Elizabeth Bracken

Birth Name Elizabeth Bracken
Gender female
Age at Death about 46 years, 2 months, 1 day

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about August 1841 Northern Ireland    
General

Elizabeth's birth month and year are based on her age at death, according to her death record.
Her passenger manifest (November 30, 1864) said she was 24, and born in England.
Her 1880 Census said she was born in Ireland.
Her children's 1930 census information said she was born in Northern Ireland.

In the index to the Irish Catholic baptism registers at findmypast.ie, I looked for
Elizabeth Bracken/variations b 1834-1842, anywhere. There were no match on her parents' names.

the only thing close was this, but Elizabeth's records usually said she was born about 1840. But her mother's name was said to be Mary. On the other hand, her first daughter was named Catherine.

Eliza Bracken 1837 Monaghan Parish County Monaghan parents: Joannis Catherina

Census April 7, 1861 Preston, Lancashire, England 1861 James Carrigan household 1a
Event Note

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?]

Immigration (mother) November 30, 1864 New York, United States   2a
Event Note

District of New York - Port of New York
Passenger manifest, Ship North American, Henry Davis Cutting, master.
list of all passengers taken aboard at Liverpool
sworn 30 Nov 1864

Bessey Carrigain, 24, female, wife, born in England
Catherine, 5, child, born in England
Margt, 3, child, born in England
John, infant, male, child, born in England

all intend to be inhabitants of the US, all were passengers in steerage

Census May 1, 1865 East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   3a
Event Note

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."

Residence October 4, 1865 East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 116 Everett St 4a
Event Note

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.

Residence (mother) 1871 Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States   5a
Event Note

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.)

Residence 1873 Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States Gooden's avenue 6a
Event Note

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

Residence 1876 East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 5 Percival Place 7a
Event Note

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

Census June 16, 1880 East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Rear, 245 Summer Street 8a
Event Note

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.

Residence (Wife) October 1887 East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 132 Everett St  
Event Note

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

Death October 2, 1887 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States    
General

Name: Elizabeth B. Carrigan
[note on record said "m. n. Bracken"]
Mass Register of Vital Records, Death
Year: 1887 Vol: 384 Page: 309
Microfilm copy at NEHGS
Date of Death: October 2, 1887
Place of Death:
Length of Stay:
Residence at time of death: 132 Everett
Marital Status:
Spouse Name:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Ireland
Age at death: 46 yr 2 mo
Occupation:
Veteran:
Father: John
Birthplace of Father: Ireland
Mother: Mary
Birthplace of Mother: Ireland
Informant:
Informant's address:
Cause of death: Bright's Disease
Other significant condition:
Secondary cause:

Burial October 4, 1887 Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   9a 10a
Event Note

The Boston Daily Globe--Tuesday, October 4, 1887
Page 3, column 8
DEATHS.
CARRIGAN--In East Boston, 2d inst., Elizabeth B., beloved wife of James Carrigan, 46 years 2 months.
(Funeral from her late residence, 132 Everett st., Tuesday, 4th inst., at 7.30, and at the Church of the Assumption at 8 o'clock. Friends and relatives requested to attend.

Event Note

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

 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Bracken
Mother Mary
         Elizabeth Bracken about August 1841 October 2, 1887

Families

Family of James Carrigan and Elizabeth Bracken

Married Husband James Carrigan ( b. March 1838 d. December 26, 1903 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage between January 1, 1858 and March 31, 1858 Preston, Lancashire, England   11a
General

Freebmd.rootsweb.com:
Marriages March Quarter, 1858
BRACKEN Elizabeth Preston 8e 507
Carrigan James Preston 8e 507

a message at rootschat.com, posted by barneyrubble, on Sunday 06 January 13 21:06 GMT (UK) says: "I`ve checked the marriages for St. Wilfreds RC Church for James and Elizabeth but no joy there."

from http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/index.php
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1858
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s)
CARRIGAN James BRACKEN Elizabeth
Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
Preston Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston PRESTON/25/146

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Catherine F. Carriganbetween October 1, 1858 and December 31, 1858December 28, 1929
Margaret Louise Carriganbetween January 1, 1861 and March 31, 1861March 3, 1910
John CarriganDecember 20, 1862July 8, 1878
Mary Ellen CarriganOctober 4, 1865July 12, 1956
Elizabeth F Carriganfrom 1870 to 1871January 4, 1956
Jennie G. CarriganApril 8, 1877December 17, 1955

Source References

  1. 1861 Census of England
      • Page: James Carrigan, Preston, Lancashire, ED 25, household 183, piece 3131, folio 25, page 44
  2. New York Passenger Lists
      • Page: 30 Nov 1864, Ship North American, Bessey Carrigain
      • Citation:

        "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV33-RL5F : 12 March 2018), Bessey Carrigan, 1864; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .

  3. 1865 Massachusetts Census
      • Page: James Kerrigan, Ward 2, Boston, Family 3666
  4. original: Massachusetts Archives: Massachusetts, Birth Records
      • Page: October 4, 1865, E.Boston, Mary Ellen Carrigan
  5. Massachusetts Marriages
      • Page: James H Hanton and Elizabeth F Carrigan, Boston, 28 Nov 1894
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH6Q-7N7 : accessed 25 March 2015), James H Hanton and Elizabeth F Carrigan, 28 Nov 1894; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 818,818.

  6. Manchester NH City Directory
      • Page: 1873, page 51, image 53
  7. Boston City Directories
      • Page: 1877, p. 170
  8. 1880 United States Census
      • Page: James Caragin, East Boston, ED 588, family 266
  9. Boston Globe
      • Page: Boston Globe, October 4, 1887, page 3, column 8, Elizabeth Carrigan Death Notice
  10. Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, plot records
      • Page: owner: October 3, 1887, James Carrigan of 132 Everett St, East Boston
  11. FreeBMD
      • Page: volume 8e, page 507