Ian C Pidgeon

James Pidgeon came from King's County, Ireland with his wife Ellen and daughter Julia Maria. They settled in Liverpool, but Ellen died in 1854. After remarrying, James and his family moved south across the Mersey to settle in Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Additional contributor:   Stella Joseph
 

Notes:   ab. = about,  b. = born,  bp. = baptised,  bu. = buried,  d. = died,  m. = married.

William PIDGEON ()

    m. () ? (b. – d.)

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    └  James PIDGEON (b.ab.1811, King’s Co.* Ireland – d.1875, Birkenhead)

             m1.() Ellen ? (b.ab.1813, King’s Co.* Ireland – d.1854, Liverpool)

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             └  Julia Maria PIDGEON (b.ab.1835, King’s Co.* Ireland – d.)

              :       m.(1855, Liverpool) ?

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             m2.(6/4/1856, Liverpool) m2. Margaret KEALLEY   m1.() ? HOLLAND

              |                                       (b.ab.1822, Ireland – d.1906, Birkenhead)

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              |– Margaret Ann PIDGEON (b.8/1/1857, Liverpool – d.)

              |       m.(13/4/1875, Birkenhead) Francis CONROY (b.11/4/1855, Birkenhead – d.)

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              |        |– Edward Francis CONROY (b.ab.1876, Birkenhead – d.)

              |        |       m.() ? (b. – d.)

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              |        |        |– Helen CONROY (b. – d.)

              |        |        |       m.(?) ? (b. – d.)

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              |        |        |       └  Sybil CONROY (b.ab.1928)

              |        |        |                m.() Richard Karl Theodore JOSEPH (b.19.1.1919, Newport– d.1980)

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              |        |        |                 |     ŕ   Stella JOSEPH

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              |        |       └  10 other CONROYs

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              |        |– Clotilda CONROY (b.ab.1879, Birkenhead – d.)

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              |       └  Joseph V CONROY (b.1880, Birkenhead – d.)

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             └  Mary PIDGEON (b.13/3/1861, Birkenhead – d.)

                   m.(25/2/1884, Birkenhead) John WISE (b.ab.1861 – d.)

* King’s County, an inland county, Ireland, province of Leinster; area 493,985 acres, of which 351,495 are arable.   A large portion of the N. and N.E. part is covered with the Bog of Allen, and the S. with the Slieve Bloom Mountains.   Limestone occurs in the N.W., and has been quarried.   The soil is in some places very rich, but in others it is light and gravelly;  at an average, it may be reckoned of a medium degree of fertility.   The principle produce is oats, wheat and potatoes, with no manufactures.   King’s County returns two members to parliament.   The county town is Tullamore.   Pop (1901), 60,129.

Tullamore, a town, King’s County, Leinster, Ireland, on the Clodagh river, 58 miles west of Dublin.   There are two breweries, a large distillery, aerated mineral-water works, &c.   Pop. 4522.

The Modern Encyclopedia (1902)

Page Updated  07 Feb 2009

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