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Bonnie/Stephen
Bonnie we are from the same family branch.
There are many Gavaghan Lines but only one with
John and Catherine (parents) Ann Thomas John and Catherine (children)
Catherine was born on 6th February 1864 in Batley
The last paper record of Catherine Gavaghan was at her brothers wedding, (1884) after that we have never found a single trace of her
I don’t have excess to any passenger lists, but would be very interested to find out whom
John and Catherine trusted enough to allow Catherine the baby of the family to go to America with.
It is possible it was John Brennan.
A family of Brennans were living in Batley at the time
The Gavaghans of that time had a relationship first then married later
So Catherine could have been in a relationship with John from 1885
The Gavaghans came from County Mayo in Ireland Stephen has them down coming from Roscommon I have Charlestown or Swinford
We would need a paper trail back to these towns to know for sure
The spelling of the name Gavaghan changes to Gavahan Gavigan Gavican, Gavikin,
When you go back to the Irish records
In the 1870s most Irish immigrants could not write. Gavaghan is the English spelling
When the Irish arrived in Batley it was surprising to me how many were employed
has farm labourers, the towns of Batley, Dewsbury are well built up areas, not
The countryside town the Irish of the 1870s would remember.
Stephen has given a very accurate description of the town now
Bonnie if you come across anymore information on Ann Foleys family I would
Be very interested
Stephen you seem to be a little ahead of me in the family research
Can you give me any more infor on John Gavaghans brothers James and Patrick?
The other brother Micheal is that brother to John, Thomas Ann and Catherine
Regards
Geraldine
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