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im looking for the maternal remaing family /history of my mom and sister susan jennifer callaghan there parents were charles and joan callaghan joan died at age 29 of i think tb so my moms aunt and husband adopted them i dont no what reason charles was not able to look after them they were told different storys but as children did not know what to believe they believe charles went on to remarry and had more children we thing charles was origonally from ireland and came over here and stayed over here all mom and pat want are answers mary [joans sister] and frank had the surname walker as so did mom and pat after they were adopted could anyone help ty :-(

goscombe is the name of my nan[mary] and joan as them selfs were also adopted for reasons unknown for me personally all i want is to put flowers on my real granparents grave and now were there buried :-(

First point............could you give some dates, please, and birth locations.

Second.................I can't cope with unpunctuated blocks of text........so I hope you don't mind.................

im looking for the maternal remaing family /history of my mom and sister susan jennifer callaghan

there parents were charles and joan callaghan

joan died at age 29 of i think tb so my moms aunt and husband adopted them

i dont no what reason charles was not able to look after them they were told different storys but as children did not know what to believe

they believe charles went on to remarry and had more children

we thing charles was origonally from ireland and came over here and stayed over here

all mom and pat want are answers

mary [joans sister] and frank had the surname walker as so did mom and pat after they were adopted

could anyone help ty

Yes......i see Pat (Patricia) has the same MMN.

England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
about Joan Goscombe
Name: Joan Goscombe
Mother's Maiden Surname: Goscombe
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1925
Registration district: Halifax
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Volume Number: 9a
Page Number: 626


England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Joan Goscombe
Name: Joan Goscombe
Spouse Name: Charles Callaghan
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1947
Registration district: Halifax
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 1358




England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
about Mary Goscombe
Name: Mary Goscombe
Mother's Maiden Surname: Goscombe
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1929
Registration district: Halifax
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Volume Number: 9a
Page Number: 545

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Do you have Charles and Joan's marriage cert to know how old Charles was when he married?

Do you know who he remarried?

Prickles.

Mary and Joan's mother looks to be Lydia Goscombe. Mary was also registered under the name Mackie. Lydia married John H Mackie the same quarter Mary was born:

Marriages Jun 1929
Goscombe Lydia Mackie Halifax 9a 1001
Mackie John H Goscombe Halifax 9a 1001

She died the following year so this might explain why Joan and Mary were adopted.

Deaths Sep 1930
Mackie Lydia 26 Halifax 9a 441

Rose

Mary married under Hegarty AND Mackie:

Marriages Dec 1948
Hegarty Mary Walker Halifax 2b 1181
Mackie Mary Walker Halifax 2b 1181
Walker Frank Hegarty Halifax 2b 1181
Walker Frank Mackie Halifax 2b 1181

Perhaps she was adopted by the Hegarty family?

Looks like she was. Lydia's sister married a Hegarty:

Marriages Mar 1924
Goscombe Georgina Hegarty Halifax 9a 718
Hegarty Thomas Goscombe Halifax 9a 718


Rose

John H Mackie married again in 1931 to a Elizabeth O'Connor/Connor and had more children.

This looks to be his birth and death:

Births Jun 1907
MACKIE John Henry Halifax 9a 400

Deaths Sep 1949
Mackie John H 42 Upper Agbrigg 2d 459

Rose

Lydia's birth:

Births Mar 1904
GOSCOMB Lydia W. Derby 8b 331

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Lydia's parents' marriage:

Marriages Sep 1890
Goscombe James W. Derby 8b 987
KELLY Jane W. Derby 8b 987

Rose

thankyou all for helping me in tracing my roots im beginning to think i belonged to someone now .i dont no anything about my maternal grandad only his name was charlies callaghan came from ireland married again sometime my nan died i think he lived in halifax yorkshire and had more children i dont know his second wifes name or where he and nan were buried .

can anyone help me in tracing my maternal grandad charles andrew callaghan born in ireland but came to england .not sure when, he married my nan joan goscombe in halifax west yorkshire in i think 1947 im not sure when charles was born i no nothing about him or his family his life were he lived were hes buried i no he remarried a few year after nan died and went on to have a second family any iformation would be grateful ty

Your best bet is to order his marriage cert. to get his age and occupation:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

He didn't use his middle name when he married.

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Rose

thankyou so much x

How do you know his middle name was Andrew?

Rose

my mom was always told his name was andrew thats all we have to go on .

Well there is a marriage for a Charles A Callaghan in Halifax in 1955.

Look on FreeBMD.

I can see a birth of a son too.

There is a death for a Charles Alexander Callaghan in Halifax that could tie in to this birth:

Births Dec 1926
Callaghan Charles Hunt Halifax 9a 579

Rose

Parents:

Marriages Sep 1921 (>99%)
Callaghan Charles Hunt Halifax 9a 1205
Hunt Susannah Callaghan Halifax 9a 1205

Rose