Descendants of Edward Duggan
Generation 1
Edward married Betty or Elizabeth, (born about 1788), and they had three children, Ann in 1811,
Thomas (about 1820), and Francis, (1825). Both Edward and Elizabeth were born
in Herefordshire, Elizabeth about six years later than her husband. In 1841
they were living in Alton Street in Ross and continued to live there until they died.
Edward, who was an agricultural labourer, died of inflammation of the lungs on
the 8th April 1843 in Alton Street, and was buried in Ross on the 12th of
April 1843 by the curate George Garbutt. His death was registered by his wife
who was described on the death certificate as 'Occupier', rather than widow! Elizabeth
died just over three years later on the 14th of May 1846 and buried on
the 18th of May by another curate G H Egerton. Her cause of death was not
known to Francis Duggan, her son, who registered the death on the day she was
buried.
Generation 2
Ann Duggan, 1811 - abt 1855, (daughter of Edward Duggan, 1782)
She was living with her parents in Alton Street in 1841, although no occupation
was shown for her even though she was at least 30, and probably died in the
autumn of 1855. She seems to have been missed by the 1851 census
enumerators.
Thomas was born between 1819 and 1821 and baptised on
5th August 1822 in St Mary's church at Foy in Herefordshire. His parents were shown in the parish
register as Edward and Betty Duggan living at Perrystone, and Edward was working
as a labourer. The vicar, John Jones, officiated at the baptism.
Thomas married Sarah Durnell of Ledbury, (daughter of
Mark Durnall a labourer), in the parish
church of St Mary in Monmouth on the 13th September 1840, and Thomas was shown as a
minor on the marriage certificate with Sarah being of full age, both unmarried.
Presumably the marriage took place as Sarah gave birth to their first son around
about this time. One of the witnesses at the wedding was Mark Durnell who
is probably Sarah's father.
(There is a Mark Durnell living with Dinah Durnell, both 55 and from out of
Monmouthshire, and two boys and two girls who were all born in Monmouthshire, in
Ashfords Buildings near the Monnow Bridge in Monmouth in the 1841 census.) Not surprisingly
neither Thomas nor Sarah were able to sign their names in the register when they
married, which was also the case for Charlotte Roberts, one of the witnesses, however Mark Durnall did sign his name.
The family moved to Ross, or somewhere in it's vicinity, soon after the 1841 census and
had more children - Ann, (1843), Jane, (1846), and then James (1849) with Thomas
being shown as a labourer in the register of baptisms each time.
In 1851 they were living at Hail Marsh (possibly Ayles Marsh which is a very
small hamlet southwest of Ross), Ross on Wye, and Thomas was working as a
general labourer.
More children followed - John, (baptised in 1852), Elizabeth in 1855, George
in 1857, and finally Emily in 1861. In 1881 Thomas and Sarah were living at
Alton Street with their unmarried daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's oldest
daughter Annie Maria. Thomas was still labouring and Sarah was working as
a laundress.
Thomas died on 8th September 1885 at Alton Street, Ross, and was buried in
Ross parish church four days later by the curate, Walter Jones. The cause of
death was Shaking Palsy, (possibly Parkinson's Disease), and Chronic Bronchitis which he
had suffered from for six months. His wife Sarah lived on until 3rd
September 1890 and died of Peritoneal Cancer. Both deaths were certified
by A Doig, SRCP. Thomas's death was registered by his youngest daughter
Emily, and Emily's husband Charles Thomas registered Sarah's death.
Francis was born in Perrystone, Herefordshire and baptised at Foy on the 31st
of January 1825 by the vicar, John Jones, and registered his mother's
death in 1846. It is possible that he married Eliza from Herefordshire and
that they moved to Prestbury in Cheltenham by the time their first son Edward
was born in 1854.
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Generation 3
He was born in Monmouth, probably about September 1840, and by the age of 12 was working as a General Labourer in 1851, when he
was living at Hail Marsh near Ross in Herefordshire with his parents and three of his siblings.
He then moved away from Ross to live at Great Malvern in Worcestershire where he
was lodging with Willias? David, a cab proprietor, at Valley Cottage, (possibly
in Saville Row), and working as a labourer.
He married Mary Ann Gillious from Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, in the Worcester
area in the winter of 1865 and they then moved to Moreton Cottages, Moreton
Jeffries in Herefordshire where their first child, William Price Duggan, was
born. At some time after 1861 Thomas had become a stone mason. Three
more sons followed - Arthur in 1872, Edward in 1875 and lastly Henry in 1877.
Thomas and Mary Ann were still in Moreton Jeffries in 1881 but the 1891 census
shows them living apart.
Mary Ann and her two youngest sons were still in Moreton Cottages, but Thomas
had moved to 2 Glen View, Cefnllys in Radnorshire, which was a lodging house run
by a widow called Harriet Hopton from Amely, Herefordshire. This may have
been because their son Arthur had also moved to Cefnllys where he was a servant,
(his occupation was given as barber), in a house called Gwalia, which was a
hotel run by Edward Jenkins. In addition to the wife and niece of Mr
Jenkins there were 3 servants plus Arthur and seven visitors. Thomas died
in the autumn of 1898, probably in Cefnllys.
The family had moved to the Ross area by the time Ann was born and she was still at
home in 1851. She was still living with her parents when they moved to
Lamb Entry in Broad Street in Ross by 1861 although no occupation was given.
In 1860 she had been admitted to Ross Union where she had a daughter Mary Ann
who was baptised on the 9th December of that year. Ann married George Henry Morgan,
a carver from St Martin's Worcester, on the 31st December 1865, but was staying in Alton
Street with her parents and her daughter when the 1871 census was taken, and
earning a living as a
dressmaker. Her husband was not recorded at that address in the census.
Ann was buried in Ross on the 4th January 1877 by the curate and her address was
given as Alton Street.
Jane was born in 1846 in Ross and lived with her parents until the 1860s.
She married a stone mason called James Jones, son of John Jones, on the 21st
August 1864 in Ross parish church and Jane's parents signed the marriage
register as witnesses. They lived in Henry Street, Ross after their
marriage until some time after 1881 and had four children - George W, (or
William George), in 1867; Agnes E in 1872; Albert in 1874; and Edith in 1877.
In 1901 James and Jane were living in Abercarn in Monmouthshire at an address
called 'Coke Ovens'. James was still a stone mason and George and Albert
were a coal hitcher and coal haulier respectively. The daughters were not
living with them.
James Duggan, 1848 - 1854, (son of Thomas
Duggan, 1821)
James was born in the winter of 1848 but was buried on the 28th of October 1854
by the curate of St Mary the Virgin church in Ross, Thomas West, when the family
were living at Black Lion Entry, Ross. Thomas West also buried him on the
28th of October 1854 when the family was still living at Black Lion Entry.
John Duggan, 1852 - 1853,
(son of Thomas Duggan, 1821)
The family was still living at Hail Marsh, Ross, (possibly Ayles Marsh), when John was baptised on
the 1st of December 1852 and was buried in Ross on the 26th of November 1853 by
the curate G Garbutt.
She was born on 28th February 1855 and baptised on the 9th March 1855 by the Curate
of Ross Parish Church, Thomas
West. By this time the family had moved to Black Lion Entry in Ross.
In 1871 Elizabeth had moved to Alstonfield in Derbyshire to work for William
Purchas, Vicar of Alstonfield. William came from Ross and there were
members of his family living in Ross during the late Victorian period. The
Purchas family must have moved to Calk, Derbyshire, before 1861 as they had four
children there before moving to Lydney where their fifth child was born in 1866,
with a sixth being born in Gloucester in 1868. There were still members of
the Purchas family living in Ross in 1871 who may have put Elizabeth's name
forward for employment as a servant.
I believe that Elizabeth became pregnant in Derbyshire and was probably
discharged from her employment and sent back to Ross. She had two illegitimate children, Annie Maria in 1872 and Alice in 1874, both
born in the Ross Union Workhouse, (now mostly demolished), in Alton Street.
There are two entries in the minute book of the Ross Workhouse relating to
Elizabeth :-
3rd Jan 1876. The clerk was directed to see these women, (M A Powell,
Rebecca Hope, Elizabeth Duggan), now in the workhouse and ascertain whether
there was sufficient evidence to enable the Guardians to obtain the Bastardy
Orders upon the alleged children of their putative children. (Should be
putative fathers!)
17 Jan 1876. The Clerk reported that the child of this woman, (Rebecca Hope),
was dead and that there was thus an end to the case.
The Clerk reported that in this case there was no corroborative evidence on
which to obtain a Summons against the alleged putative father of Elizabeth
Duggans's child.
(A Bastardy Order would have required the putative (alleged) father to
contribute to the upkeep of his child, thereby reducing the cost to the
workhouse.)
In 1881 Elizabeth was a domestic servant living with her parents and daughter
Annie, (shown in the census as Amy), but there is no record of Elizabeth after
1881.
George Duggan, 1857 - 1858, (son of Thomas
Duggan, 1821)
George was baptised by Thomas Polchampton, Curate, on 22nd November 1857 in
Ross Parish Church and died a year later when the family was living at Black
Lion Entry in Ross. He was buried by the curate, Thomas West.
Her name was recorded as Emily when her birth was registered, and she was also
baptised as Emily in January 1861, but the 1861 census
shows her as Emilia and the enumerator of the 1871 census recorded her as Eliza!
She married Charles Thomas on the 18th of April 1880 in Ross parish church, and they
had a son, Charles Henry before the end of that year. From 1881 to 1891
they lived in Alton Street in Ross,
only a few doors away from Emily's parents.
The 1891 census shows Charles still working as a grocer's porter, as he was
10 years earlier, and they had a second son, James Arthur, and a daughter Nellie
Louise, who
were 9 and 5 respectively.
They had another two children, Mabel Annie in 1894 and Willie in 1897, and the
family had moved to 23 Brampton Street, Ross by 1901 although one child, James, had left
home and was working as a shoemaker in the St Nicholas parish of Hereford.
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Generation 4
Annie was born in the Ross Union Workhouse on 28th August 1872 and baptised on
29th December 1872 and was living with her mother and grandparents at Alton
Street, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire in 1881. She was working for William Lewis
from Grosmont as a domestic servant at Green Farm, Preston on Wye, Herefordshire
in 1891.
She was born on the 15th December 1874 in Ross Union Workhouse and baptised
in Ross Parish Church on 7th February in the following year. There is no
father's name in the parish register or on the birth certificate. When the
census was taken in 1881 Alice was boarding with Albert and Sarah Clark in Alton
Street, Ross, only two doors from where her mother and elder sister were living.
She was at school and Albert Clark was working as a labourer on a coal wharf.
Between the 1881 and 1891 censuses Alice took the surname Clark and went to work
as a general servant for a coal merchant, John Hall from Bridport, his wife
Emily from Leicester, and their baby son who had not been named, in Cantelupe
Road, Ross. This may have been the man for whom Albert was working for.
(The Clarks had adopted two children from London by 1891, Sidney and Edith
Denton and Albert was still labouring for a living. They had not moved
from Alton Street at this date but by 1901 Albert, Sarah and the Dentons had
moved to 10 Milton Street, Ross. Albert was then working as a 'cowman on
farm' and Sidney as a 'gardener domestic'. The Denton children remained in
Ross, and Edith married Edward C Andrew near the end of 1914 in Ross. She
registered the death of Alice in 1918 and was recorded as Alice's sister on the
death certificate.)
Alice married Frederick
James Pyner on 26th December 1900.
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