Beirne is also one of my family names from County Roscommon. Elizabeth Beirne is my gr-gr-grandmother. Do you have any information about Margaret that I could compare to Elizabeth and her family? Fran Weeks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele" <mgardenerm@gmail.com> To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] James McDermott > Hi Grace - > > I just looked around in Family Search for James McDermott who died in > South Africa in 1859 and everyone in the Ancestral File, the IGI, and > the Pedigree Resource File there has him born about 1802 in South > Africa. They may or may not be correct but now I am really intrigued by > this one. They all list his father as Michael McDermott and his mother > as Margaret Beirne. Beirne is one of my family names from Co. Roscommon! > > Michele > > Grace Bagwell wrote: >> I have an ancestor that states on census records that her father was >> born in Ireland. She was born in South Africa, however. The man I am >> seeking information about is named James McDermott. He died in 1859 in >> South Africa. He married Johanna Clasina Smyth/Smit. I have found >> information about her family in South Africa, but I have not known where >> to search for >> more information about James McDermott. I have found nothing on him in >> South Africa. I know that the McDermott name is common in Roscommon. >> Suggested birth dates for James are 1802 and 1822--quite a difference I >> know. His second daughter (the one I am related to) was born in 1841 so >> I am thinking maybe James' birth is closer to 1820. I would appreciate >> any guidance on finding him and his parents. >> >> Grace >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try >> it now. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Fran - Hopefully Grace will jump in here on this one. All I know is what I found in the Family Search website. One person has Margaret Beirne as having been born in 1795 in Rathallan, Roscommon, Ireland. She married Michael McDermott in 1819 in South Africa and then again in Ireland in 1822 and died in Rathallan and then buried in Croghan, Roscommon, Ireland. They show her father as Patrick Beirne and her mother as Mrs. Patrick Beirne. That is in the Ancestral File so it is what was submitted by a church member. I don't know what their sources were. The other entries there are variations on this information. The same entries show James as born in 1802 which would not work with the birth year of the mother. 1822 would make a lot more sense. Michele Fran Weeks wrote: > Beirne is also one of my family names from County Roscommon. Elizabeth > Beirne is my gr-gr-grandmother. Do you have any information about Margaret > that I could compare to Elizabeth and her family? > Fran Weeks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michele" <mgardenerm@gmail.com> > To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] James McDermott > > > >> Hi Grace - >> >> I just looked around in Family Search for James McDermott who died in >> South Africa in 1859 and everyone in the Ancestral File, the IGI, and >> the Pedigree Resource File there has him born about 1802 in South >> Africa. They may or may not be correct but now I am really intrigued by >> this one. They all list his father as Michael McDermott and his mother >> as Margaret Beirne. Beirne is one of my family names from Co. Roscommon! >> >> Michele >> >> Grace Bagwell wrote: >> >>> I have an ancestor that states on census records that her father was >>> born in Ireland. She was born in South Africa, however. The man I am >>> seeking information about is named James McDermott. He died in 1859 in >>> South Africa. He married Johanna Clasina Smyth/Smit. I have found >>> information about her family in South Africa, but I have not known where >>> to search for >>> more information about James McDermott. I have found nothing on him in >>> South Africa. I know that the McDermott name is common in Roscommon. >>> Suggested birth dates for James are 1802 and 1822--quite a difference I >>> know. His second daughter (the one I am related to) was born in 1841 so >>> I am thinking maybe James' birth is closer to 1820. I would appreciate >>> any guidance on finding him and his parents. >>> >>> Grace >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try >>> it now. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >