The Martin family

Thank you so much.Yes this is the family. We have them in the 1901/1911 Census. We are struggling to locate the church that our Grandmother Mary/May was baptised in, and also any birth information for her father William who according to his RIC records was born in Tipperary/Galway.

Thank you for your help.

Amanda

 

Hello, 

Could you tell me if there is any way I could possibly contact St. Mary's church to see if they have indeed got any records to confirm that my grandmother Mary Martin was baptised there. Born: 04/02/1899, Baptised: 09/07/1899. I am only guessing that this is the church as the baptism record we have for her just states 'Streete' Co. Westmeath and we know the family to be COI. The family were living in Lisryan Co. Longford as William Martin her father was in Constable in the RIC at the time of Baptism, but we understand Mary to have been born in Abbeyshrule. Is this likely to be the church they would have had her baptised in? 

As mentioned in last post, Myself, sister and mother (Mary Martins youngest daughter) are coming over to Ireland on the 15th March to visit some of the places that we have managed to trace the Martins from. To go to the church where her mother was baptised would be wonderful for her. I would appreciate any help or guidance you could give.

Many thanks

Amanda Daniels

 

Hello Amanda

My direct ancestors (including my late father) were all born in Lisryan in the Parish of Streete and attended St Marys. Many are buried there but the graves are unmarked.

My G Grandfather Alexander married Isabella Martin, I have not got the date yet, but probably on or before 1857.

His brother George Armstrong married Isabella's sister on 28 March 1853.

Two brothers married two sisters. The sister’s father's name was James Martin

George and Jane Martin had a daughter who emigrated to the USA and lived in the New York district.  However as far as I can find out that line as died out.

If the Martins in my family connect with yours, we may well be 4th or 5th cousins or some variation of that.

With Kind regards 

Robert

 

Coming to this discussion very late, sorry--haven't signed on in awhile.  My great-great grandfather, William Coleston of Street, b.1819 came to Brooklyn, NY with his wife, my great-great grandmother, Anne Harris  b. 1820, and their children in 1851.The family lived in Coolamber, Streete, on the border of Counties Longford and Westmeath.They atended St. Mary's Episcopal Church on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill Brooklyn.  My grandmother was baptised there.  Perhaps my family (and yours) knew some one who had already emigrated to Clinton Hill, as was the case for many emigrants. "There is evidence that those from the same area in Ireland concetrated in the same city neighborhood.  Many would cluster together; owing to the legacy of the clan system." (The Irish in Philadelphia by Dennis Clark)  Maybe our families had contact back then.  Well, just a thought.