family roots- McCaughern

[scarletmill]

My gg granny was Mary McCaughern born approx 1865 - she married Denis McMullan in St Marys RC 12 September 1886.
Seeing as this side of the family was all Catholic I presumed that she was another daughter of Patrick and Teresa's but I didn't see her on Aghadowey's post for the 2 families. LDS has been a wonderful resource in my research but surely it can't be relied on as completely accurate - this is the only family that I can safely put her with : timeline wise, name wise ( names are still common in family) and location Rasharkin/Portglenone.

Any advice

June

[alexmills]

Hi

I am afraid I cannot find this Mary either. I think there many more McCaughern/ McCahons than are in the LDS.

I have 2 families in Portglenone area having children about the right time, but I have not yet established what religion they were.

1 John McCaughern and Ellen Irvine
2 Archibald McCaughern and Jane Crawford

 I have a Jane McCaughren marrying a James McMullen about 1867, they are in the Portglenone area. They have a John born 1868 and Sarah 1869. I think they then move to Belfast.

However, in the 1911 census there are 2 sisters, Bridget and Catherine and their neice Sarah McMullan. Could this be a clue? They are R.C

Are these the parents of the Denis McMullen who emigrates to Canada 1920?

Can you give my information on children and where they went to?

Regards
Alex

[scarletmill]

Hi Alex

Hade a wee shoofty at my McCaughern / McMullan line but it seems that they weren't too fart travelled having never left the area, between Portglenone and Rasharkin. My Denis McMullan and Mary McCaughern had 3 children : Denis, Mary and James who married Catherine McKillop where I come from. They were definitely Catholic. Sorry I can't be of any other help.

June

[aghadowey]

New reply posted here has been split to start a new topic-

Hi,
   Robert McCaw married Catherine McCahghan (sic) in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney on 14 Aug 1885. I have no information on the children.

Regards

I came across this message reply- I am connected to the Robert McCaw you mentioned and am trying to find out more about his brother Hugh and their parents Hugh and Letitia  nee Adams.
Have you any more info? I know they were in Glasgow by 1901 but cannot find them there before this.

[alexmills]

I do not have much on this family, as my interest is with McCaughern, although my grandmother's middle name was McCaw or McClaw.

Hugh McCaw sr was born in Magheraboy, about 1840. His parents were James McCaw (c1796) and Mary ? The family are in he Rasharkin 1851 census in Moneyleck.

Hugh jr married Agnes Patterson in Glasgow 12 Jul 1900. They lived in Maryhill and in the 1900 census there are 2 children Leticia Adams and Sarah Margaret. I notice I have a death date for Hugh in 1911, although that probably came from another tree and the only Hugh McCaw dying in Lanarkshire in scotlandspeople is 1914. Hope the 1911 census will give you more info
Alex

[alexmills]

Re Hugh McCaw sr, I see I have the wrong parents. Father was William on Marriage.
Alex

[sss65]

Hi there thanks for that, I know what happened to Hugh once he was in Glasgow- he married three times had twins Letitia and Sarah with his first wife Agnes Paterson ( Sarah was my grandmother), then had James with his second wife Agnes Mills, then married Jean Grant and went to Canada with her and James and died not long after he arrived in 1911 before he was able to send for the girls.

I also know about Robert and think I have a photo of him - he drowned in  a canal in Glasgow.

[elsagh]

My Grand mother was Letitia McDowall nee Mc Caw, she had 9 brothers and no sisters, they were from Rasharkin, and came to Glasgow to live.She married William Mc Dowall and had 6 children, my mother Elizabeth being one of them. Her brothers names were, Daniel, William, Thomas, Hugh, Robert, Alex, Joe and Jim.....I am looking for any information on her Mother Catherine Mc Caugheran. A very interesting family....Regards Elsa

[sss65]

Robert Mccaw your great grandfather- letitia's father was the brother of my great grandfather Hugh Mccaw who died in Canada in 1911. So we must be 4th cousins I think?