HIs wife Ellen Rodgers emigrated to U.S. in 1904/5, We assume John died before her emigration, no death record has been found. Ellen Rodgers remarried in 1915 in Ohio
Residence 2 April 1871: Fletcher Street, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Residence 3 April 1881: 25, Holborn, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England, his family were staying with the Kennedy family, parents of his mother after the death of his mother Mary Kennedy who was buried on the 17 March 1881
The 1881 census is mistranscribed; Margaret should be Mary Ann and Margarm should be Margaret
Marriage to Ellen Rodgers: 24 February 1903, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England at the Roman Catholic chapel, London Road, Newcastle under Lyme
Occupation in 1903: Railway Goods Guard, Residence: 76 Lower Green St, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Uknown relevance: A 1939 register entry for a J Shaughnessy born 4 August 1869, a retired miner and widower, residence; 121 Heathcote Road, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke-On-Trent C.B., Staffordshire, England
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