Martha McCammon and family 1910

[bisjam]

Hi am looking for information about a Martha McCammon who may have emmigrated to Canada possibly Winnipeg with some of her family. They were originally from the Portglenone area of Co. Antrim Her mother was called Agnes/nancy. I know some of the family stayed in Ireland so only some may have gone. I have seen a message posted about this on another message board but have been unable to contact the person who posted it.

[rutht22000]

Hi

there is an exit out of the UK on the Empress of Britain of a Martha McCammon, aged 19, going to her father giving a destination of Winnipeg, leaving from Liverpool and arriving in Quebec on 13 May 1911.

It does say she is Irish (doesn't say where particularly) but she is sailing on her own.

Could this be her?

[bisjam]

hi there thanks that is likely her the age matches up with date of birth 1891. Is there any other information. I do Know some of the McCammons did stay in Co.Antrim. There are some of them still about I believe.

[cosmac]

Ancestry.ca has free records up until July 2nd.  You can view the shipping records and census records for yourself.
There is a marriage from the Manitoba Vital Statistics website (just google and you'll pull it up) on 25 mar 1913 at Winnipeg for Martha McCammon and Richard Johnston.  There was a census in 1916 for the prairie provinces which included Manitoba and there is a family of Richard and Martha Johnston in Winnipeg with children Grace, Ezekiel and Gladys.

Debbie

[cosmac]

There is a family tree on ancestry.ca for the Johnston family complete with pictures and stories.  Martha's father died after 1922 in Kilcurry and it shows a death in 1940 for her mother Nancy Lamont, also in Kilcurry.

With free access this weekend you should be able to access the family tree and contact the tree's owner.

Debbie

[bisjam]

Thanks for that, I can't access member on tree but can view records.

[Johnston mccammon]

I beleive I am the owner of the ancestry site this post has been making reference to. I just found Rootchat and am very excited to have done so. My Grandmother was Martha McCammon and I knew her well. She married Richard Johnston ( thank you for the date of marriage as my previous hunting including on google had not revealed anything) and they lived in Winnipeg all their life. There are still relatives there. I would love to communicate with anyone looking for or having knowledge about my Grandmother as I had hit a dead end. I have some postcards sent back and forth from Ireland to Winnipeg that gave me clues as to who was moving where.
Just as a note, I dont know when Martha's dad died. I was making some assumptions but sometimes having a date there brings up some clues. I forget that others are relying on this information. I also beleive Nancy was Marthas mom but I think she may have died and a relative Agnes stepped in to help. Postcards from Agnes are signed Mother so I am looking to verify facts here. I have also hired a geneologist in Ireland and unfortunately they could not find any additional information.
My email is (*) Would love to hear from you especially if you have contacts in Ireland

Brenda

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[Johnston mccammon]

Hi

there is an exit out of the UK on the Empress of Britain of a Martha McCammon, aged 19, going to her father giving a destination of Winnipeg, leaving from Liverpool and arriving in Quebec on 13 May 1911.

It does say she is Irish (doesn't say where particularly) but she is sailing on her own.

Could this be her?

the record you quoted in for the Martha McCammon that married Richard Johnston but the picture is not of her. From Martha's granddaughter.

[cosmac]

Glad you found a family connection.  The moderators will remove your email address to prevent spamming.  Instead post one more time, hi is sufficient, and then you can contact bsjam by PM (private messaging).  The PM button is the green scoll on the left hand side of the screeen and you need 3 posts in order to use it.

Nancy and Ann seem to be interchangeable as Christian names and I've found that Agnes and Nancy also seem to be interchangeable, at least in Scotland.  Agnes/Nancy are most likely the same person.

Debbie