Margaret Penn

Birth Name Margaret Penn
Gender female
Age at Death about 84 years, 10 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1854 County Clare, Ireland   1a
Residence (Mother) June 8, 1877 Church Street, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland birth of son John 2a
Event Note

James and Margaret were living on Church Street when their son John was born.

Residence April 3, 1880 Cherry Tree Lane, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland death of son John 3a
Event Note

James and Margaret were on Cherry Tree Lane when their son John died.

Residence (Mother) April 18, 1880 Cherry Tree Lane, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland birth of son John Joseph 2b
Event Note

James and Margaret were living in Cherry Tree Lane when their son John Joseph was born.

Residence (Mother) August 5, 1885 Brewery Lane, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland birth of son Maurice 2c
Event Note

James and Margaret were both of Brewery Lane when their son Maurice was born.

Residence (Mother) January 11, 1889 Lifford, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland death of son Maurice 3b
Event Note

James and Margaret were living in Lifford at the death of their son Maurice.

Census (Daughter in law) March 31, 1901 Borheen, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland   1a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
Residents of a house 27 in The Borheen (Ennis No. 1 Urban, Clare)

Mc Grath Maurice 87 Male Head of Family Mail Car Driver Read and write Irish and English Widower
Mc Grath James 44 Male Son General Labourer Read and write English Married
Mc Grath Margaret 47 Female Daughter in Law House-Keeper Read and write English Married
Mc Grath William 11 Male Grand Son Scholar Read and write English Not Married
Mc Grath Michael 6 Male Grand Son Scholar Read English Not Married
Mc Grath James 2 Male Grand Son Cannot read English Not Married

All were Roman Catholic, all said they were born in Co Clare.

Census (Wife) April 2, 1911 Borheen, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland   4a
Event Note

1911 Census of Ireland
Residents of a house 15 in The Borheen (Ennis No. 1 Urban, Clare)

McGrath James 54 Male Head of Family Co Tipperary Civil Bill Officer Read and write Married 36 years
McGrath Margaret 56 Female Wife Co Clare Read and write Married 36 years, 9 children, 5 alive
McGrath William 20 Male Son Co Clare General Labourer and Unemployed Read and write Single
McGrath Maurice 84 Male Father Co Tipperary Retired Mail Car Driver Read and write Irish and English Widower

All were Roman Catholic. James and Margaret were married 36 years. She had 9 children of whom 5 were alive.

Death November 24, 1938 Borheen, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland   3c
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Ennis
Registrar's District: Ennis
District of Ennis, Union of Ennis, County of Clare
Deaths
#401
November 24, 1938, Borheen, Ennis
Margaret McGrath, widow, age 75, housewife, senile decay, certified. Informant: Ellen Caulfield, daughter, of Borheen

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father James Penn
         Margaret Penn about 1854 November 24, 1938

Families

Family of Thomas Keane and Margaret Penn

Married Husband Thomas Keane ( b. d. before 1875 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage January 8, 1872 Drumcliff (Ennis) Catholic Parish, County Clare, Ireland   5a 6a
Event Note

from the image of the register
Parish of Drumcliff (Ennis), Clare
January 8, 1872
Thomas Keane and Margt Penn, of Ennis, in presence of John O'Loughlin and Ellen Driscoll

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Civil Registration
Superintendent Registrar's District: Ennis
Registrar's District: Ennis
District of Ennis, Union of Ennis, County of Clare
Marriages, #186
January 8, 1872

Thomas Keane, of full age, a bachelor, a servant, of Ennis. father: Michael Keane, a labourer, dead.
Margaret Penn, 18, a spinster, a servant, of Ennis. father: James Penn, a labourer, dead.

Signed Thos Keane and Margaret Penn, in the presence of John +his mark+ O'Loughlin and Ellen O'Driscoll

Event Note

I didn't find any children to this marriage in the Civil Register, 1872 to 1875

Family of James McGrath and Margaret Penn

Married Husband James McGrath ( b. about 1856 d. September 14, 1915 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 27, 1875 Drumcliff (Ennis) Catholic Parish, County Clare, Ireland   5b 6b
Event Note

Parish Record:
Parish of Drumcliff (Ennis), Clare
October 27, 1875
James McGrath and Margaret Keane, in presence of Patt Hadlock (?) and Margaret Galvin

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Civil Record:
Superintendent Registrar's District: Ennis
Registrar's District: Ennis
District of Ennis, Union of Ennis, County of Clare
Marriages
#162
October 27, 1875
James McGrath, 20, bachelor, a laborer, of Ennis. father: Maurice McGrath, a cardriver, alive.
Margaret Keane, of full age, a widow, a servant, of Ennis. father: James Pinn, a labourer, dead.

signed James +his mark+ McGrath and Margaret +her mark+ Keane
in presence of Patt +his mark+ Hadlock (?) and Margaret +her mark+ Galvin

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John McGrathJune 8, 1877April 3, 1880
John Joseph McGrathApril 18, 1880
Ellen McGrathabout 1883August 1, 1965
Maurice McGrathAugust 5, 1885January 11, 1889
William Francis McGrathJune 18, 1890March 7, 1955
Michael McGrathApril 15, 1893June 2, 1972
Mary McGrathOctober 17, 1896August 22, 1897
James McGrathMarch 23, 1899

Source References

  1. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 27 in The Borheen (Ennis No. 1 Urban, Clare)
  2. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: June 8, 1877, Church St, Ennis, Clare, John MacGrath, #348
      • Page: April 18, 1880, Ennis, Clare, John Joseph McGrath, #498
      • Page: August 5, 1885, Brewery Lane, Ennis, Clare, Maurice McGrath, #94
  3. Irish Civil Registration Records, Deaths
      • Page: April 3, 1880, Cherry Tree Lane, Ennis, John McGrath, #53
      • Page: January 11, 1889, Ennis, Clare, #338, Maurice McGrath
      • Page: November 24, 1938, Ennis, Clare, #401, Margaret McGrath
  4. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 15 in The Borheen (Ennis No. 1 Urban, Clare)
  5. Ennis Parish Marriage and Baptism Register
      • Page: January 8, 1872, Keane-Penn, both of Ennis
      • Page: October 27, 1875, McGrath-Keane
  6. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: January 8, 1872, Ennis,#186, Keane-Penn
      • Page: October 27, 1875, Ennis, #162, McGrath-Keane