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Margaret Shannon Family

looking  for where Margaret Shannon and her family born and from in Ireland? Maybe Scottish-Ireland?

Migrated to Philadelphia,Pennsylvania in Aug 1839

Margaret died in 1851 there.

lois223b@yahoo.com

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Looks like you have Donegal ancestry, Umckain!  

Margaret Shannon and her husband Hugh’s five children were baptized in the Church of Ireland  in Donegal (this from the paid site RootsIreland):

 

Church Baptism          Shannon         Patrick 1818    Co. Donegal   

            Church Baptism          Shannon         Hugh   1821    Co. Donegal   

            Church Baptism          Shannon         Rachael           1823    Co. Donegal   

            Church Baptism          Shanan            Catherine        1826    Co. Donegal   

            Church Baptism          Shannon         Margaret         1828    Co. Donegal

 

The family lived in the townland of Tawny.

 

Here's the baptismal record for Patrick...

Name: Patrick Shannon        

 Date of Baptism:       28-Nov-1818

Address:          Tawny

Parish/District:           KILMACRENAN

Gender:           Male   

County            Co. Donegal

Denomination:           Church Of Ireland

Father:            Hugh Shannon          

Mother:          Margaret

 

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THANK YOU  Patricia!  How can I verify Patricks birth and his Dad's(Hugh) name/birth/marriage to Margaret?? Lois

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