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MCHUGH, Mary Ann
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Name MCHUGH, Mary Ann Birth Between 1858 and 1859 Barnard Castle, County Durham, England
Event Description: Manchester
Gender Female Death 5 Oct 1925 Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
Person ID I2738 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Family HOLBORN, Henry, b. 31 Dec 1854, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
d. 28 Sep 1926, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
(Age 71 years) Marriage 1878 Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire
Children 1. HOLBORN, Mary Alice, b. 1879, Hartlepool, County Durham, England
d. Aft 1891 (Age > 13 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HOLBORN, Elizabeth A., b. 1881, Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales
d. 1881, Cardiff Registration District, Glamorgan, Wales
(Age 0 years)3. HOLBORN, Charles Henry, b. 16 Sep 1882, Cogan Pill, Glamorgan, Wales
d. 10 Mar 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 68 years)4. HOLBORN, James William, b. 15 May 1884, Cogan Pill, Glamorgan, Wales
d. 8 Mar 1922, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
(Age 37 years)5. HOLBORN, Ethel May, b. May 1888, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
d. Aft 1907 (Age > 20 years)6. HOLBORN, John Joseph, b. 26 Feb 1893, Illinois, USA
d. 26 Sep 1917, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
(Age 24 years)Family ID F1354 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
MARY ANN MCHUGH 1858-1912
The birth of a Mary Ann McHUGH was registered in 1858.
(GRO March Q 1858 Auckland 10a 150)
Note: According to the 1900 census she was born in February 1859.
The marriage between Henry HOLBORN and Mary Ann McHUGH was registered in 1878.
(GRO December Q 1878 Middlesborough 9d 151)
The 1881 census of 29 Dock Street, Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales:
Henry HOLBORN, head, aged 26, bricklayer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
*Mary A. HOLBORN, wife, aged 22, born at Barnard Castle, Co. Durham (sic);
Mary A. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 1, born at Hartlepool, Co. Durham;
Elizabeth A. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 2 weeks, born at Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales.
(RG11/5288/117/33)
The 1891 census of 90 Clive Street, Canton, Cardiff:
Henry HALBARN, head, 36, employed as a bricklayer, born at Terrington;
*Mary Ann HALBARN, wife, aged 31, general dealer, born in Manchester, Lancashire (sic);
Mary A. HALBARN, daughter, aged 11, born at Hartlepool, Durham;
Charles H. HALBARN, son, aged 8, born at Cogan Pill, Glamorgan;
James W. HALBARN, son, aged 6, born at Cogan Pill, Glamorgan;
Ethel M. HALBARN, daughter, aged 2, born at Cardiff, Glamorgan;
Thomas DAVIES, aged 42, lodger, single, shipyard labour, born at Presscot (sic), Lancaster;
John BELL, aged 18, lodger, single, boiler maker, born in Scotland.
(RG12/4400/113/10)
From the Ship's Manifest of the Britannic arriving at New York, USA, on 28 August 1891:
*Mrs. M. A. HOLBORN, aged 31, wife
Alice HOLBORN, aged 11, child
Charles H. HOLBORN, aged 8, child
J. W. HOLBORN, aged 7, child
Elizabeth (sic) HOLBORN, aged 3, child
Note: They were from Cardiff and their destination was St. Louis.
Note the absence of Henry HOLBORN who followed in February 1892.
The 1900 US Federal Census of Galesburg City, Knox County, USA.
Henry HOLBORN, head, aged 44, born in England in December 1855, brick mason;
*Mary HOLBORN, wife, aged 41, married 22 years, 6 children of which 5 are living, born in England in February 1859;
Charles H. HOLBORN, son, aged 17, day laborer, born in England in September 1882;
James W. HOLBORN, son, aged 16, day laborer, born in England in May 1884;
Ethel M. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 12, at school, born in England in May 1898 (sic);
John HOLBORN, son, aged 7, at school, born in Illinois in February 1893.
From the 1907 Galesburg City Directory for 1309 E. Main Street, Galesburg:
Miss Ethel Mae (sic) HOLBORN
Harry HOLBORN, bricklayer
*Mrs. Harry HOLBORN, general labor organizer
J. W. HOLBORN
Mary A. HOLBORN died at Galesburg, Knox County, USA, on 5 October 1925.
(Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-1950)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Mary Ann McHUGH's parents were Irish. Perhaps she had relatives in St. Louis, Missouri.
(revised 28.02.2012)

