Looking for connections to the Shannon family of Derrybeg and Coleraine.
They originally came from Scotland, possibly Kintyre or Galway areas.
The family moved to the Gumeracha part of South Australia via Mauritous aboard the "John Pirie".
Connected families are Hopkins, Mahood, Moody, Wilson, Reid, Haslett.
Cheers
John Gilbert
Dear John
Do you have any first names or dates to help us along?
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Hello Clare,
William [K] Cochrane Shannon was born circa 1792 Derrybeg, died 1866 Stockwell South Australia.
He married for the first time to Jane Hopkins in Londonderry in 1818 and for the second time to Mary S Moore in 1839 Londonderry. Jane died in 1836 in Lurgantea.
William is said to have three siblings -
Samuel Shannon bc 1770 Derrybeg, Elizabeth Ann Shannon bc 1788 County Donegal and John Shannon bc 1779 Derrybeg.
It is possible that their father was James Shannon bc 1850 Keenaught District Drumachose who probably married a lady by the name of Cochrane.
Cheers
John Gilbert
Dear John
Sorry for the delay in getting abck to you.
The townland of Derrybeg occurs in two civil parishes in Co. Donegal; Gartan and Tullaghobegly. The earliest Church of Ireland (I am assuming he was Church of Ireland given the names) records for Gartan begin in 1881 for baptisms and 1815 for marriages. For Tullaghhobegley records begin in 1848 for baptisms and 1845 for marriages. Any baptism or marriage event in that parish before this time will not be recorded. As civil registration doesn?t begin in Ireland until 1864, we are dependent on parish records prior to this.
Given that this gap exists, it would be difficult to progress using the conventional parish records. However I did see a Samuel Shannon listed on the Flax Growers for Ulster 1796:
http://www.failteromhat.com/post1796.php
You may have to use sources like this to link (or try to link) people together and this may (for the time being) feel like just an information gathering exercise, but at some point in the future new sources will come online and hopefully provide the answers. Patience unfortunately is key at this point and the ability to seek out other sources. The link below may help with that:
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Northern-Ireland-genealogy.html
If you do learn anything new please let us know
Best wishes
Clare
Genealogy Support
Dear John, almost 10 years later and I’ve just read your message. I am also looking for info on William Shannon. Where did you find he married Jane Hopkins? I’m under the impression it was Catherine Wallace. Do you know where to find the marriage record? Also the death record of Jane in 1836 is of interesse to me.
Hope to hear from you,
Kiki