Martin Scanlon : Short Biography

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Marriage
Date 18th April 1869 
Martin Scanlon 
Honoria McGoldrick 
both full age. 
Batchelor (Martin) 
Spinster (Honoria) 
Labourer (Martin) 
Servant (Honoria) 
Martins address on it is Finisklin 
Fathers name is Pat (Labourer) 
Honorias adress is Gaol Street, on 1901 census it is (i think, Joal/Jail Street) 
Fathers name is Felix (Farmer.) 
Marriage took place in The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Johns Sligo. 

Witnesses were Michael Scanlon and Maria McGoldrick. 

Birth register of first 9 children shows home/birth address as Finisklin which was the name of a country house/estate on the Far Finisklin/Gibraltar Road owned by the Wood-Martins (now Seamount House).

1869 Birth Register shows Bridget Scanlon
Born 2nd April at Finisklin - father is Martin, a labourer. 
Mother Honor (McGoldrick) from Finisklin.

1870 Birth Register shows Mary Anne Scanlon
Born 16th June at Finisklin - father is Martin, a labourer
Mother Honor (McGoldrick) from Finisklin.

1872 Birth Register shows Pat Scanlon
Born 2nd March at Finisklin - father is Martin, a labourer
Mother Honor (McGoldrick) from Finisklin.

1873 Birth Register shows Martin Scanlon
Born 17th September at Finisklin - father is Martin, a labourer
Mother Honoria (McGoldrick) from Finisklin.

1875 Birth Register shows James Scanlon
Born 29th November at Finisklin - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Honoria (McGoldrick) from Finisklin.

1877 Birth Register shows Honoria Scanlon
Born 18th August at Finisklin - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Honoria McGoldrick from Finisklin.

1879 Birth Register shows Joseph Michael Scanlon
Born 11th March at Finisklin - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Honoria McGoldrick from Finisklin.

1881 Birth Register shows Kate Scanlon
Born 21st March at Finisklin - father is Martin, a coachman.
Mother Norah from Finisklin.

1883 Birth Register shows Jane Frances (Scanlon):
Born 8th January at Finisklin - father is Martin, a labourer.
Mother Norah from Finisklin.

1885 Birth Register shows Margaret Sarah (Scanlan):
Born 9th April at Woodville - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Norah from Woodville.

1889 Birth Register shows John Thomas (as Scanlan):
Born 3rd January at Woodville - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Norah from Woodville.

1891 Birth Register shows Robert Peter (Scanlan):
Born 4th April at Woodville - father is Martin, a gardener.
Mother Norah from Woodville.

Some time after 1891 Martin and Nora moved to Ballydoogan, Kilmacowen, Sligo (owned by Colonel Wood-Martin).

1896 Birth Record shows Norah Annie Williams born at Ballydoogan and Nora Scanlon signed birth register as present at birth.

1901 Census - Shows residents of a house 2 in Ballydoogan (Kilmacowen, Sligo)

Scanlon Martin 58 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Sligo Gardener Read and write Irish and English Married - 
Scanlon Norah 53 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Sligo - Read Irish and English Married - 
Scanlon James 25 Male Son R C Co Sligo Fireman Read and write - Not Married - 
Scanlon Jane 18 Female Daughter R C Co Sligo Dress Maker Read and write - Not Married - 
Scanlon Margret 15 Female Daughter R C Co Sligo Monitress Read and write - Not Married - 
Scanlon John 12 Male Son R C Co Sligo Scholar Read and write - Not Married - 
Scanlon Robert 9 Male Son R C Co Sligo Scholar Read and write - Not Married - 
Williams Norah 4 Female Cousin R C Co Sligo Scholar Cannot read - Not Married - 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Kilmacowen/Bally…;

DEATH RECORD

Martin Scanlon, a gardener from Woodville Sligo died 27th September 1902 from stomach cancer aged 59. Signed by daughter Kate Scanlon who was present at death.

Name Martin Scanlon

Event Type Death

Event Date Oct - Dec 1902

Event Place Sligo, Ireland

Registration Quarter and Year Oct - Dec 1902

Registration District Sligo

Age 59

Birth Year (Estimated) 1843

Mother's Maiden Name

Volume Number 2

Page Number 203

GS Film number 101601

Digital Folder Number 004201705

Nora moved to Dublin some time after Martin's death between 1901-1911 - see 1911 census where living with Norah Williams