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Looking for Information on Ancestors - John Phillips and Ann McLaughlin Phillips

LeitrimMohill (Leitrim)

Hello! I started researching my family ancestry a few months ago and have discovered my great great grandparents are from Mohill, Leitrim. My great great grandfather was John Phillips, born 11-10-1828 and my great great grandmother was Ann McLaughlin Phillips, born 1-6-1847. They were both from Mohill. They emigrated to the United States at some point and passed away in Wild Rose, Wisconsin. They had seven children (Jennie, Abraham, Eliza, Ella, Robert, Bertha, and Mary) but I am unsure if any of the children were born in Ireland or after they emigrated to the United States. I'm hoping someone could help me find out more information about them? I am visiting Ireland for the first time with my family in April and would greatly enjoy visiting Mohill and learning more about my ancestors and their hometown. Thank you.

junelunrein

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JPU:

If you have not done so already, could you fill out this form regarding your April trip?  https://www.irelandxo.com/meet-and-greet

RC records for Mohill parish start in 1836  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0175  which would mean that a baptismal record for John would not be available if he was from that parish.

I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and the free site irishgenealogy.ie and did not locate the marriage record. I looked for Anne McLaughlin baptismal records in Mohill and the only lead was a January 13 1839 record for an Anne McLaughlin with father James and mother Catherine Linaghan.

Is it possible that they emigrated separately and married in America?

Have you tested your DNA? You may get matches on this line and get additional info on your family.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

JPU:

I don't know if you have access to Ancestry but I found the 1900 census record for John and Anne. They emigrated separately. John came over in 1849 and Anne in 1859 presumably with her parents. She listed her year of birth as 1847. They indicated married 36 years which would mean around 1864.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Griffith's Valuation of Leitrim in 1856 has the following John Phillips:

 

               Griffith  Phillips  John       Calloughs            Carrigallen          Co. Leitrim

glanvil3@aol.com

The tithe applotment books list two Phillips in Leitrim:

Surname Forename Townland/Street Parish County Year
Philips Willm Gulladuff Carrigallen Leitrim 1834
Philips George Drumhalry Carrigallen Leitrim 1834

 

glanvil3@aol.com

Hi Roger,

 

Thanks for your quick response. Yes, I filled out the Meet and Greet link - it's so kind of you folks to offer to welcome visitors!

I am very new to genealogy research so all the information you provided was extremely helpful. It hadn't occurred to me that they may have emigrated separately and married here! I signed up on Ancestry and am working on constructing the pieces of the family tree that I know. I found the 1900 census you mentioned so that is helpful to trace the years they emigrated. I will try out the other sites you listed as well and see what turns up. Thank you so much!   

junelunrein

Thank you both for your research and time. I've spent the evening digging through the Ancestry website and have discovered the parents of Ann McLaughlin Phillips. Her father's name was Patrick McLaughlin (3-28-1810 to 5-19-1890) and her mother was Anne A. Murphy (10-1808 to 2-27-1885). According to the 1900 U.S. Census that Roger mentions, they emigrated to the U.S. with their daughter, Ann, in 1859. I haven't been able to find any ship logs showing their arrival in the U.S. yet though. 

Would it be possible to locate any additional information in Ireland about my ancestors using Ann's parents' information? They appear to both be from Mohill as well. Thanks again :)

junelunrein

I've located one more piece of information. Anne Murphy's parents were John Murphy I from Kildare, Ireland, (B. 1786), and her mother, only listed as Mrs John Murphy I, born in 1790, also from Ireland. They both passed away in Camillus, New York, USA.

junelunrein

JPU:

On Roots Ireland, I located six children of Patrick MacLaughlan and Anne Murphy in Mohill RC parish: Bridget 1838 Ellen 1840 James 1842 John 1844 Mary 1849 Patrick 1851. I did not locate a Catherine. It is possible that she was baptized between John and Mary but the baptism did not make it to the register (sometimes priests forgot to add the record after a baptism). The other possibility is that the record is illegible and the Roots transcribers could not transcribe. I would manually check the register.

I did not locate the marriage record.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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