Rigmaiden Family History Blog: Catherine's children: Mary Ann or Annie

Mary, or Annie as she was later known, was born in 1881 and first appears in the known paper trail in the 1881 census living in Etna Street, Old Swan, Liverpool with her mother Kate

Rigmaiden Family History Blog: Marian Rigmaiden, born 1873

Marian was born in New Ferry, Cheshire in 1873, the eldest child of Edward and Mary Rigmaiden. Edward was James Smith Rigmaiden's younger brother and their children would have been his nephews and nieces.

Rigmaiden Family History Blog: Catherine Rigmaiden's children: Catherine

Catherine was born on the 28th October 1874 according to the birth certificate which we believe to be hers.

Rigmaiden Family History Blog: James & Catherine Rigmaiden's children : William

William Rigmaiden was born in the Union Workhouse, Mill Road, Everton on the 13th January 1863.

Union Workhouse, Mill Road

Rigmaiden Family History Blog: James Smith Rigmaiden and Catherine Almond

James Smith Rigmaiden and Catherine Almond married on the 17th June 1861 at St James' Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool, England. Their address was 4 Pickering Street, Liverpool. It was not uncommon for bride and groom to give the same address as this would mean only one set of banns had to be published. She was 19 years of age and he was "of full age". In fact, he was 21, the eldest son of Edward Rigmaiden who, at that time, was described as a law clerk - in fact he worked for HM Customs and Excise.

St James's, 1823

Rigmaiden Family History Blog: Welcome

Welcome to the Rigmaiden One-Name Study blog which is the result of a study registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies in 2009. The study includes families related by marriage, and their descendants where relevant. Rather a lot of information has now been accumulated and this blog shall, hopefully, be a means of disseminating that to anyone interested, and extending the information contained on the Guild's profile page. The first English Rigmaidens can be traced back to 13th century north Lancashire and Westmorland. At least three separate individuals emigrated to the United States from the 18th century onwards, and the descendants of one individual's Loiusiana family are now quite extensive. Australia was the destination of one female Rigmaiden who married in Calcutta to a member of the Hammill family, their four children were the beginning of an extensive family of descendants through the female line in the Melbourne area.
My personal connection is with the Liverpool branch of the family, in particular with James Rigmaiden who married my great great grandmother, Catherine Almond, in 1861. I will enlarge on this branch of the family in my next blog.