Joseph McCourt

  Research Notes:

Birth date, letter from Mary McCourt 7/27/04.
1891 census aged 16 living 20 Castle Row, Preston quarter, Whitehaven -Coalminer
(7.12.06) One computer has the correct birth order of children but not sure which is correct. See Isobel Makepiece notes.
added 11/1/11 W. Pick's diary says he was a surprise visitor from Whitehaven at John Pick's funeral 24 Sep 1947.

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1881 Census Whitehaven McCourt: Joseph M. Court son aged 6 scholar born Whitehaven, 3 Apr 1881, 20 Castle Row, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven. ⁶¹⁸

• 1891 Census Whitehaven McCourt Joseph: Joseph McCourt son aged 16, Coal miner, born Whitehaven, 5 Apr 1891, 20 Castle Row, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven. ⁶¹⁹

• 1901 Census Whitehaven McCourt Joseph: Joseph McCourt son married aged 26 coal miner hewer Born Whitehaven, 31 Mar 1901, 3 Barkers bldgs, Whitehaven, Cumberland. ⁶²⁰

• Funeral John Pick: Joe McCourt came from Whitehaven to attend, 24 Sep 1947, Walney St Mary's Parish Church, Barrow, England.

• 1911 Census Gateshead McCourt Joseph: Joseph McCourt head mar aged 36 coal miner hewer born Whitehaven, 2 Apr 1911, 7 Beech Grove, Ryton on Tyne, Durham. ⁶²¹

Joseph married Louisa Eleanor Newgreen on 14 Apr 1895 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. (Louisa Eleanor Newgreen was born in Mar 1877 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England ⁶²² and died in Jun 1948 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England ⁶²³.)

  Marriage Notes:

1/5/10 W Picks diary April 22 1945 talks about a piece in Whitehaven newspaper of Uncle Jo's golden wedding "last Saturday" which looks like 14 April. Free BMD confirms Jun qtr 1895