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Record #3864
Name :
: Stephen GEOGHAN (1873 - 1954)
  aka : Stephen Gagan


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Dec 1873

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1 Jan 1954
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Stafford

Cherry Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialScotland
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 16 May 1885
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
NotesA birth registration was found for Stephen Geoghan: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Stafford; County: Staffordshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 10. (Parents: Stephen Geoghan and Louisa Paddison, married 1866 in Staffordshire, England.)

In 1881, Stephen Gaghan, 7 years of age, was shown residing at the Stoke Upon Trent Workhouse, Penkhull, Staffordshire, England, along with Grace Gaghan, 8; Laura Gaghan, 5; Louisa Gaghan, 35, tailoress; and Patrick Gaghan, 13. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 2729; Folio: 111; Page: 14; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341654.)

EDITORS NOTE: Father, Stephen Geoghan, Sr., was not on the 1881 England census. He was on the 1901 census, a lodger, but stated he was unmarried. He died of heart disease on November 7, 1913, Highfield Infirmary, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. The eldest child, Patrick, was in the workhouse with the mother and other siblings, but disappeared after 1881. Louisa the mother had remarried in 1885 (stating on the certificate that she was a widow) to Alfred Davis, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is theorized that she may have thought or been told that her first husband was dead, or he deserted her and went to Ireland.

In 1885, Stephen Geoghegan, 11 (along with sisters, Grace Geoghegan, 12, and Laura Geoghegan, 9) arrived at Quebec, Canada, with 136 children, Richard Yates in charge, probably en route to Ottawa. It was at this time that the Geoghan children's names were changed to Gagan.

On November 8, 1894, at Belleville Methodist Church, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between (John) Stephen Geoghan (aka Gagan) and another home child, Mabel Grant.

Their first child, Laura Maud, was born in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, in 1896. The family left Canada in 1900 and went to Scotland.

Mabel and Stephen Gagan had six more children in Scotland: Alfred Stephen, born 11 May 1902, Anderston, Glasgow Scotland; Edward (Teddy), born 1904, 41 Richard Street, Glasgow, Scotland; Nelson Grant, born, 1907, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; George Copeland, born 1909, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; Mabel Louise, born 5 Oct 1912, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; and Horace, born 1915, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland.

Mabel Grant Gagan died in August 25, 1941 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Stephen Geoghan/Gagan died January 1, 1954 in Scotland. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-08 14:04:28 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-05 09:17:21 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3866 GEOGHAN, Grace1872ENG, STS, Stafford May 1885 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
25102 GEOGHAN, Harriet1876ENG,     Sep 1883 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Children's Protection Society  
3867 GEOGHAN, Laura1875ENG, STS, Stafford May 1885 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
25103 GEOGHAN, Margaret1874ENG,     Sep 1883 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Children's Protection Society  
15941 GEOGHAN, Martin1874ENG,     Aug 1886 : Parisian CAN Catholic Protection Society  
25104 GEOGHAN, Mary1871ENG,     Sep 1883 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Children's Protection Society  
3864 GEOGHAN, Stephen1873ENG, STS, Stafford May 1885 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)