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hi im trying to find any information to do with my gandmother all i know is her maiden name was quirk margrate mary quirk nobody can find her marriage to a john bowmar scothern seem like a dead end or they married in ireland ??? i dont even know what year she was born my mother was born in 1930 so mabe she was born early 1908on wards any help would be a great help even trying to find my grandparents marriage would be great thank you dave
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Have you tried a search on this site to see if anyone else is looking for the family, or free bmd for the marriage
Liz

A location would help. The births I can see - if born England - are:

Births Jun 1883 (>99%)
QUIRK Margaret Mary A W. Ham 4a 119
Births Dec 1885 (>99%)
Quirk Margaret Mary West Derby 8b 305
Births Sep 1905 (>99%)
Quirk Margaret Mary W. Derby 8b 376
Marriages Sep 1906 (>99%)
QUIRK Margaret Mary A W.Ham 4a 379
Births Sep 1908 (>99%)
Quirk Margaret Mary West Derby 8b 650

1911 census transcription details for: 47 Medlock Street Kirkdale Liverpool
National Archive Reference:
RG14PN22461 RG78PN1323 RD455 SD6 ED18 SN81

Reg. District: West Derby Sub District: Kirkdale
Parish: Kirkdale Enum. District: 18
Address: 47 Medlock Street Kirkdale Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born
POWELL, John Head Widower M 57 1854 Cork Dunmanway Resident
POWELL, Martha Daughter Single F 35 1876 Cork Dunmanway Resident
POWELL, John J Son Single M 33 1878 Tram Conductor Cork Dunmanway Resident
POWELL, Denis J Son Single M 19 1892 Shop Assistant Cork Dunmanway Resident
>>>>>>>>>QUIRK, Patrick Boarder Widower M 34 1877 Fireman Sc Wexford
>>>>>>>>>QUIRK, Margaret M Boarder F 2 1909 Lancs Liverpool

or


1911 census transcription details for: 13 Molyneux St Bootle
National Archive Reference:
RG14PN22418 RG78PN1322 RD455 SD5 ED12 SN200

Reg. District: West Derby Sub District: Bootle
Parish: Bootle cum Linacre Enum. District: 12
Address: 13 Molyneux St Bootle
County: Lancashire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born
QUIRK, Edward Head Married
20 years M 45 1866 Docklabourer County Wexford Ireland Resident
QUIRK, Mary Wife Married
20 years F 43 1868 Liverpool Lancashire
QUIRK, Peter Son Single M 17 1894 Dk Labourer Bootle Lancashire
QUIRK, James Son Single M 16 1895 Dk Labourer Bootle Lancashire
QUIRK, Herman Son Single M 11 1900 Bootle Lancashire
QUIRK, John Son Single M 9 1902 Bootle Lancashire
>>>>>>>>>QUIRK, Margaret Mary Daughter Single F 5 1906 Bootle Lancashire
QUIRK, Catherine Daughter Single F 3 1908 Bootle Lancashire
QUIRK, Joseph Son Single M 1 1910 Bootle Lancashire


The only 2 Margaret M Quirks that i could see on the 1911 census.

How about this one....mothers name is Catherine......maybe why she called her daughter Catherine?

1911 census transcription details for: 15 League St Rochdale Road Manchester
National Archive Reference:
RG14PN24144 RG78PN1387 RD466 SD3 ED11 SN56

Reg. District: Manchester Sub District: St George
Parish: Manchester Enum. District: 11
Address: 15 League St Rochdale Road Manchester
County: Lancashire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born
QUIRK, Edward Head Married M 40 1871 Wardrobe Dealer Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Catherine Wife Married
21 years F 38 1873 Assisting In Business Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Mary Daughter Single F 14 1897 Cotton Filler Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Edward Son M 13 1898 Worker Errand Boy Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Agnes Daughter F 9 1902 School Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, John William Son M 8 1903 School Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Robert Francis Son M 6 1905 School Leeds Yorkshire
QUIRK, Margret Daughter F 4 1907 Leeds Yorkshire

I know 100% my grandfather was Herman Quirk I never met him or know much about that side of the family he died around 1945... my mother was Mary Quirk she also died young

Welcome to the boards, Maria.

You may not have noticed that this thread was started 10 years ago.
David is no longer a member of GR, so I'm afraid there's no way to contact him directly, and he won't be looking here for replies.

(Anyway, I don't think he's related to you. It was just by chance that MoodyBlue posted the 1911 census which happens to show Herman, when looking for different Quirks.)

Herman's birth record:

QUIRK, HERMAN mms HOOLEY
GRO Reference: 1899 J Quarter in WEST DERBY Volume 08B Page 488


His parents' marriage:

Marriages Sep 1893 (>99%)
Hooley Mary W. Derby 8b 909
Quirk Edward W. Derby 8b 909



Herman's death:

Deaths Sep 1944 (>99%)
Quirk Herman 45 Bootle 8b 165


and his marriage:

Marriages Dec 1923 (>99%)
Connolly Mary Quirk W. Derby 8b 755
Quirk Herman Connolly W.Derby 8b 755

Herman Quirk
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Herman Quirk
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1899
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 20 Mathew Street
Residence Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Dock Labourer
Schedule Number: 108
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: NEAY
Registration district: Bootle
Inferred Spouse: Mary Quirk
Household Members:
Name
Herman Quirk
Mary Quirk - 18/10/1899

There's one closed record with them, on Ancestry. Possibly your mother, born 1937?




I don't know if related or not -
at the same address, but a different household, there's an Ann (?) Connolly, born 19/11/1881, widowed.

Name: Herman Quirk
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1899
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 20
Residence Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Dock Labourer
Schedule Number: 108
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: NEAY
Registration district: Bootle
Inferred Spouse: Mary Quirk
Household Members:
Name
Herman Quirk
Mary Quirk

Name: Herman Quirk
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Bootle cum Linacre
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County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 13 Molynuex St
Marital status: Single
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: Bootle
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 22418
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Quirk 45
Mary Quirk 43
Peter Quirk 17
James Quirk 16
Herman Quirk 11
John Quirk 9
Margaret Mary Quirk 5
Catherine Quirk 3
Joseph Quirk 17/12

Name: Edward Quirk
Baptism Age: 0
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 1866
Baptism Date: 13 Jun 1866
Baptism Place: Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland
Diocese: Ferns
Father: Edward Quirk
Mother: Margaret Murphy

Ann Connolly looks like being Mary's mother:

Mary Connolly
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Mary Connolly
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Bootle cum Linacre
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 20 Matthew St <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Occupation: Servant Convict
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: Bootle
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 22418
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Connolly 40
Anne Connolly 29
Anne Connolly 10
Mary Connolly 11
James Connolly 8


On the image, Mary's entry is actually scored out, so she must have been living elsewhere.

This may be Mary in 1911, at school:


Mary Connolly
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Mary Connolly
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Scholar
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: St Helens
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Occupation: School
Registration district: Prescot
Registration District Number: 456
Sub-registration district: St Helens
ED, institution, or vessel: 56-59
Piece: 22810


She's one of dozens of pupils at the Roman Catholic Industrial School, Blackbrook, St Helens

Wow just wow they are my grandparents Herman and Mary quirk Anne Connolly was Mary’s mother who lives with then my mother was also Mary born 1937 died Dec 1980 - I’m flabbergasted I have only signed up this morning and have all this information... thankyou ever so much x I never met Herman or Mary quirk snr....

edward, hermans father

Name: Margret Quirk
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Relationship: Head
Birth Year: 1838
Child: Edward Quirk
Walter Quirk
Mary Quirk
Kate Crowley
Birth Place: Ireland
Civil Parish: Bootle
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Residence Place: Bootle, Bootle, Lancashire, England
Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: Walton
ED, Institution or Vessel: 14
Neighbors:
Piece: 2972
Folio: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Margret Quirk 53
Edward Quirk 25 --
Walter Quirk 17
Mary Quirk 12
Kate Crowley 28
Margret Crowley 8

Name: Margaret Murphy
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: Aug 1851
Marriage Place: Monageer, Ireland, Ireland
Parish Variants: Boolavogue
Diocese: Ferns
Spouse: Edward Quirk

1881
Name: Edwd. Quirk
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Margt. Quirk
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland
Civil Parish: Kirkdale
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 17 Paton St
Marital status: Married
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: General Labourer
Registration district: West Derby
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors:
Piece: 3684
Folio: 74
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
Edwd. Quirk 50
Margt. Quirk 45
Peter Quirk 28
Catherine Quirk 22
Daniel Quirk 24
Margaret Quirk 14
Edward Quirk 16
Mary Quirk 3
Walter Quirk 8

mary hooley
spouse

Name: John Hooley
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1865
Birth Place: Liverpool
Death Date: 13 Mar 1890
Death Age: 25
Residence Place: 26, Matthew Street, Liverpool.
Ship: Gulf of Aden

Name: John Thomas Hooley
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 21
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Year: abt 1865
Marriage Date: 10 May 1886
Marriage Place: Kirkdale, St Paul, Lancashire, England
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Father: Thomas Hooley
Spouse: Mary Margaret McConnell

Name: Mary Hooley
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Relationship: Head
Birth Year: 1866
Child: John Hooley
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Bootle
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Residence Place: Bootle, Bootle, Lancashire, England
Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: Walton
ED, Institution or Vessel: 13
Neighbors:
Piece: 2971
Folio: 127
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Hooley 25 --- widow
John Hooley 3
Catherine Fagerty 15

Mary Margaret
Last name McConnell
Age 21
Birth year 1865
Marital status Spinster
Year 1886
Marriage year 1886
Marriage date 10 May 1886
Place Kirkdale, St Paul
Denomination Church Of England
Diocese Liverpool
Residence 86 Romeo ST
Father's first name(s) James
Father's last name McConnell
Father's occupation Carter, Deceased
Spouse's first name(s) John Thomas
Spouse's last name Hooley
Spouse's age 21
Spouse's birth year 1865
Spouse's occupation Fireman
Spouse's marital status Bachelor
Spouse's residence 108 Lyhon St
Spouse's father's first name(s) Thomas
Spouse's father's last name Hooley
Spouse's father's occupation Sailor
Witness 1 Edward Hamlin
Witness 2 Alice Eager
County Lancashire
Country England
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Name: Mary McConnell
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: James McConnell
Mother: Jane McConnell
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool
Civil Parish: Toxteth Park
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 2 Mann St
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Serv
Registration district: Toxteth Park
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors:
Piece: 3634
Folio: 93
Page Number: 37
Household Members:
Name Age
James McConnell 42
Jane McConnell 40
Mary McConnell 16 ----
Maggie McConnell 14
Ann McConnell 11
Francis McConnell 5
George McConnell 3

Name: James Mcconnell
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1839
Marriage Date: 17 Aug 1861
Marriage Place: Belfast, Ant, Ire
Father: James Mcconnell
Spouse: Jane Mccormick
FHL Film Number: 101423
Reference ID: 2:3S49SF7

I’m astounded at how much information I have gained with all your help thanks ever so much.. I’m still finding my way around I ever so grateful

I’m trying to find mother and father for Annie connolly maiden name Boylan I think she fibbed on the 1911 census I’m sure she was born in Ireland and left for New York but decided to disembark at Liverpool

Marriages Dec 1898 (>99%)
BOYLAN Anne West Derby 8b 1003
Connolly Thomas W. Derby 8b 1003


1911 already posted, but here again for ease of reference:

Anne Connolly
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Anne Connolly
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bootle, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Bootle cum Linacre
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: Matthew St
Occupation: At Home
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: Bootle
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 22418
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Connolly 40
Anne Connolly 29
Anne Connolly 10
Mary Connolly 11
James Connolly 8



According to 1939 Register, Annie was born 19/11 /1881.

There's no Ann (or variation) Boylan birth registered in Liverpool area at that time.

There are lots of travel records for women named Ann/Anne/Annie Connolly.

Which one in particular do you think is your Annie?

Presumably before her marriage in 1898.

For elimination -

NOT this Anne - born 22 October 1881:

Anne Boylan
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: Anne Boylan
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1881
Registration district: Dundalk
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 2
Page: 710
FHL Film Number: 101058

Is this the travel record you mean?

This Anne is scored off the passenger list:

Anne Boylan
in the UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Anne Boylan
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1879
Departure Date: 4 Jun 1896
Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland
Destination Port: New York, USA
Ship Name: Tentonic [ Teutonic ]
Master: J G Cameron


There's no reason given for her not travelling, and no mention of the ship putting in at Liverpool outward bound.

The ship did go to Liverpool on the return journey from New York later that month..