Catherine HIGGINS b. Abt 1809 , , , Ireland d. 23 Aug 1849 , , , At Sea: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1809 - 1849 (~ 40 years)

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Name	Catherine HIGGINS [1]
Birth	Abt 1809	, , , Ireland [2]
Gender	Female
_UID	EFB250CD3D014696A84C7519D16DBECB2171
Death	23 Aug 1849	, , , At Sea [2]
	Catherine Scanlon and Children: 1849 Franchise Passenger List, page 4 Catherine Higgins Scanlon and her children are probably listed here on this fourth page of the Franchise passenger list, though their surnames are misspelled "Feanton" and "Scarton." Catherine and two of her children appear to have died on board the ship. Catherine died Aug 23rd followed by Kate, age 4, on Aug 30th and James, age 2, on Aug 31. Only Mary, age 12, Fanny, age 9, John, age 6, and Samuel, age 5, survived the trip according to the list. Original data: Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. 115 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
	1849 Franchise Passenger List, page 4 This page shows Scanlon (Feanton/Scarton) family with deaths of Catherine, Kate and James noted.
	Catherine Scanlon and Children: 1849 Franchise Passenger List Exterior Label
	Label of Ship Franchise Passenger List The label indicates the date of arrival "24th Sept 1849."
	1849 Franchise Passenger List, page 1 Contains heading with details about the ship as follows: " Copy of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Franchise of Newburyport whereof Stephen F Bray is Master, burthen 699 tons...bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston"
Person ID	I5348	Our Family Tree \| Ancestors and Descendants of Nancy Dwyer Nowell
Last Modified	5 Nov 2020

Family Patrick SCANLON, b. Cal 18 Mar 1812, , , , Ireland d. 18 Jan 1892, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 79 years)

Marriage Abt 1836 , , , Ireland

Children

	1. Mary SCANLON, b. Abt 1837, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Frances "Fanny" SCANLON, b. Cal 1840, , , , Ireland d. 20 Dec 1889, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 49 years)
	3. John SCANLON, b. Abt 1841, , , , Ireland d. 5 Jan 1856, Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 15 years)
	4. Samuel SCANLON, b. Abt 1844, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Lawrence SCANLON, b. 1845, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Kate SCANLON, b. Abt 1845, , , , Ireland d. 30 Aug 1849, , , , At Sea (Age ~ 4 years)
	7. James SCANLON, b. Abt 1847, , , , Ireland d. 31 Aug 1849, , , , At Sea (Age ~ 2 years)

Family ID F1159 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Jul 2017

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1809 - , , , Ireland
	Marriage - Abt 1836 - , , , Ireland
	Death - 23 Aug 1849 - , , , At Sea

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I5348&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Catherine HIGGINS."

Sources

[S1289] "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2013.), (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Jul 2014); No. 120, Mch. 2, Jeremiah Dorgan & Fanny Scanlon; Taunton Marriage Register, 1862 (Image 142).
[S2509] "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," database with images, Ancestry , ((https://ancestry.com : 2006)), Copy of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Franchise of Newburyport ... bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston, list 2407, 24 Apr 1849, page 4, line 14, Catherine Feanton, age 40, Died Aug 23rd; 032 - Sep 17-Nov 30, 1849 > image 97 of 594; citing NARA microfilm publication M277 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).