The Children of Patrick and Ann Corvan in London Continued.

7. MARY LOUISA CORVAN
Mary Louisa Corvan was born in c. 1823, the daughter of Patrick and Ann Corvan. She was the first of three Corvan siblings to be married in consecutive months of 1844…she was wed in May, her brother Anthony in June and brother John in July.
The purchase of Mary’s marriage certificate back in 2003 provided a very unexpected piece of information…her husband was James Healy, the undertaker brother of my great-great-great grandmother, Mary Healy.
Mary Louisa Corvan was about 21 years old when on May 21, 1844, she married James Healy. James’ address was given as 154 High Holborn, and his occupation as ‘undertaker’, indicating that he took over his father’s business after the latter’s death some month’s before. David healy had died at this address in 1844.
Mary had been living at 16 Adam’s Row, where her brother Anthony was residing and continued to live for some years after.The marriage took place at Saint Aloysius Chapel, St. Pancras, London, where Mary’s brother John Corvan was wed two months later. Witnesses to the ceremony were John Corvan, of 15 Buckeridge Street,Bloomsbury, and Thomas Parker, of 57 Museum Street, Bloomsbury.
The 1851 census picked up Mary Louisa and her husband James living at 154 Holborn, London. Their household was as follows:
Head: James Healy, married man, 33 years of age. Occupation undertaker. Born St. Giles, Middlesex.
Mary L. Healy, wife. 28 years of age. Born St. Giles, Middlesex.
Catherine McDornat ( Spelling?) Servant. Unmarried, 40 years of age. Born in Ireland.

Their neighbours on either side were a 50 year old painter named John Shepherd and his wife, Sophia,aged 40, and a last maker named James Bread,31, with his wife Maria.

No children have yet been found born to James and Mary Healy, mainly because Healy is such a common name. There is no sign of them in the 1861, 1871 or 1881 census, or those in 1891 and 1901. I haven't as yet devoted a great deal of time searching for Mary and her family, being preoccupied with her brother Anthony, but plan to revisit her story once this blog is complete.

POST SCRIPT: Today (September 4, 2009) there arrived in the mail a death certificate from the U.K for a James Healy that I had gambled on being ours.To my great delight it did belong to our James, which then of course saddened me because the poor fellow had died in 1852 aged only 33 years. The full details given on his certificate are as follows:
On March 9, 1852, at 154 High Holborn, James Healy, 33 years, an undertaker, of bronchitis, certified. The informant was his wife, Mary Healy, present at the death, 154 High Holborn, Bloomsbury, and she registered the event on March 16, 1852.
Knowing that Mary Louisa Corvan Healy was a widow, I searched for marriages in the period to 1861( since I can't find her as 'Mary Healy in the 61 census) There are several marriages for Mary Healy/Healey, but I can't pinpoint any one specifically.
There is a death for a Mary Healy of Holborn in 1854 that I may take a risk on and purchase- I really would love to know what happened to her.