>Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:00:07 -0600 >X-From_: [email protected] Sat Jun 1 21:00:07 2002 > > >>Joan: >>On behalf of Henry and myself, Thank you, Thank you, Your info was very >>informative. >>My Ancestors go back to Armagh in Northern Ireland. Peter McCann and His >>wife Maggie McCann. I understand that that was her maiden name, Also Peter >>may have been married twice. >>He came over in the about 1850 and worked as a domestic, They lived in >>Massachusetts before coming to Wisconsin, >>After 1878, We completely lose most of the McCann family, >>I do thank you again, I hope any little thing that may be helpful to >>others will be posted on our McCann site, >>Ann >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Joan T. Sullivan <[email protected]> >>To: amccann74 <[email protected]> >>Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 7:54 AM >>Subject: Re: PML Search Result matching "Henry McCann" >> >> >>> Ann - What a creative way to catch our attention! I am no longer >>> researching my McCanns. I got a lead from ship papers of his daughter >>> and husband, Margaret McCann Whitfield, who arrived in Sydney, >>> Australia in 1844. The captain's papers said that her parents were >>> both from Dungannon, CO. Tyrone, NIR. So I visited there and probably >>> was walking distance from their home. McGlones and McCanns were >>> listed in the Tithe Applotment Records in 1829 in Lowertown. >>> [Dungannon proper is, you might say, Uppertown, as it is built on a >>> hill. It is the main city in that part of Tyrone. A "market town" in >>> the old days when folk from neighboring farmlands would bring their >>> produce for sale.] I stayed at a B & B on Killyman Rd.. We visited >>> the graveyard of the Church where Margaret McCann & Thos. Whitfield >>> were married, St. Brigid. I now have the record of that. Marriages >>> most often took place in the bride's church. The one I saw is newish >>> - certainly 20th century, and built on the site of the ruined one. >>> But the graves remain, such as many of them they are. Many are of >>> limestone, which wears away over time. We found one with only the >>> name McCann visible and the date 1844! That was likely Molly's grave. >>> I'll tell you why later.That was good enough for me. SO mission >>> accompli! Oh, yes, I visited a local McCann about a mile from there >>> in Killyman Town. He and his daughters and 3 small grandchildren >>> welcomed us for tea, we having called before we came. He had not >>> inquired about his ancestors, only that they lived in this area for >>> several generations. He was Kevin McCann, a widower, a most congeneal >>> and likeable man and loved music. >>> Before I left for Ireland I decided that, being Irish Catholic- all >>> of my ancestors on my father's side were so- I would be content to go >>> to the townplaces where they lived and get to know the people in that >>> place. My belief is that our ancestors live on in their descendants >> > and so I sought the dead among the living, and what satisfaction that >> > brought! I did find surprises in the form of living relatives. This >> > was in Pomeroy, Tyrone and Oughterard, Galway. >>> >>> Now to get to Henry. It is most likely that Margaret had a brother >>> Henry. In fact two Henry McCann's traveled together to the States >>> later. I can't find when on my computer. I believe it was in the >>> 1860's or '70's and where they went I do not know. They were >>> obviously father and son. Many Northern Irelanders came into New >>> York. There was one Henry who lived in Hudson, NY in the mid >>> 1870's. No more info than that. >>> Here's the reason I did not pursue this, if, indeed, it is a lead. >>> There were many Henry McCanns in Turone before and after the Potato >>> Famine: >>> In the 1796 Flax Seed List a Henry McCann lived in Killyman Parish >>> which is directly northeast of Clonfeacle Parish and the closest to >>> Dungannon, Drumglass Parish then. [I suspect this one was mine as >>> Margaret was born around 1808. ] In 1833 Tithe Bk. a Henry McCann was >>> in Clonbeg, Clonfeacle P. . In 1860 there was a Henry McCann in >>> Derryoghill, Clonfeacle Parish, as well, and back in 1833 a Henry in >> > Mullaghmenagh, in Drumragh Parish.Another Henry in 1827 in >>> Cluntganny, Lissan Parish, north of all these. >>> Now don't get discouraged. You doubtlessly have made many McCann >>> friends on the web. As the saying goes, "what matters is not the >>> journey end, but the journey." Of course, realizing both is truly a >>> blessing. >>> >>> I wish you success in your research, Ann. Someday, when you find out >>> all you can from USA sources, the above may prove helpful. I hope so. >>> >>> My best to you. Joan >>> -- > > >-- > new email address: [email protected] old email address: [email protected]