Looking for Samuel McKean b. abt 1788 Co.Donegal marrying a Sarah McKnight
having 2 sons, Samuel abt 1807 and William abt 1815...
Father Samuel McKean died in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 4 Jul 1877
Son Samuel died Sept 1861 in Butler Co.,Pennsylvania
Son William lived in Philadelphia and not sure where/when he died
I had a look for the McKean - McKnight marriage and baptisms on www.rootsireland.ie/, findmypast.ie/ and Family Search but had no luck I'm afraid.
Donegal records are not in any of the early Irish Censuses (1821, 31 or 41); the earliest is 1851 & I assume they were in the states by then.
Do you happen to know whether they were R C, Presbyterean or C of I?
Col
Thank you for above info.....if I may ask another question...
we have a James Birney (b.abt-1811) his brother, Charles born abt 1810 and a sister Mary
born abt 1820ish in county Donegal and place of birth on one, is Ramelton.
Looked up Ramelton, only found ramelton.net site..are they completely on their own?
Looked to possible be parish Tullyaughnism? Not sure..probably Presbyterian, guessing though....
Also noticed you saying above
Donegal records are not in any of the early Irish Censuses (1821, 31 or 41); the earliest is 1851 & I assume they were in the states by then.
If this is so, where can we find the births? JamesBirney married Jane Elliott b.abt 1820 in Ireland . They migrated to America about 1845 to Phildelphia,Pennsylvania
then to Iowa,Scott county as a farmer/children...James died in 1881 in Iowa
Any help/guidance you can give me will be greatly apreciated. thank you Lois Butler
No good news I’m afraid.
There are no birth / baptism records on rootsireland for James or Mary.
There is one for Charles but there are no records of any siblings for him.
No Birney - Elliot marriage records in any county.
Name:Charles BirneyDate of Birth: Date of Baptism:23-Nov-1825Address:M. CharlesParish/District:INVERGender: MaleCountyCo. DonegalDenomination:Church Of IrelandFather:Charles BirneyMother:Mary Occupation:Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Charles Birney
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Given
All searches done with surname variants enabled
The National Library R C registers (free online) have Ramelton records starting in 1873 & none for Tullyaughnish
The Representative Church Body Library in Dublin has C of I Tullyaughnish BMD records from 1798 but they don’t do lookups
Col