Gahagan (Goghan, Goaghan, Geoghegan, Gaughan) Families (and all surname variations) Identified in the 1851 Leeds Civil Parish, Leeds North Sub Registration District, Yorkshire, England and Research into their Irish Origins

Liverpool was the port of entry for the vast majority of the Irish that departed the Connaght Counties of Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo and Galway. Many Irish immigrants unable to find work in Liverpool were drawn to places like Manchester, Bradford and Leeds and their thriving textile and other industrial development in the mid 19th century.

Keep in mind that the connections I draw are what appear to me to be the same family and need to be further analyzed to make sure the conclusion is correct (hopefully with supporting evidence such as GRO marriage records and baptismal records). Please use this information with that caveat in mind so that nothing is assumed and no stones are left unturned to assure it's your family and the connection is accurate. The vast majority of earlier census records fail to give a place name of origin in Ireland.

Regarding Surname Gaugham listed below: Although Gaugham is not a variation of my Gahagan surname, I am included this family because of the similarity of the spelling, and phonetics in the event it may be a census-taker typo or spelling error.

I have documented specific details on the Irish born in Districts1a-1g, 1h-1p, 1q-1x, 2a-2ff, 2g-2p, 2q-2z, the Leeds Cavalry Barracks and District Moral and Industrial School for Pauper Children of the Leeds Civil Parish, Leeds North Sub-Registration District of the 1851 Census on separate pages to facilitate a shorter download time.

District Address Name Age Born Occupation Marital Status
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, Mary, Head 39 Yorkshire, Leeds, England   W
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, Richard Reardmin, Son 18 Yorkshire, Leeds, England Wood Turner  
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, James, Son 15 Yorkshire, Leeds, England Wood Turner  
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, Francis 9 Yorkshire, Leeds, England Scholar  
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, Septimus, Son 4 Yorkshire, Leeds, England Scholar  
1n 27 Millwright Street Gaggin, Mary Ann, Daughter 2 Yorkshire, Leeds, England    
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, Mary, Lodger living wiht the Mullarky Family from Ireland 10 Ireland Works in the Cloth Mill  
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, Michael, Lodger with Mullarky Family from Ireland 30 Ireland Hawker M
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, Mary, Lodger with Mullarky Family 30 Ireland Hawker M
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, James, Lodger 10 Ireland    
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, Thomas, Lodger (son) 4 Leeds, Yorkshire, England    
1d 31 Wellington Yard Gaugham, Catherine, Lodger (Dtr) 2 Leeds, Yorkshire, England    
2p 10 Randall's Yard Gaughan, Ann, Visitor with the Peter Clark Family from Ireland (there are several corcoran families on Randall's Yard) 17 Ireland Domestic Servant U
2j 8 Dufton's Yard Gaughan, Mary, Visitor (with the Richard Corcoran family from Ireland) 65 Ireland   W
2j 8 Dufton's Yard Gaughan, Baliley, Visitor (with Richard Corcoran family From Ireland) 25 Ireland   U