Thank you Len, and Ron. I'm sure they'll all be related, but HOW is my problem (and that of most genealogists!) I have the baptism of Michael McQuade on 21 January 1787, sponsors Michael ? and Catherine Kelly. But is this the Michael who married Isabella Crossy on 14 February 1820 at Clonfeacle. 'My' Michael and Elizth/Isabella Crossy, of Clontyclae, were the parents of Mary Ann baptised 22 August 1824, and of Sarah bapt 1821, and Michael bapt 1826. My information is from the Parish registers (via FindmyPast), and, as Len says, not easy to read.
Mary Ann married John Clark in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland on 7 January 1844. There are McQuades in various Censuses in Angus but, again, I can't find the connection. Mary Ann was baptised a Roman Catholic but married into a staunchly Protestant family. On her Death certificate in 1894, her son stated that Mary Ann's father was John McLean, Crofter, deceased, and her mother Mary McLean, maiden surname McLean. So did he change the name to something more acceptable? Did Mary Ann never talk about her background? Thank you both for taking the time to respond to my email. Len, I don't remember the Clonfeacle tithe applotment books - have I missed them? As you said, maybe some ancestors just don't want to be fund. Dorothy From: CoTyroneList <cotyronelist-boun...@cotyroneireland.com> On Behalf Of Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2019 12:14 AM To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com Cc: Ron McCoy <ron.mc...@outlook.com> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] McQuaid/McQuaide Hi Dorothy This is likely no help to you but on the of chance I though I would include it. There are two McQuaid names in the hundred regiment of Foot both named Mike one from Anghhlan and one from Kilskerry. One a school master and one a Labourer. They joined the regiment in 1812 and 1816 interestingly their names were spelled McQuaid and McQuaide I suspect to keep them separate. The Labourer Mike McQuaid was part of an immigration pattern to Goulbourn and took a land grant in Ontario and the other Mike likely returned to Tyrone. If this is of no relation of yours possibly it might help someone else? Cheers Ron McCoy On 2019-06-03 7:48 a.m., Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: Hello Dorothy, Thanks for your message and am saddened that nothing has turned up re. your McQuaids; some forebears just don't want to be found. Assuming that the McQuaids and Crosseys were Catholic, I referred to the online RC registers for Clonfeacle https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0199 and found the occasional McQuaid/ McQuade/McWade entry, but with the greatest difficulty - the quality of filming is poor, many entries impossible to read and townlands are not recorded in the baptismal registers. Your forebears may be there, but who would know. There are several McQuaids and Crosseys recorded in the 1833 Clonfeacle tithe applotment book; perhaps you connected them to your research or gathered data relevant to them for future use? Best wishes, Len S
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