Ancestors of Samuel McCourt

John McCourt
(Abt 1784-)

Mary Holmes
(1787-)

Samuel McCourt
(Abt 1819-Abt 1876)

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth Unthank

Samuel McCourt

Born: Abt Feb 1819, Whitehaven, , Cumberland, England
Marriage: Elizabeth Unthank on 13 Jun 1839 in St Gregory Chapel, Whitehaven
Died: Abt Jan 1876, Whitehaven, , Cumberland, England about age 56 ⁶⁴²

bullet General Notes:

Living at Newhouses, Check Haig museum web site

bullet Research Notes:

email Colin McCourt.
4/17/09 from FreeCen. 1861 census
Piece: RG9/3949 Place: St Bees -Cumberland Enumeration District: 6
Civil Parish: Preston Quarter Ecclesiastical Parish: Mount Pleasant
Folio: 82 Page: 23 Schedule: 119
Address: Mount Pleasant

MCCOURT Samuel Head M M 42 Coal Miner Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Elizabeth Wife M F 42 Coal Miner Wife Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Mary Daur U F 19 Coal Miner Daur Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Thomas Son - M 10 Coal Miner Son Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Elizabeth Daur - F 8 Coal Miner Daur Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT James Son - M 6 Coal Miner Son Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Gilbert Son - M 4 Coal Miner Son Cumberland - Whitehaven
MCCOURT Bridget Daur - F 2 Coal Miner Daur
Cumberland - Whitehaven
8/25/09 1841 census living in Croft Pit, preston qrt with wife and daughter Isabelle aged 1

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• 1841 Census Whitehaven McCourt Samuel: Samuel McCourt aged 20 cal miner born Cumberland, 6 Jun 1841, Croft Pit, st Bee, Preston Quarter. ⁶⁴³

• 1851 Census Whitehaven McCourt Samuel: Samuel McCourt head mar aged 32 Coal minerborn Preston quarter Cumberland, 20 Mar 1851, 57 Back Row, New Houses, Preston Quarters, Whitehaven, England. ⁶⁴⁴

• 1861 Census Whitehaven MCCourt: Samauel McCourt, aged 42, born Whitehaven, Coal Miner, 7 Apr 1861, Mount Pleasant, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven. ⁶⁴⁵

• 1871 Census Whitehaven McCourt Samuel: Samuel McCourt Head aged 52, Coal Miner born Whitehaven, 2 Apr 1871, 11 Front Row, Preston quarter, Whitehaven, Cumberland. ⁶⁴⁶

Samuel married Elizabeth Unthank, daughter of John Unthank and Isabella Lee, on 13 Jun 1839 in St Gregory Chapel, Whitehaven. (Elizabeth Unthank was born in Jan 1819 in Whitehaven, , Cumberland, England and was christened on 22 Jan 1819 in Holy Trinity, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England ⁶⁴⁷.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Photo copy marriage certificate, Colin McCourts, book "Newhouses - A Celebration"