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First of all, what I do know about Thomas Hodgins & Fanny Booker.

They got married in Crossakiel, Prodestant Church C-O-I in 1845 and left for America in the 1850's. I have records on their time in America.

I was told by American relations that they were devout Catholics and Fanny's relations disowned her after the wedding. The implication being that it was a mixed marriage; Thomas, being a RC. Thomas was believed to have been a church warden in his church; presumably the closest RC church to Crossakiel. Story goes on that he was working as a gardener for the Bookers.

On cert, Thomas's father is down as Joseph (deceased) occ Blacksmith. Fanny's father, George, occ farmer.

At the moment it's just an if, but if Fanny belonged to the Crossakiel Bookers, she would have been living beside the RIC station and as well as being a farmer, her father would have run the Post Office. There were some Hodgins families living in Crossakiel at the time.

I would love to contact anyone who would have anything on these two families.

 

John

user_157209

Saturday 6th Jan 2024, 11:43AM

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  • Hi, The marriage record transcription on RootsIreland notes that both parties belonged to the Church of Ireland:

    Marriage:11-Jun-1845  

    Parish / District:KILSKYRE

    Co. Meath

    Husband                          Wife

    ThomasHodgins, 30       FrancesBooker, 19

    Both lived in Crossakiel

    Both were Church of Ireland

    Occupation:FARMER

    Bachelor (Previously unmarried)

    Spinster (Previously unmarried)

    Husband's Father           Wife's Father

    Name:JosephHodgins      GeorgeBooker

    Occupation:BLACKSMITH   FARMER

    Witnesses GeorgeBooker  JamesDarling

     

    Patricia

    Saturday 6th Jan 2024, 08:42PM

  • Thanks Patricia,

    That is the conundrum, because they were devout Catholics when they were in America.

    I wonder was Thomas Hodgins a Catholic, but got married in a C-O-I church?

    On a list, it was stated that he was a church warden while in Ireland, the ref: Irish Catholic Churchwardens List, or something like that. I haven't been able to find it, which would clear things up.

    What is for sure, the Bookers would not have warmed to a mixed marriage.

    The whole thing is a bit of a mess, as on her gravestone, she is down as being born in Belfast, not Crossakiel and on every tree, she is linked to the Bookers who lived in Castlepollard, W'meath. The Castlepollard Booker was also called George, which means the witness, might be her uncle. 

    user_157209

    Sunday 7th Jan 2024, 08:32AM

  • The transcription of the marriage record clearly states that each was COI.

    Of course, the minister may have written the wrong thing.

     

    Patricia

    Monday 8th Jan 2024, 12:13AM

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