Sarah Walsh from Newport, County Mayo, Ireland

[Shona]

I was curious about that particular Bridget Walsh because I couldn't eliminate her. I'll find the notes I made earlier and do a recap as to why I felt others could be eliminated.

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Shona

Could Sarah's sister, Bridget, provide any clues?

I was intrigued by this death record in Scranton, PA, in 1920 for Bridget Naughton. She was 40 and had been born in Ireland. Father named as Martin Walsh
, b Ireland, and mother as Ann, also b Ireland. The surname is unclear...Ancestry have it as Caristin.

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/51...l=ReturnRecord

That would be this lady:

NAUGHTON, MICHAEL, MRS.

Mrs. Michael Naughton, 40, 534 Ferdinand at, yesterday, husband Michael, ch- Ella, John, James, Michael and Mary Naughton. Funeral Thursday, services Holy Rosary, burial Cathedral cemetery

- excerpt, Scranton Times, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1920

I can see them on the 1910 and 1920 census but I can't view the pages as I don't have any sub covering the US.

[Mary from Italy]

That Bridget does look like a possibility.

1910:
Michael Naughton, head, 45, born Ireland, immigrated 1890, coal miner, married 9 years
Bridget A Naughton, 30, wife, born Ireland, both parents born Ireland, immigrated 1896, married 9 years
Children John J, James P, Michael F, Helen, Mary and Catherine, all born Pennsylvania and aged between 3 months and 8 yrs.
Living at 354 Ferdinand Street, Scranton.

1920:
Michael Naughton, head, 46, born Ireland, immigration date illegible but could be 1867 or 1887, coal miner
Bridget A Naughton, 39?, wife, born Ireland, both parents born Ireland, immigration date hard to read, but probably 1896, alien (ie. not naturalised)
Children Helen, John, James, Michael and Mary, all born Pennsylvania and aged between 10 and 18.
Living at same address.

[Shona]

1910

Michael Naughton, 45, coal miner
Bridget, 30,
John, 7
James, 5
Michael, 2
Helen, 8
Mary, 1
Catherine 3 months

Michael and Bridget were both born in Ireland, had been married nine years and had six of their seven children alive. His immigration year was 1890 while hers was 1896.

1920

Michael Naughton, 46, coal miner,
Bridget, 39
Helen, 18
John, 16
James, 15
Michael,12
Mary, 10

EDIT: Snap, Mary!

[Mary from Italy]

I can't find a marriage for Michael and Bridget on familysearch, although there is a marriage in 1946 for their son James, same address as above, giving Bridget's maiden name as Walsh:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3....12381-35837-98

[Shona]

I've been playing around with the free index searches on Roots Ireland.

Sarah Walsh

- 535 births/baptisms.
- 102 in Co Mayo.
- 4 hits for Sarahs with Martin registered as the father.
- The 4 hits break down as follows...one born in 1823, a civil registration and baptism in 1869, a birth in 1872

If I just look birth registrations for Sarah Walsh in Newport, there are three - 1872, 1876 and 1877 - but none with a father named Martin.

[Shona]

Originally Posted by Mary from Italy

I can't find a marriage for Michael and Bridget on familysearch, although there is a marriage in 1946 for their son James, same address as above, giving Bridget's maiden name as Walsh:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3....12381-35837-98

Her death registration named her father as Martin Walsh.

[Mary from Italy]

I tried similar searches of Irish records a couple of days ago, and didn't find anything for Sarah in Co. Mayo, although there are one or two Bridget Walshes with father Martin born around the right time.

I can't find an obvious candidate for Bridget in 1900.

[Shona]

This is also from the index search on Roots Ireland.

Bridget Walsh
17 birth registrations for Bridget Walsh in Newport. However, none have a father named Martin.

[Shona]

OK. The Bridget who married Michael Naughton was the daughter of Martin Walsh and Ann Caviston, according to her death cert.

I've found the following birth registrations in Mayo - none in Newport, though, to Michael Walsh and Ann nee Cavsiton:

Jame - 1871
Ellen - 1876
Patrick - 1877
Michael - 1880
Maria - 1882
Peter - 1884

I found an Ann Cavsiton marrying in 1875 in Co Mayo. There are a number of marriages for men named Martin Walsh. However, one of those registrations is also for 1875.

Doesn't tie in with the 1871 birth above (unless there is a transcription mistake). There is also a distinct lack of daughters named Sarah or Bridget!