Documented death
02September
1883
Michael McPadden dies.
At Tullynascreen, Mary loses her husband. His death entry records acute bronchitis; his brother Thomas reported the death.
Michael · Mary’s husband03 / Tullynascreen · September 1883
A husband lost.
A son born.
Two records. Twenty-seven days.
A month that changed Mary’s household.
27
days
between
Documented birth
29September
1883
Martin McPadden is born.
Mary gives birth to their son. Registered on 1 October, his birth entry names Michael and Mary as his parents.
Martin · the younger son, born 1883The dates survive.
Her experience is harder to recover.
No surviving letter tells us how she faced this month, or who helped her at home.
Behind the record · 2–29 September 1883
Separate records. Different levels of certainty.
Michael McPadden death register
Fixes death, place, occupation, cause and brother Thomas as informant.
Primary evidenceMartin McPadden birth register
Records birth, parents and place. Informant appears to be Mary Keegan, occupier; surname reading provisional, not proof of kinship.
Primary evidence · qualified readingCity of Berlin passenger candidate
A strong candidate whose identity as Catherine remains unclosed.
Favored candidate · not provedCatherine’s possible crossing is not yet proved. We do not know whether these events were connected or when news reached either side of the Atlantic.