QUIGLEY, Catherine ¹

  General Notes:

APPLICATION FOR PARISH RELIEF

Catherine Quigley, aged 63 and single, applied for parish relief in the autumn of 1904. Her address was given as 80 Stevenson Street, Glasgow, the rent being paid to a Mrs Reilly 'with whom she resides'. She was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, and was a Roman Catholic. No information could be given about her parentage. She worked as a charwoman.

This was her first application to the parish. She was previously supported by her own efforts. The settlement was found to be Glasgow. She was put into Duke Street Hospital on September 14 1904.

Mrs Reilly confirmed that Catherine had lived in Glasgow for the past eleven years. The inspector wrote:
"This poor old woman could not give any information re her people or any particulars whatever. She seemed very ill and was removed to Duke Street where she died four days later.
Mrs Reilly with whom she resided for 11 years continuously gave the above information."

Catherine Quigley died on the 18 September 1904 in Duke Street Hospital, Glasgow.


Catherine was the informant of her brother Peter's death in 1891 at Glasgow. She made her X mark. ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

Again, as often, there is as yet no absolute proof that the poor law applicant was the one who notified the registrar of her brother's death. But the circumstantial evidence is persuasive. The main arm of this is her origins in County Monaghan, Ireland and her continued unmarried state into middle age and older.