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Maybe it is possible that someone has a subscription to find my past who can find out more from army records
heres hoping

Hello Scary - when was John McMahon born? Or does it just say "full age" on the marriage cert?

Do you have any idea of children's names?

Full age thats all I have to go on

Have had a quick look on FMP and on the 1861 Worldwide Army Index alone there are shedloads of John McMahons.......

he was in the 83rd regiment in 1856

think there was possibly a daniel. I found a daniel on the 1881 census as a young soldier in the salfords born liverpool and as johns father was a daniel I wondered if he could be a son of john and maryann
all mary ann's sibling had two names ie mary ann, stephen henry etc so it might also of happened in their kids if they had any

These are the only ones I can see in the British Army Service Records 1760-1915 that mention 83rd

Last name First name(s) Year of birth Place of birth Regiment
MCMAHON John 1880 Belfast, Antrim Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1887 Belfast, Antrim Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1873 Rathfriland, Down Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1859 Bellriffon, Dublin Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1868 Drogheda, Louth Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1878 Drogheda, Louth Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia
MCMAHON John 1876 Dundalk, Monaghan Royal Irish Rifles - 83rd & 86th Foot WO96 Militia

Birth years don't seem right .....

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You could be onto something with a son called Daniel:

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1802-1906

Name: Daniel McMahon
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1858
Baptism Date: 14 Feb 1858
Parish: Holy Cross
Father's Name: Joannis Mcm (John McMahon)
Mother's Name: Maria Anna Smith (Mary Ann Smith)

Unfortunately, the Catholic baptisms don't give occupations or addresses.

The godparents were Anastasia McMahon and John Murnan (?)

Dear Marie Celeste Thats fantastic thank you
where did you find the catholic baptisms for liverpool 1802-1906?
Are you able to find censuses for daniel later on ie 1861 or 1871 .I could only find one in 1881 but I relooked and it looks as if he was born inliverpool in 1862-3. There was a daniel mcmahon died liverpool 1858, i wonder if that is one you found the bapt record for, which would explain his absence in 1861 and 1871.Alternatively john might have been posted abroad. I found on IGI births to john mcmahon and mary ann in the 1860's but nothing definately links them to my john and mary ann- unless we find that the regiment was in india at that time
The witness anastasia looks promising.Will see what I can find about her
thanaks again

Dear Marie celeste
Could you look up
Maria Anna Mcmahon born liverpool,
Johannes Jacobus
and elizabeth maria
as these names are given in the summary of ancestry and match names in Mary anns family
unfortunately I don't have access to ancestry images
thanks again

There are 2 Daniel McMahon burials in 1858, but unfortunately no family details:

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988

Name: Daniel McMahon
Burial Date: 7 Jul 1858
Parish: St Oswald
Age: 3
Address: 1 Crostow Street (looks like)

Name: Daniel McMahon
Burial Date: 25 Aug 1858
Parish: St Oswald
Age: Infant
Address: Clayton Street.

The latter of the two is a possibility.

(These records, and the earlier baptism are from Ancestry)

I'll happily look up those records on ancestry, but you'll need to tell me what type of records they were, the full names and the ages.

Hi
the liverpool catholic baptisms 1802- 1906
father johannes mcmahon or joannis mcmahon
mother maria anna smith
children names elizabeth ann, or john james, or maria anna, or eliza maria. not sure what parish I tried a search with dates 1860 +/- 4 years and 3 possibles sounded good

Ah, here's one of those records:

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1802-1906

Name: Joannes Jacobus McMahon
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1857
Baptism Date: 25 Jan 1857
Parish: St Nicholas
Father's Name: Joannis Mcmahon
Mother's Name: Maria Anna Smith
Godparents: Michael Murnan and Anna McMahon

have just found an Anastasia died liverpool 1897 aged 62 therefore born about 1835. I'll see if I can see her on the censuses between 1858 and 1891

There's this, too:

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1802-1906

Name: James McMahon
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1856
Baptism Date: 22 Oct 1856
Parish: Our Lady of Reconciliation de La Salette
Father's Name: Joannes Mcmahon
Mother's Name: Mariae Annae
Godparents: Louisa Donnelly & Martinus Hollis (Wallis?)

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1802-1906

Name: Maria Anna McMahon
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1860
Baptism Date: 12 Aug 1860
Parish: St Nicholas
Father's Name: Joannis Mcmahon
Mother's Name: Maria Anna Smith
Godparents: Michael Furlong & Gratia Turbill (?)

(wish they'd had wordprocessors in thos days!)