says that there was a wife Catharine born Mayo 1802 Patrick born 1831 and a daughter Catharine born 1837
I can trace both Catharine’s till then and it seems they entered the work house, no further records.
However Patrick seems to have been working as a shoe shiner and the man he was working for gave him lodgings

This seems to be right it looks as if he worked his way up the country as many did
When we view the original documents, we aren't actually looking at the information that was written on the doorstep.

The census collector’s door knocked and took the information to the enumerators who then copied down the information gathered. What we see is their account of what information was supplied.

Quite often, they had to second guess as handwritten information was illegible. It explains why census information is notoriously wrong a lot of the time.

I have to admit that I like this version. I could just imagine him knocking 10 years off his age to secure a job. There was no social security back then and if they didn't have work, their families starved.