Hi i am looking for my ancestors. My grandmother margaret shovlin was born in ardara donegal. She was born to catharine and hugh shovlin. I know my gran had a few siblings the names i know where william, annie and maybe maria? I believe catherine and hugh my great grandparents lost one or 2 children to drowning. I believe they stayed at a farm. I would be grateful if anyone has any information. Kind regards.
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
Do you have an approximate year of birth for Margaret? I searched on Roots Ireland and did not find any Margaret Shovlin records (plus variant surnames) with a father Hugh. Also did not find any Shovelin baptismal records where the parents were Hugh and Catherine.
If Margaret was born pre-1864, it may be difficult to find a record.
Roger McDonnell
Hi,
I have come across this post while looking into my family history. I realise it was posted back in 2018 and so the original poster may no longer receive notifications on this but, Margaret Shovlin was my great Auntie.
I have done a little bit of work on the family tree.
Margaret's Mother was Catherine McCullagh, Father was Hugh Shovlin and they were married in Killygordon, Stranolar in 1929.
At some point the name changed from Shovelin to Shovlin.
The family is spread over Ireland and also Scotland that I know of :)
If you happen to see this, I have some more information on the family tree that I think I have managed to piece together, going back to my great great great grandparents (Although it is a bit of a mine field so I may have taken a wrong turn haha)
Lou
Hi good afternoon,
Thank you soo much for getting back to me. I haven't been on this in a long while.
I never thought I would have heard from anyone.
So my gran Margaret was your great aunt!
Very small world. My gran Margaret has a daughter Margaret whom I'd my mother.
I know my gran had a sister called Annie whom sadly passed away a couple of years ago. I keep in contact with Annie's daughter Mary McGovern.
My Gran also had a brother called William whom had also sadly passed away.
I know my Gran left Ireland at a young age and settled and married in Scotland and her married name changed to McMenemy.
Hope you see this message.
Kind regards
Lucia Buchanan