McGuire in Wilmington Delaware
James McGuire 1783 married Catherine McDermot and had Francis, Alice, Catherine, James, Anne and John in Ireland. About 1824 in Wilmington on the Brandywine River they had Patrick James, Jane 1828, and Charles 1831. Catherine McDermot's brother John also worked in Wilmington at the DuPont gunpowder mill. Alice McGuire married Bernard McHugh also of Fermanagh and a mill worker. Francis McGuire married Ellen from Cork, Ireland. The McGuires, McDermots and McHugh's moved to New Derry Pennsylvania in 1839. There they became farmers. Patrick James McGuire married Catherine M. McGinley of Donegal in 1874 and had Mary Elizabeth, Jane, James, John, Catherine and Patrick. Mary Elizabeth (Molly) married Bernard O'Hara had nine girls and five boys. One of the girls, my Grandmother, was Jennie Elizabeth O'Hara. She married William G. Jones of Lonaconing, Maryland. They resided in Turtle Creek, PA. I have attached 2 documents which have led me to Derryvullen. These are records from E.I. Dupont Co. of which the letter shows where to locate the 5 passengers. Written at the bottom of the page is Drumman, Irvinestown, Drummonaghan, Fermanagh. The passage list for Francis, his son Francis Jr, Ellen Shannon , Alice Ward and James Ward who are children. These were to be paid for by James McGuire. The date was 1830.
