Carroll

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Patrick Carroll Colliery Horse Tenter b. 1822/1823, Dublin m. 13 Aug 1848 Westhoughton d. 11/1/1887 Hindley Lanc's buried Hindley Cemetery.			Ellen Keenan b. abt 1830/1831, Rosscommon, Ireland m. 13 Aug 1848 Westhoughton d.22 Aug 1897 Hindley
Ann C Carroll b 1850 Westhoughton Factory Operator m.30 Jan 1867	John Carroll b.1856 Hindley c. 24 Feb 1856 Coal Miner m.21 May 1877 d. 20 Dec 1930	Alice Carroll b.1858 Hindley c.16 May 1858	Michael Carroll b.1860 Hindley c. 10 June 1860 m. 17 May 1880, d. May 1938	Joseph Patrick Carroll [Joe] b. 5 Dec 1867 Hindley c. 15 Dec 1867 Wrestler	Mary Carroll b. 26 Nov 1870 Hindley c. 4 Dec 1870

From their marriage certificate Patrick was 25 and Ellen 17 on the 13th of August 1848.

From Beatrice Mary Dick (nee Carroll) : "Patrick Carroll, and his brother John emigrated to England from Ireland during Ireland's potato famine in 1846. Patrick went to work in the coalmines and John went to New York and became a rich man."
"When Patrick worked at the mine he met Grandmother Pilkington. She said he was the nicest person she had met."

"Patrick had four boys and one daughter. One son, Joe was a professional wrestler and won the Golden Belt in 1904. He needed money so he sold it to Jack Dempcy and it was put on display in his pub in New York. Another son, John was my grandfather. His trade was making bricks. He married a Welsh girl named Ellen Roberts and they lived in Wigan. They had five girls and two boys. The girls were Alice, Lizzie, Kitty, Jinny and Nellie. The boys were Joe and Jack."

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Patrick and Ellen Carroll lived in a cellar in Back Market Street when they first arrived in Hindley. With then was a woman named Kane who acted as nurse maid to the children (source Dianne Teskey).

At the time of the 1851 census, Partick Carroll and his wife Ellen were living were her parents and their first child (Ann) at 25 New Scholes. (click on link to Ellen Keenan's family for details]

At the time of the 1861 British Census, Patrick Carroll was listed as living in Market PlaceHindley, Lancashire. He is listed as an "ag labourer", aged 34 born in Ireland.

Living with Patrick were,

His wife Ellen, 28, born in Ireland
His daughter Anne Carroll, 12, a cotton factory worker born in Westhoughton.
His son James,7, born in Hindley
His son John, 5, born in Hindley
His daugther Alice, 2, born in Hindley
His son Michael, 11 months, born in Hindley
His son Joseph, 3, born in Hindley
Partick Murphy, a lodger, 19, born in Ireland, a coal miner
Thomas Larkin, a lodger, 18, born in Ireland, a coal miner

At the time of the 1871 British Census, Patrick Carroll was listed as living "behind market square cellar" Hindley, Lancashire. He is listed as a coal miner, aged 48 born in Ireland.

Living with Patrick were,

His wife Ellen, 41, born in Ireland
His daughter Ann C Joyce, 21, a factory operator, born in Westhoughton.
His son James,18, a miner, born in Hindley
His son John,15, a drawer, born in Hindley
His daugther Alice, 13, a factory operative, born in Hindley
His son Michael, 11, a drawer, born in Hindley
His son Joseph, 3, born in Hindley
His daugher Mary, 5 months, born in Hindley

At the time of the 1881 British Census, Patrick Carroll was listed as living at 68 Ward Street, Hindley, Lancashire. He is listed as a Colliery Horse Tender, aged 56 born in Dublin.

Living with Patrick were,

His wife Ellen Carroll, 48 born at Rosscommon, Ireland
His son Joseph Carroll, 13, card minder, card room, cotton mill
His daughter Alice Carroll, 22, cotton mixer in cotton mill
His grandson Batholemew Joyce, 6
His grandson James Joyce 2

Hindley

Patrick is buried in Hindley Cemetery, he died on the 11th of May 1887 and was buried on the 15th. From the headstone he shares his grave with Catherine Flannary (his sister-in-law) who died 16/5/1891 aged 62. At the time of his death Patrick was living at 6 Bridgecroft Street.

At the time of the 1891 census, Patrick is dead, Ellen Carroll is a widow living at 11 The Gennell (Bridge Street) with her sister Catherine Flannery (who is recieving parish pay). Catherine Flannery is also born in Rosscommon and there are some lodgers in the household.

Ellen Carroll died aged 66 on the 22nd and was buried on the 25th of August 1897. At which time she was living at 11 Gennell. Catherine Flannary died 16th of May 1891 aged 62

We know the maiden name of Elieen Carroll and her sister Catherine Flannary is Keenan from Patrick and Ellen's marriager certificate and from the baptism records of St.Benedicts Hindley for Alice Carroll born in 1858 (source Dianne Teskey).

Joe Carroll [Joseph Carroll] was a world champion wrestler (source Dianne Teskey).

Sources Dianne Teskey, Carroll Taylor, Caroll family, marriage certificate and the 1881 census.

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