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Macken/Rea and child emigration to Argentina and USA

WestmeathDysart (Westmeath)

I am researching my great grandmother Mary Macken (or Mackin), who was born in Ballynacargy about 1865. Her parents were William Macken (or Mackin) and Margaret Rea (or Wray or Ray), farmers from Slane Beg township. She had six sisters Elizabeth (born 1867), Frances (1869), Margaret (1874), Bridget (1876), Martha (1881), Kathleen (1886) and four brothers Patrick (1863), James (1870), Joseph (1872) and William (1879). Bridget, William, Martha and Kathleen were born in Slane Beg, the other children in Ballynacargy.

Sometime before 1889, Mary and her sister Elizabeth were sent to Argentina. They appear to have been unaccompanied and travelled “bound to the captain”. Both sisters married, raised families and died in Argentina. It is believed that two of the other sisters (Margaret and Bridget) were similarly sent to the USA. William and Kathleen also emigrated to the USA.

Any information on the Macken/Rea family would be of great interest. I am also interested in the circumstances around the emigration of the girls (why, how, when).

barcis

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I have notified a local volunteer of your request for further information. 

Warm regards, Denise, IrelandXO

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Hi Denise

Many thanks for this. I will be really appreciative if your volunteer can provide any further information.

Regards

Adrian Barclay 

barcis

Hello... I cant help to read this post, I am from Argentina, and I have looking for Mary and Elizabeth on the church records... I have found a Maria Mackin and a Elisa Mackin in the provice of Santa Fe...

In fact I found the church marriage of Elisa Macken 22 of november of 1890 with Patricio ( Patrick) Whitty... I will try to download all the records available in FAmilySearch

 is there any email of yours to send it to you? 

 

Kind regards

 

Diana

 

 

 

Diana O'Higgins

hello... it´s me again.. I found the marrige record of maria Mcken..she married in Buenos Aires, and it seems that she went to the same city and province of her sister... here you have the marriage record

 

 

 

Regards

 

Diana

 

Diana O'Higgins

Hi Diana,

Thanks for the information.

You don't say if you have a relationship to the Macken family. If you are interested in the family, I am happy to share my research with you.

You can contact me on: barclay1312@yahoo.co.uk 

Adrian

barcis

Hello, Adrian! No, I don´t have relationship with your family, I was just readig all the posts last night, and when I saw yours, I wanted to help you, that´s all

My 4 great grandparents, came to Argentina, and I´m doing my family tree..my 4 surnames are: Higgins,Barrett,Farrell,Brennan and all of them are from Ballymahon, Ballymore, Granard,Mullingar etc...

 

If you need my help to translate or search something for you, I will do it, you just ask. We are all helping each other

 

my email is: diana.ohiggins@gmail.com 

 

 

Diana O'Higgins

Hi Diana,

Your help was really appreciated. If there is anything I can help you with in your research then please let me know.

The thing I am really struggling with is finding any immigration records for my ancestors arrival in Argentina. Do you know of or have access to any sources?

Adrian

barcis

Hi Adrian:

 

Very kind of you, I will ask you for help if I need it, given time, thank you

 

About passengers lists, and arrivals to Buenos Aires, we ourselves are strugling with that, it is not the same as in the USA, there are lots of papers losted, I don´t even know how my ancestors entered here, The most common website we used as irish settlers are this one,  I´ve looked at the lists, but I couldn´t find your ancestors

 

https://www.irlandeses.org/paxlist22.htm

 

 

Regards

 

Diana

 

 

Diana O'Higgins

Hi Adrian:

 

Very kind of you, I will ask you for help if I need it, given time, thank you

 

About passengers lists, and arrivals to Buenos Aires, we ourselves are strugling with that, it is not the same as in the USA, there are lots of papers losted, I don´t even know how my ancestors entered here, The most common website we used as irish settlers are this one,  I´ve looked at the lists, but I couldn´t find your ancestors

 

https://www.irlandeses.org/paxlist22.htm

 

 

Regards

 

Diana

 

 

Diana O'Higgins

Information discovered to date:

William Mackin (Macken)

(b)orn 1837

(d)ied 1891 Johnstown

(m)arried 1861 Sonna & Ballynacargy Parish to

Margaret Ray (Rea, Wray)

b 1842

d 1883 Slane Beg

Children

Patrick

baptised 1863 Sonna & Ballynacargy Parish

Mary

b 1865 Slane Beg

emigrated to Argentina 1880's

m 1889 William Barclay Buenos Aires Argentina

d 1935 Rosario Argentina

Elizabeth

b 1867 Slane Beg

emigrated to Argentina 1880's

m 1890 Patrick J Whitty Rosario Argentina

d 1935 Rosario Argentina

Frances

b 1869 Slane Beg

James

b 1870 Slane Beg

Joseph

b 1872 Slane Beg

Margaret

b 1874 Slane Beg

emigrated 1893 to USA

m 1896 Frank J Meyer New York USA

d 1944 New York USA

Bridget (a.k.a. Delia)

b 1876 Slane Beg

emigrated 1893 to USA

m 1906 Patrick Healy New York USA

William

b 1879 Slane Beg

emigrated ? to USA

m 1910 Margaret Ryan New York USA

Martha

b 1881 Slane Beg

Catherine (a.k.a Kathleen)

b 1883 Slane Beg

emigrated 1911 to USA

m 1912 Martin J Hopkins New York USA

Any further information would be of interest.

barcis

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