Patrick Loughlin and Mary Hughes

Patrick Loughlin (my 4th great-grandfather) was born between 1813 and 1816 in Ireland and died in Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1883. He was 70 years old. In several official documents, Patrick and his children are sometimes listed as O’Loughlin.

Mary Hughes Loughlin (my 4th great-grandmother) was born about 1816 in Ireland and died after 1881 in Lancashire, England.

Patrick and Mary moved from Ireland to England between 1845 and 1849, most likely to escape the disastrous affects of the Potato Famine.

In 1849, in Liverpool, they have their 4th boy, Martin. Martin Loughlin is my 3rd great-grandfather.

In 1851 they were living at 4 Court Bell Street (Apt. 1) in Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England with their 4 boys: John, Patrick, Michael, and Martin. Martin. At this time, Toxteth Park was a residential area, where many of the working class people of Liverpool lived. Patrick was a laborer and likely worked in one of the many factories in Liverpool or at the docks.

According to the 1861 census, the family is living in the town of Bolton in Lancashire, England. Patrick is a salt hawker, which means that he would have been a street vendor of salt. Bolton had been a major textile town, since Flemish weavers settled the area in the 14th century. Martin, at just 11 years old, is listed as working in a cotton mill. Patrick and Mary’s 3 oldest sons are no longer living with them and they have two daughters, Ann (9) and Margaret (7).

In 1871, Patrick and Mary are living in Bury, Lancashire, England with their two daughters,Mary and Margaret. Martin (21), his young bride, Mary (20, my 3rd great-grandmother), and their son, John (1, my 2nd great-grandfather) were living with Martin’s older brother, Michael, and his wife, Bridget. 

In 1881, Patrick and Mary are living in the home of their daughter-in-law, Bridget, in Tottington, Lancashire, England. Bridget’s husband, Michael, had recently immigrated to Massachusetts in the United States. It is not known if Michael abandoned his wife and children or if he immigrated to find work and eventually bring them over to join him. But Bridget stayed in England and died in Lancashire in 1895, while Michael died at Bridgewater State Farm, a home for paupers, in Bedford, Massachusetts in 1909.

Patrick Loughlin died in March of 1883 in Lancashire, England. He was about 70 years old.

It is not known when Mary (Hughes) Loughlin died.

Patrick Loughlin and Mary (Hughes) Loughlin: 

1. John
2. Patrick
3. Michael m. Bridget Duffy
4. Martin m. Mary Trainer
5. Ann
6. Margaret