Florinda Elliot
3x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #57, MMFFM)
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Born
About 1844, Co Donegal, Ireland
Died
10 Jan 1905, 7 Portugal St, Gorbals, Glasgow
Parents
Documents
5 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.
Death, 1894
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Gavigan 1894 Death.pdf
1901 Census, Portugal Lane, Gorbals
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Florinda Gavigan 1901 Census.pdf· view full page
Death
Source: McClure Gavigan — Florinda Gavigav nee Elliot Death Entry.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Death of Hugh Gavigan, 1894
Statutory Deaths 644/12 0447 · Gorbals district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 149, entry 447
Name
Hugh Gavigan, Stableman
Died
22 July 1894, about 5:40 pm
Place of death
7 Portugal Lane, Glasgow
Sex and age
Male, 59 years
Marital status
Married to Florinda Elliot
Father
Peter Gavigan, Farmer (deceased)
Mother
Mary Gavigan, maiden surname McGarrigal (spelling uncertain; deceased)
Cause of death
Apoplexy, 1 day
Informant
Joseph Gavigan, son, 40 Florence Street, Glasgow, present
Registered
23 July 1894, Glasgow
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMThe date and place agree, and the parents Peter Gavigan and Mary match the tree. An age of 59 points to a birth around 1835, against about 1837 in the GEDCOM.
ℹ His son JosephThe informant, Joseph Gavigan, is almost certainly his son Joseph (born 25 December 1865). He was living at 40 Florence Street, also in the Gorbals.
Death of Florinda Gavigan, 1905
Statutory Deaths 644/12 0026 · Gorbals district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 9, entry 26
Name
Florinda Gavigan, widow of Hugh Gavigan, Stableman
Died
10 January 1905, about 7:00 am
Place of death
7 Portugal Lane, Glasgow
Sex and age
Female, 58 years
Father
George Elliott, Blacksmith (deceased)
Mother
Nancy Elliott, maiden surname Murray (deceased)
Cause of death
Pneumonia, 7 days
Informant
Ellen Mair, daughter, present
Registered
10 January 1905, Glasgow
ℹ Parents and date confirmedHer parents match George Elliot and Nancy Murray in the tree, and the date matches the GEDCOM. An age of 58 points to a birth around 1846 or 1847, against about 1844 in the GEDCOM.
ℹ Possibly her daughter EllenThe informant is Ellen Mair, named as her daughter. The tree has a daughter Ellen (Helen) Gavigan, born about 1880, who may be the same person under a married name, but nothing here proves it.
1901 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/12 047/00 029, census night 31 March 1901.
Address
7 Portugal Lane, Gorbals, GlasgowThe house number is written as 7 and the street by ditto marks from the entries above, which read Portugal Lane. This matches the address on her husband's death in 1894 and her own in 1905.
Area
Civil parish of Govan, Gorbals ward, Royal Burgh of Glasgow
Dwelling
1 room with one or more windows
Schedule no.
152
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florinda GaviganWidow | Head | (crossed through, hard to read) (F) | none stated | Donegal, Ireland |
| Donald McConnachie (spelling uncertain)Married | Boarder | 45 (M) | CarterWorker (employee) | Glasgow, Lanarkshire |
| Ellen (same surname)Married | Boarder | 40 (F) | none stated | Glasgow, Lanarkshire (ditto) |
| James (same surname)Single | Boarder | 15 (M) | none stated | Glasgow, Lanarkshire (ditto) |
ℹ A widow with boardersFlorinda is head of the household, a widow with no occupation, with a boarding family of three. She was born in Donegal, as the GEDCOM says. The boarders are not known relatives, though her 1905 death was reported by a daughter named Ellen Mair.
⚠ Hard to readHer age is crossed through. Her 1905 death gives 58, which would be about 54 here. The boarders' surname is hard to read and is given as McConnachie with some doubt.
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.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 1863, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland
Children