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Owen McCann 1855

CavanBallintemple (Cavan)

Hello,

First timer on this website, I've been trying to find some information on my great-great-grand-father from the time he was born to when he landed in Quebec, Canada. He would have been born around 22nd of september 1855, Carduff-Parish, Ballingtemple, County Cavan, Ulster, Northern Ireland (Which I don't even know if it makes sense).Can't seem to find anything on Ancestry regarding his parents or even his life before he had immigrated over sea. I don't have alot of information regarding his parents... Exept on Owen's McCann wedding records... His father would have been namedJohn McCann and his mother Mary from Cavan parish. That's all I have...

Was wondering if anyone was looking into the same family line, or had information that would be really a treasure to have. My grand-father would like to have more information on his grand-father and I would like to actually give him some real and documented information on his ancestors before I am no longer able to...

I will upload the wedding record picture with this post... The wedding record is french... but you can clearly see that the name John McCann and Mary M... are listed as Owen's parents.

Thank you for your time, hoping someone can help me.

Angela Chevrier

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Angela:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Unfortunately, the RC records for Ballintemple parish start in 1862 so no baptismal record would be available for Owen and I did not see a marriage record. The spelling of the townland where they lived would be Corduff. I looked at the 1855 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing and there were seven McCann records and there was John McCann in Corr. I'm wondering if that was shorthand for Corduff https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/cavan/ballintemple.htm

Do you know if Owen had any siblings? I ask because I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland for Ballintemple records 1862 on and found a John McCann/Mary Lee couple who lived in Corduff and had the following children: Patt 1865 John 1868 Mary1871 Thomas 1873 Anne 1880 Below is a link to the birth record for John (5th record on page)

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1868/03452/2267272.pdf

Let me know if you see a possible connection.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

I do not know if Owen had any siblings... I will keep looking, keeping your research in mind.

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it !

Angela Chevrier

BONJOUR,JE SUIS A LA RECHERCHE MOI AUSSI DES PARENTS DE OWEN MCCANN NEE A CAVAN IRLANDE ENTRE 1858 ET 1860 FILS DE JOHN MCCANN ET MARIE M. 

IL S'EST MARIER AVEC ERMELINE BOUCHER A AYLMER GATINEAU QUEBEC LE MEME DOCUMENT QUI FIGURE SUR LE LIEN SI JOINT

J'AI PASSE UN TEST ADN. UNE PERSONNE D'ILANDE PETITE FILLE ANNIE MAGUIRE NÉE MCCANN MA CONTACTE. ANNIE DOIT ETRE SOEUR OU COUSINE DE OWEN 

LA MERE DE ANNIE EST MARIE LEE DE CAVAN IRLANDE 

J'AIMERAI CONTACTER ANGELA BRIGITTE MCCANN 

MERCI 

JULIE BISSON

 

juliefee15@gmail.com

Hi Angela

Four and a half years later, I hope that you get a notification of this message. I live in Cavan, Ireland and I'm a descendant of a Luke Lee whose sister Mary married a John McCann who I think was from Corduff. This marriage was probably in the early 1860s just before the civil registration records begin and also, unfortunately, just before the Ballintemple church records. This is the family that Roger referred to.

There's a big chance that John was a brother of your Owen McCann. I had the impression that John McCann in my family tree had a father that was also called John but I've checked the records and I don't have any proof. Anyway, I have lots of records about John McCann, Mary Lee and their family and I'd be happy to share them.

Best regards

Ciarán.

CiaranReilly

Bonsoir Julie

Je suis également intéressé par cette famille McCann. J'habite à Cavan, en Irlande et je suis un descendant de Luke Lee. La sœur de Luke, Mary ou Marie si vous preferez :-), a épousé un John McCann. Je pense que ce John McCann était de Corduff. Ce mariage a probablement eu lieu au début des années 1860. C'était juste avant le début des registres d'état civil. Malheureusement, c'était aussi juste avant le début des registres paroissiaux de cette paroisse qui existent encore.

Il y a de fortes chances que mon John soit un frère de votre Owen McCann. J'avais pensé que mon John McCann avait un père qui s'appelait aussi John mais je n'en suis pas sûr. Quoi qu'il en soit, j'ai beaucoup des documents sur John McCann, Mary (Marie) Lee et leur famille et je serais heureux de les partager avec vous.

Leur fille Anne (née le 19 juillet 1880) a épousé un John Maguire le 11 février 1900. Je serais très intéressé par la prise de contact avec l'un de leurs descendants.

Cordialement
Ciarán.

CiaranReilly

Bonjour Ciaran,

J'ai pris une chance quand j'ai vu votre message sur "Irland Reaching Out"  Je suis vraiment surprise d'avoir de vos nouvelles.  J'ai un contact avec une personne qui a de l'ADN en commun avec moi, qui vient d'Irlande, une de ses ancêtres est Annie McCann femme de John Maguire.  

Que diriez vous si on se contactaient directement par courriel ?

juliefee15@gmail.com

juliefee15@gmail.com
Salut Julie. C'est bon. Je vois que vous m'avez envoyé un message sur MyHeritage. 

J'y répondrai et j'enverrai également mon identifiant de messagerie.
CiaranReilly

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