McCONNOGHY, Michael 2
- Born: 31 December 1870, John Street, County Armagh, Ireland 1 2 3
- Marriage (1): GALLAGHER, Catherine on 6 June 1896 in RC Chapel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1
- Died: 8 July 1902 at 8.30 am, Omoa Square, Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland 4 5
Cause of his death was phtisis pulmonalis and valvular disease of the heart of six months' duration.
Other names for Michael were McCONNACHIE, Michael,5 McCONNAGHIE, Michael,1 McCONNAGHIE, Micheal and McCONNAGHY, Michael.
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General Notes:
"Civil Birth Record
Name:Michael Mcconnoghy
Date of Birth:31-Dec-1870
Registration Date: 21-Jan-1871
Address: John Street Lurgan
Parish/District: LURGAN NO1
County: ARMAGH
Gender: Male
Father: James Mcconnoghy
Occupation:Weaver
Mother: Catherine Dowd
Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Catherine Mcconnoghy
Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Not Recorded
Notes:
MOTHER [INF1]/ P RUSSELL [REGTR]
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from www.rootsireland.ie
When Ellen McConnachie was married to Patrick Donnelly in 1895 one of the witnesses was a Michael McConnachie. It may well have been this man, her brother.
The 1901 census for the parish of Shotts Lanarkshire recorded Michael McConnachie with his wife and 2 small children living at 35 Omoa Square, Cleland, with his parents. Michael was recorded as 28 years of age and had been born in Ireland. He worked as a coal miner.
When Michael's wife Catherine died in February 1902, Michael was recorded in her death certificate as a pit labourer.
Michael died at the recorded age of 30 years in 1902. He was the widower of Catherine Gallagher and had been a labourer. 2 3 5 6
Research Notes:
OMOA SQUARE
"1910: The Annual Report of the County & District Medical Officer for Lanarkshire, 1910, describes Omoa Square:
'This group of 114 single-apartment and 24 two-apartment houses, is situated in the Parish of Shotts. These houses were inspected by the Committee on 27th September, and have since been the subject of considerable correspondence and several meetings. A specification, showing the repairs necessary to make the houses reasonably fit for human habitation, was prepared and submitted to the proprietors' agents, who replied that the suggestions were extremely expensive and far beyond any reasonable requirement, and asking a meeting at the property. At this meeting the proprietor was strongly urged to provide domestic and sanitary conveniences of an approved type for the front one-storey block as an experiment in the first instance, but his agent objected very strongly to these proposals, on the ground that the expense was not warranted and the class of tenants would not make proper use of the conveniences. He, however, promised to consider the matter further. No definite proposals were put forward for the improvement of the housing conditions, and to facilitate matters I was afterwards instructed by the Committee to submit a Representation under the Housing Acts.' "
from http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/41.html
"The Housing Condition of Miners" Report by the Medical Officer of Health, Dr John T. Wilson, 1910, summarises the Square as:
'Originally built by Omoa Iron and Coal Co, but now privately owned. The houses are occupied by miners employed at Cleland, Howmuir, Westwood, Murdostoun and quarrymen employed at Auchinlea - 114 houses of one apartment, rental, £5 4s. and £6 10s; and 24 houses of two-apartments, rental £7 16s and £10 8s - one story, brick - erected about 70 years ago - no damp -proof course - plastered on solid - brick floors, some floors cement - internal surfaces of walls and ceilings irregular, broken and patched - walls mostly damp - several houses unoccupied. No overcrowding - apartments large. No gardens - one wash house in centre of square - coal cellars recently erected for each house, but many have been broken down by tenants. 7 privy midden, in centre of square, in rear and in front, at distances of 20 feet to 30 yards; doors and windows of these have been destroyed. No sinks - drainage by surface channels. Gravitation water from standpipes in centre and back of square, from 2 to 10 yards distant. These houses have been frequently inspected, and sanitary improvements have been carried out with no satisfactory results.
Notes on Omoa Square - Closing order made under Section 17 of Housing &c Act, 19. Partly demolished.' "
from http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/237.html
By 1910, the Square's houses were semi-abandoned and considered not properly fit for human habitation, with a recommendation for demolition. See "Old Newmains and the Villages Around Wishaw", by Lewis Hutton, for a photograph of the outside of Omoa Square around 1900. 7
Medical Notes:
John Lithgow MD certified the cause of death.
James McConnachie, who had been present and was father of the deceased man, notified the registrar at Cleland, William McGill on 8 July 1902 and made his X mark.
Michael married Catherine GALLAGHER on 6 June 1896 in RC Chapel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 (Catherine GALLAGHER was born about 1869 in Ireland 3 and died 23 February 1902 at 5.00 am in 43 Omoa Square, Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.). The cause of her death was phtisis pulmonalis.
Marriage Notes:
The marriage was celebrated after banns according to the rites and forms of the Roman Catholic Church. John Taylor RC Clergyman officiated. The witnesses were Annie Bradley and Micheal McConnachie (sic).
The groom, Michael McConnaghie, was an unmarried man of 26 years of age. He was an iron shearer by trade, and lived at 43 Russell Place Motherwell. His parents were both living.
Catherine Gallagher, the bride, was single and aged 26 years. She lived at 6 Knowetop Motherwell. Her parents, William John Gallagher, a farm Labourer, and Margaret Bradley, were living.
The marriage was registered on 9 June 1896 in Dalziel parish, George Sneddon being the signing registrar. 1
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