Ellen (helen) Gavigan
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Born
About 1880, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Died
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Parents
Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Census, 1881
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1881_644_12_083_000_2_013Z.pdf
The household is schedule 73. The surname is written Gaffigan.
Census, 1891
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1891_644_12_080_000_2_017Z.pdf
The surname is written Gavigan. The schedule number is cut off at the page edge.
1881 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/12 083/00 013, census night 3 April 1881.
Address
3 Portugal Lane, Gorbals, Glasgow
Area
Parish of Gorbals, Glasgow
Dwelling
2 rooms with one or more windows, 7 people in the house
Schedule no.
73
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh GaffiganMarried | Head | 44 (M) | General carter | Ireland, Donegal |
| Florinda GaffiganMarried | Wife | 38 (F) | none stated | Ireland, Donegal |
| Francis GaffiganUnmarried | Son | 20 (M) | General carter | Ireland, Donegal |
| Joseph Gaffigan | Son | 15 (hard to read) (M) | Apprentice Venetian blind maker | Ireland, Donegal |
| Hugh Gaffigan | Son | 5 (M) | Scholar | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Michael Gaffigan | Son | 3 (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Hellen Gaffigan | Daughter | 1 (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
⚠ This Hugh is five, born in GlasgowThe tree had Hugh Gavigan born 19 June 1870 at Ballyshannon, Donegal. Here a Hugh aged 5 is born in Glasgow, so about 1875 or 1876. The 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses agree, and the tree now shows that birth. The Hugh baptised at Ballyshannon in 1870 was probably an earlier child of the same name who died young.
⚠ Ireland-born children and Glasgow-born childrenFrancis and Joseph are born in Donegal and Hugh, Michael and Helen in Glasgow. That puts the move from Donegal to Glasgow between about 1866 and 1875. Peter (born 1868) is not in this house.
ℹ SpellingThe surname is written Gaffigan throughout. The index title spells it Gaffigan too, which is why this record was easy to miss.
1891 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/12 080/00 017, census night 5 April 1891.
Address
7 Portugal Lane, Gorbals, Glasgow
Area
Parish of Gorbals, Tradeston parliamentary burgh, Glasgow, Fifteenth Burgh Ward
Dwelling
1 room with one or more windows, 5 people in the house
Schedule no.
17 (partly cut off at the page edge)
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh GaviganMarried | Head | 5? (struck through) (M) | CarterEmployed | Ireland, Co Donegal |
| Florinda GaviganMarried | Wife | 47 (F) | none stated | Ireland, Co Donegal |
| Hugh GaviganUnmarried | Son | 15 (M) | CarterEmployed | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Michael Gavigan | Son | 13 (M) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Ellen Gavigan | Daughter | 11 (F) | none stated | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
⚠ Hugh is 15 and born in GlasgowHe is 15 here, which agrees with the 1881 census (aged 5) and gives a birth about 1875 or 1876. See the note on the 1881 household.
ℹ Moved to 7 Portugal LaneIn 1881 the family was at number 3. Florinda Elliot died at 7 Portugal Street in 1905, so the family stayed around the lane for decades.
Spouses & children
No spouse or family recorded.