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Record #3866
Name :
: Grace GEOGHAN (1872 - 1931)
  aka : Grace Gagan


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Date of Birth
: 8 Aug 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 22 Mar 1931
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Stafford

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

Ship
: Parisian

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Agency
: Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
NotesA birth registration was found for Grace Geoghan: Year of Registration: 1872; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Stafford; County: Staffordshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 13. (Parents: Stephen Geoghan and Louisa Paddison, married 1866 in Staffordshire, England.)

In 1881, Grace Gaghan, 8 years of age, was shown residing at the Stoke Upon Trent Workhouse, Penkhull, Staffordshire, England, along with Stephen Gaghan, 7; 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, Grace Geoghegan, 12 (along with siblings, Stephen Geoghegan, 11, 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 October 23, 1894, at Napanee, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Grace Gagan, 21, born in England, daughter of Stephen Gagan and Louisa Patterson; and Agustus Gartland, 39, widower (first wife Catherine Traynor), born in Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, son of James Gartland and Margaret Sweeney.

In 1901, Grace Gartland, 27, is shown residing at Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband Augustus Gartland, 50, com labourer, and children, Margaret Gartland, 13; Mary L. Gartland, 3; and Joseph Gartland, 1. Her date of birth is shown as August 9, 1873, and her immigration year as 1885. (1901 Census of Canada; Ontario; District: Hastings (East/Est); District Number: 70; Sub-District: Deseronto (Town/Ville); Sub-District Number: A-4; Family Number: 31; Page: 4.)

Twin sons, Gerome and Jerrold Gartland, aged 4 months, died within 3 days of each other (22nd - 25th of June, 1903) at Prince Street, Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Cause of death for both boys was infantile indigestion, duration 3 months. (EDITORS NOTE: A few years later, Grace gave birth to another set of twins, and they were stillborn.)

On September 1, 1903, Joseph Gartland, aged 4 years, died at Prince Street, Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Cause of death was unknown and sudden.

In 1911, Grace Gartland, 36, is shown residing at Brant Street, Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband Geo Gartland, 54, laborer, and children, Lunda Gartland, 13; and Grace Gartland, 1. Her date of birth is shown as August 1874 and no immigration year is shown. (1911 Census of Canada; Ontario; District: Hastings East; District Number: 79; Sub-District: Deseronto; Page: 7.)

Grace Gartland, aged 53 years, 7 months, died on March 22, 1931, in Hotel Dieu Hospital, Frontenac, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Cause of death was exhaustion due to carcinoma of the femur (duration 6 months). She was buried at Marysville, Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Augustus Gartland died at the age of 71 years at Belleville General Hospital, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. The cause of death of pneumonia and old age. He was buried at Marysville, Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-08 16:58:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-06-24 20:38:09 /

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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)