Michael MCDERMOTT

Abt 1840 - 1909  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Michael MCDERMOTT
  Birth	Abt 1840	Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D879B465B9BE4215834DD469E4CC2EC4E703
  Death	Dec 1909	Newcastle on Tyne RD   [2]
  Notes	1881 census: at 88 Bykers Bank, Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland (all McDERMOTT), Michael (head, married, 41, labourer, chemical, born Ireland), Isabel (wife, married, 41, born Ireland), Bernard (son, 15, apprentice plumber, born Scotland), Elizabeth (daughter, 12, scholar, born Scotland), Michael (son, 10, scholar, born Newcastle), Ann (daughter, 8, scholar, born Newcastle), James (son, 6, born Newcastle), Thomas (son, 4, born Newcastle) and John (son, 2, born Newcastle). 1891 census: at 7a Smiths Big House, St Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland (all McDERMOTT), Michael (head, married, 51, general labourer, born Co. Monaghan, Ireland), Isabella (wife, married, 51, born Leith, Scotland), Michael (son, 19, general labourer, born Newcastle), Annie (daughter, 17, born Newcastle), James (son, 16, general labourer, born Newcastle), Thomas (son, 14, general labourer, born Newcastle), John (son, 2, born Newcastle) and Mary (daughter, 6, scholar, born Newcastle). 1901 census: at St Lawrence House, All Saints, Northumberland (all McDERMOTT), Michael (head, married, 59, factory labourer, born Ireland), Elizabeth* (wife, married, 58, born Scotland), Barnard (son, married, 35, stone dresser & miller, born Scotland) and Mary (daughter, 16, born Newcastle). *Isabella, rather than a different wife. Michael died in 1909. 1911 census: at 7 St Lawrence Road, St Lawrence House, Newcastle (3 rooms), Isabella McDERMOTT (head, widow, 69, married 56 years, 8 children, 7 living 1 dead, born Leith, Scotland), Bernard McDERMOTT (son, 46, married 21 years, cement miller, born Scotland), William DODGSON (son in law, 31, married, corporation labourer, born Newcastle), Mary DODGSON (daughter, 28, married 10 years, 5 children, 4 living 1 dead, born Newcastle), Isabella DODGSON (Mary's daughter, 8, school, born Newcastle), William DODGSON (Mary's son, 6, school, born Newcastle), Lillian DODGSON (Mary's daughter, 4, born Newcastle) and Annie DODGSON (Mary's daughter, 2, born Newcastle). Form completed by Mary Dodgson for I McDermott. Isabella died in 1914. William DODGSON was killed in France in 1916 and his widow Mary DODGSON (nee McDERMOTT) married again in 1920 and appeared in the 1921 census with her new husband Joseph HERRON (qv).
  Person ID	I4786	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Isabella JEFFERY,   b. Abt 1842, Leith, Scotland d. Jun 1914, Newcastle on Tyne RD (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	1863	Leith South, Scotland RD   [3]
  Children	1. Bernard MCDERMOTT,   b. Nov 1865, Leith, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth MCDERMOTT,   b. Abt 1868, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Michael MCDERMOTT,   b. Sep 1871, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ann MCDERMOTT,   b. Jun 1873, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown   5. James MCDERMOTT,   b. Jun 1875, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas MCDERMOTT,   b. Mar 1877, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown   7. John MCDERMOTT,   b. Mar 1879, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary MCDERMOTT,   b. Jun 1884, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] 1881 census. [S178] BMD index, aged 68, Q4 1909 Newcastle on Tyne 10b/84. (Reliability: 3). [S289] Scotlands People, February 2013 and later, ref. 69/2/71. (Reliability: 3).