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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: LainieM on Thursday 12 May 11 22:36 BST (UK)
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New to this and do not know yet how else to get in touch with you. Could not reply to your post that I am referring to. You mentioned the name Henrietta Masaroon and wondering your relation to her.
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Hi Lainie,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
I believe you meant this post here
One of mine was Henrietta Masaroon
Once you have 3 posts here, you can use the Personal Message (PM) system
to get in touch, but in the meantime I'll also send FosseWay a PM to let him/her know.
regards,
Bob
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Bob -- thanks for the heads up!
Lainie:
My Henrietta Massaroon was born c1822, the daughter of Robert Massaroon and Olivia Gayer. She died Q1 1897 in Belfast, having married, on 26.5.1847 in Dublin, John Donald. They had five children I know about.
Does this sound familiar? If so, I've probably got other info you're interested in.
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Hello,
Am researching the Masaroon family, and Henrietta is of particular interest.
Would appreciate any information.
Cheers,
Ventry
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Hi Ventry
I think you need to post three times before you can send or receive personal messages. If you post some more, we can exchange email addresses and I can send you some more information.
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Hello,
Also note you have Clotworthy Skeffington, the Viscounts Massereene, as I have have. Maybe we have more people in common. This is no. 2, reply to me then I can write a third.
Cheers,
Ventry
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Yes, there's a veritable menagerie of weird names in my extended family. How do you relate to the Masaroons? I'm actually descended from the Gayers, and a side relative (can't remember offhand whether a sister, niece or someone further away and I've just shut FTM down for the night) of one of my Gayer ancestors married into the Masaroons.
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Well, how interesting, I am also a Gayer descendant. We must get together and compare information.
This is my third entry. What next, then, to have private conversations?
Cheers,
Ventry
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I've sent you a PM, Ventry. You should get a notification at the top of the forum screen when you're logged in, as well as notification to your email. You can either reply using the buttons below my message, like posting on the forum, or click on the green scrolly thing underneath my name alongside any of my posts.
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So 7 months later and finally getting back to this. Your Henrietta is mine too. Rev Robert Masaroon has been hard to 'place' in my family history but I do believe him to be the brother of my GGG grandfather James Masaroon. I have no other proof some old notes from years ago and some dates that seem to fit. So still looking to confirm. The name Robert Masaroon runs through all generations right down to my father and grandfather.
I do have some other info and would love to hear what you have.
Elaine
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Hello Lainie,
Don't know about your James Masaroon, but have some descendants of Rev. Robert Masaroon, including Henrietta Masaroon (1823-1897) who married (1) Rev. James McKee & had Robert b. 1846, and (2) in 1847 to John Donald (1814-1901) and had 1 son & 4 daus.
I find it a very hard name to find anywhere, maybe they used different spelling ?
Am happy to give you what I have but not here. Can I contact you privately?
Cheers,
Ventry
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Hi Lainie
You need to make one more post to be able to send/receive private messages. When you've done this, you can PM me your email address and I'll send what I've got.
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Dont know will this help
In Ecclesiastical Directory/ Presbyterian Church of 1868 there is a Robert Masaroon D.D. Supernumerary in Portadown District found this in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory of Ireland, 1868
Slater's Directory of Ireland 1846 Rev Robert Masaroon 94 Stephen's Green Street, Dublin
Slater's Directory of Ireland 1846 James Masaroon Pump Street (Cabinet Maker) LONDONDERRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1894 William Masaroon R.Avoca Terrace, ROSSTREVOR, Down
Castlemcauliffe
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Source: http://londonderry.wordpress.com/geneology/
Robert Masaroon, D.D. ; who died on March 3rd, 1871...
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Source: http://londonderry.wordpress.com/geneology/
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Hi Castlemcauliffe
Thanks for that -- very useful.
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Ventry
We have crossed paths in the past and can not remember if I have provided you with anything yet or not. My grandfather was able to get a complete list of all the locations where Rev. Robert Masaroon worked. I also have a book with a Chapter dedicated to him. Perhaps we just need to connect and start sharing. At some point I will find where this man fits into my family. There is a Robert Masaroon every generation right down to my father but just can't fine where to put our dear Reverend.
Elaine
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So I'm trying to connect the Missroon family to the Masaroons. I know that James Missroon, born 1772 in Londonderry, immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina right around the end of the 18th Cy. I have no information on his family in Derry. I have no information if and when the spelling of the last name changed. Maybe it didn't, but that seems like a big coincidence to have Masaroons in Derry at the same time.
Lainie, on another site you mentioned a history or notes written by Robert Garndiner Masaroon. You said that Rev Robt Masaroon was the son of William and Sarah Masaroon and that William had brothers Edward and James.
I would love to research two ideas:
1) There is a William Henry Missroon who died in Charleston. He does not appear to be a descendent of the James Missroon who was born in 1772 - the dates and ages don't work out according to a document listing out his estate. Could this William Masaroon have come over to the States after the death of his wife? (I don't see why he would have unless his son the Rev Robt was moving around too much to care for him.)
2) Is this James Masaroon MY James Missroon? I kinda doubt it because I think you may trace your ancestry back to him and you're on the other side of the world from me. But let's see...
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Also, this site: http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/search.php lists Church Baptism records for a Jane Masaroon in Derry in 1722 and a John Masaroon in 1724. Obviously, these are brother and sister. But I can't see the record - I have to pay money to get 50 credits to see and I'm not that desparate yet. Can anyone else get access to those records? I was thinking that the timing would be right for this John Masaroon to be the father of the William, Edward and James Masaroon brothers.
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Hello
Sorry to join this discussion very late, but I've only recently caught up with it. Regarding the last post, Jane and john Masaroon were baptised at St Columb's C of I Cathedral, Derry on 13 Jan 1722 and 4 Mar 1724 respectively. Parents' names are given as John and Ann. I'm interested in the notion that John could be the father of William, James and Edward and William in turn was the father of Robert and James. My interest in the Masaroons is that the Rev Robert Masaroon was the second husband of my 3 x great grandmother Olivia Wolfenden, nee Gayer. As my 2 x great grandmother, Charlotte Mathews, nee Wolfenden was only about 1 or 2 years old when Olivia and Robert married, he was to all intents and purposes her father.