New England Families

In 1930 James' children said he had been born in Northern Ireland, as distinguished from the Irish Free State (later the Republic of Ireland)

May 2018, in the index to the Irish Catholic baptism registers at findmypast.ie, I looked for James Carrigan, w/ variations baptized 1834-1842, anywhere. There was no match on his parents' names

1861 Census of Lancashire, England (at ancestry.com)
Civil Parish of Preston, Town of Preston
Registration and sub-registration district of Preston
Ecclesiastical Parish of St. George
ED 25, household 183, piece 3131, folio 25, page 44

Street: Mount Pleasant

James Carrigan, 23, head, married, piecer, born in Ireland
Betsey Carrigan, 21, wife, married, housewife, born in Ireland
Catherine Carrigan, 5, daughter, scholar, born in Preston, Lancashire
Margaret Carrigan, 2mo, daughter, infant, born in Preston, Lancashire

same house:
Dennis Carrigan, 18, boarder, single 18, piecer, born in Ireland
May or Mary Carrigan, 20, single, worsted weaver, born in Ireland

same house:
Patrick Muney, 26, boarder, married, farm laborer, born in Ireland
Ann Muney, 30, wife, married, cotton frame tenter, born in Ireland
Mary A Muney, 2, daughter, infant, born in Preston, Lancashire

same house:
Margaret Dean, boarder, unknown, 22, packer, born in Ireland
William Dean, son, 4, scholar, born in Preston, Lancashire

[is the third family's name Mooney?]

James' third child, John, was born in England on December 20, 1862. In 1900 James said he arrived in the US in 1865. If so, then it was before May 1, 1865, when he appears on the 1865 Census of Boston.

1865 Massachusetts State Census, Ward 2, Boston, Family 3666
May 1, 1865

James Kerrigan, 27, laborer, born in Ireland, checkmark for "rateable polls"
Betsy Kerrigan, 27, born in Ireland
Catherine Kerrigan, 7
Margaret Kerrigan, 5
John Kerrigan, 3

children born in England

"Massachusetts, State Census, 1865," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQH7-YK6 : accessed 1 March 2015), James Kerrigan, Boston, Ward 02, Suffolk, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,374.

from:
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/topics.census.us.ma/100.1/mb.ashx

"My understanding of the rateable poll was a predetermined tax levied on a property owner and an occupier of a dwelling who was over a certain age. Once they paid this tax, then they were allowed to vote, but not until then. I think it was based on British Law. The rateable poll was repealed in the 20th Century because it was disproportionate between rich and poor."

The Boston directory, embracing the city record, a general directory of the citizens, and a business directory for the year commencing July 1, 1865.
At http://bcd.lib.tufts.edu/.
Carrigan James laborer, house 46 Porter E B

James and Elizabeth were most likely living at 116 Everett St when their daughter Mary Ellen was born at that address on October 4, 1865.

Is this James:
1869 Manchester City Directory (page 95, image 48)
James Kerrigan, laborer, house rear Elm, near West Spruce

also in Manchester in 1869:
Thomas Kerrigan, laborer, house rear Elm, near West Spruce
Bernard Kerrigan, laborer, house rear 9 Park
Michael Kerrigan, laborer, house rear 9 Park

James and Elizabeth were most likely living in Manchester, NH, in 1870 or 1871 whentheir daughter Elizabeth was born there (according to her marriage record and two birth records of her children.)

This is likely James Carrigan in the 1873 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory. His daughter Elizabeth was born there in 1870/71.

1873 Manchester City Directory (page 51, image 53)
James Carrigan, laborer, house Gooden's avenue

1877 Boston City Directory, p. 170
James Carrigan, fish peddler, house 5 Percival Place, East Boston

1880 Census East Boston, ED 588, family 266
June 10, 1880

at Rear of 245 Sumner St.

James Caragin, 39, huckster, born in Ireland, parents also, cannot read or write
Betsy Caragin, 40, born in Ireland, parents also, cannot read or write
Mary Ellen Caragin, 15, lame, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland
Eliza Caragin, 10, born in New Hampshire, parents in Ireland
Jennie Caragin, 3, born in New Hampshire, parents in Ireland

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHXF-72S : accessed 1 March 2015), James Caragin, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district 588, sheet 280C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0552; FHL microfilm 1,254,552.

The Boston directory containing the city record, a directory of the citizens, and business directory : for the year commencing July 1, 1885.
At http://bcd.lib.tufts.edu/.

Carrigan James, fish, h. 132 Everett, E. B.

Elizabeth (Bracken) Carrigan was living at 132 Everett St when she died.

1890 Boston City Directory
James Carrigan, fish, h. 132 Everett, E.B.
James Jenkins, laborer, h. 132 Everett, E.B.

in 1900 James said he was a naturalized citizen

I looked for his naturalization card in United States New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 at familysearch.org. The soundex # for Carrigan is C625. I started at image 309 and worked back to the beginning of C625. Then I started at 310 and did to 400. It goes at least to image 500.
I have not yet done K625 which is the Soundex # for Kerrigan.

1900 Census, Ward 2, (East) Boston, ED 1176, Sheet 10B, family 215
June 9, 1900
renting at 10 Bremen St, a one family home

James Carrigan, 62, head, March 1838, widowed, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1865, Naturalized, fish pedlar, cannot read or write
Mary Carrigan, 21, daughter, October 1868, single, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland, no occupation
Jennie Carrigan, 22, daughter, May 1878, single, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland, brush maker

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9YS-MFC : accessed 1 March 2015), James Carrigan, Precinct 4 Boston city Ward 2, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

Name: James Carrigan
Mass Register of Vital Records, Death
Year: 1903 Vol: 11 Page: 131
Microfilm copy at NEHGS
Date of Death: Dec 26, 1903
Place of Death: Boston, 10 Bremen St.
Length of Stay:
Residence at time of death: [same column for place/residence]
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse Name:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Ireland
Age at death: 61
Occupation: Pedler
Veteran:
Father: James Carrigan
Birthplace of Father: Ireland
Mother: Jane Gleason
Birthplace of Mother: Ireland
Informant:
Informant's address:
Cause of death: Prob. Cerebral Hemorrhage
Signed: D. D. Brough
Burial date: Burial place: Malden Holy Cross
Undertaker: Frank S. Maloney

The Boston Sunday Globe--December 27, 1903
Page 10, column 8
DEATHS
Carrigan--In East Boston, Dec 26, James Carrigan. Funeral from his late residence, 10 Bremen st. Monday, Dec 28, at 8 a m. High mass at the church of the Most Holy Redeemer, at 9. Relatives and friends invited to attend.

Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, plot records
owner: October 3, 1887, James Carrigan of 132 Everett St, East Boston
1 grave, path 27, north of Lake Avenue, grave 60, east
buried:
October 11, 1887, Elizabeth B Carrigan, age 46y, grave 60
December 28, 1903, James Carrigan, age 61y, grave 60