McEntee family of Enniskeen/ Kings court

Hi Barbara,

I guess you are looking for living relatives.  

By your research Patrick Joseph was born in Dublin in 1830 and the family then came to Kingscourt & got married in 1833 and then they emigrated and got married again in America in 1857.  Did all the family emigrate to America?  Where were the other Irish childen born, Kingscourt or Dublin?  It is difficult to find records in Ireland pre 1864 though using various substitutes including church records on rootsireland.ie (subscription site) it can be done and your US records are a great way to do this.  Do you have a name of where they lived in Kingscourt?  If you are able to widen the family tree and relate to those who may have stayed in Ireland it would be easier to make the connections.  They can be tracked using irishgenealogy.ie & all the records on https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie  

Kingscourt is a town in the east of Co. Cavan, it is very close to Co. Monaghan and Co. Meath which means that family members can be in adjoining townlands in the neighbouring counties.   If you want to share any other information with me, I will see can I help you take it a bit further.  

You could write to the editor of the Anglo Celt  linda@anglocelt.ie and give them as much details as possible, there is no guarantee that they will publish it but they love a good story and if you have photos all the better, you may reach a wider local audience.  

I wish I could help you more.  

Regards Carmel

Hello Carmel,
Thank you for your reply. I greatly appreciate your response to my previous post .

Since my post written the 18/03/2020 concerning the McEntee family of Kingscourt, I've re-examined my information .Though the initial information concerning Patrick McEntee and Eana Hand is viable, I had a doubt concerning their connection with my great-great grandfather, Patrick Joseph McEntee.
I started to doubt a connection to my family pedigree. I eventually deleted Patrick McEntee and Eana Hand from my pedigree. Why?

My ancestor, named Patrick Joseph McEntee ( June 15th,1830,Dublin-15th,Nov,1916,Philadelphia,PA,USA), was cited as the son of Patrick McEntee and Eana Hand on a family pedigree found on ancestry.com. I wrote to the owner of the tree to ask what source confirmed the link between the two generations of Patrick McEntees. I never received an answer. After a hasty response from the daughter of the pedgree saying that "she would ask her mother", I decided in the end , it would be wiser for me to leave out a generation. The owner of this family tree may have used DNA testing to reach this conclusion.

If I could furnish some useful information to someone, all the better. It is also interesting for County Cavan genealogists to learn about this link to their County to Covington, Kentucky.

To conclude, It's a good lesson to always check one's sources ( if available) and to thread lightly.

Regards,
Barbara Carroll

I am interested in the McEntee and Smith families of the area around the townland of CORNAMA (Cornamaugh) in the parish of Enniskeen, County Cavan in the 1800-1825 period.  My Dad's mother's maternal grandparents (see my GEDCOM on FTDNA, GENI, and GEDMATCH) included a James McEntee and his wife a Margaret Smyth (or Smith).  I imagine they died in County Cavan, Ireland. My Dad's mother's mother Anne, was born in 1828 and died in Ireland in 1887.  I suspect this is the James McEntee shown as a lessee in Cornama from the Pratt family in the 1828 Tithe Applotment Book.  This James McEntee and wife had at least two girls ( Mary and Anne) discussed below and likely a son James McEntee (1834-1915) who died in Ireland, and perhaps other sons Thomas and Cormac McEntee believed to have emigrated to America.  I metnioned  the two girls, Anne (1828-1887) and Mary (1827-1897).   

My Dad's grandmother ANNE McEntee (1828-1887) married in 1847 to a man of the same SURNAME, an Andrew McENTEE (1825-1901).  They lived and died in County Cavan.  Dad's Mother (my grandmother) emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland to live with an aunt in Wheeling, WV in 1890. My grandmother's older sister, Mrs. Mary McEntee McGovern (1852-1933) had did the same (to live with the same aunt) 15 years earlier.  She married a Thomas McGovern (1841-1902) of McConnellsville, Ohio.  

The first three children of Anne McEntee (1828-1887) died as infants.  I think the husband, Andrew McEntee's (1825-1901), father was a Patrick McEntee.  Two of the three infants that died young (between 1847 and 1852) had given names of Patrick and a third who died young named James.  The couple had numerous other childen including a later  -- younger son James who survived.  I do not know if your Patrick McEntee (1804-1871) could be related to my Andrew McEntee (1825-1901).  I do know that most of the surviving children of my Andrew McEntee (1825-1901) and Anne McEntee (1828-1887), his wife -- EMIGRATED to America.  Their first stop was usually with Anne's older sister Mary (1827-1897) who emigrated and married at Steubenville, Ohio to Thomas Muldoon ( 1827-1888) in 1851.  By 1860, the Muldoons were residing in Wheeling, West Virginia.  Thomas Muldoon had a gravestone business.  Again, about 11 of the childen of Andrew (1825-1901) and Anne McEntee (1828-1887) initially resided with the Muldoons upon arrival in America.  That included a younger child, my grandmother, Mrs. Ellen McEntee McCormick (1874-1942) who arrived in the USA in 1890.    

Hello David,

Thank you for your reply. I haven't researched the MCENTEE line since my last message.I'm going to have to look at this line seriously. I do not want to jump to conclusions until I find more documented information. the only starting point that I have to research my gr-gr-grandad, Patrick MC ENTEE is the following info: 15/6/1830, Dublin - 15/11/1916 Philadelphia, PA).  Patrick McEntee was the husband of Agnes HAINES.

Best of luck in your research !

Sincerely,

Barbara CARROLL

Thank you for your reply.  I cannot say that your Patrick Joseph McEntee (1804-1871) is a lineal of my Andrew McEntee (1825-1901) who died in Cavan.  It is a possiblity, but he might have been and older brother, he might have been an uncle or the like. It seems likely the surname Patrick was popular on Andrew's side of the family.  Two of Andrew's first 4 children had the given name Patrick (neither survived infancy).  James McEntee was the father Andrew's wife Anne (1828-1887).  James was a surviving early child (whom by family tradition, I know was treated harshly by his father). 

I could send you 30 pages of material (WORD FILE) on my McEntee and others in Cavan gathered over the years.  It includes the 14 children of my Andrew (1825-1901) and Anne McEntee (1828-1887).  It also includes some on siblings of ANNE (1828-1887) including Mrs. Mary (McEntee) Muldoon (1827-1897 of Cavan and after 1850 Wheeling WV and brothers Cormac, Thomas and James.  My email address is david.a.mccormick@gmail.com .  I will send along the 30 page e-mail attachment if I know where to send it.  I am on FAMILY FINDER FTDNA, GENI and GEDMATCH with GEDCOMS (trees) open at all sites.  My GEDMATCH kit number is T365845 if your looking  for DNA matches.  Thanks again fort the response. ht  na  

B Carroll:  It has been two years since we last communicated.  I wondered if you has made further discoveries regarding your McEntee of Enniskeen in County Cavan.  As I am doubly related to the tribe I am interested in what can be found.  To refresh your memory I concede cannot say that your Patrick Joseph McEntee (1804-1871) is a lineal of my Andrew McEntee (1825-1901) who died in Cavan.  Surely a DNA test would indicate if your Patrick Joseph mcEntee (1830-1916)  was kin to my Andrew McEntee (1825-1901).  It is a possiblity, but he might have been and older brother, he might have been an uncle or the like.

The surnames Hand, Smith, Murphy, McCabe, Lynch, Farrelly, Reilly, Carolan Smyth, and Muldoon as well as McEntee are common in Enniskeen parish records of the 1840s.   It seems likely the surname Patrick was popular on MY Andrew's side of the family.  Two of Andrew's first 4 children had the given name Patrick (neither survived infancy).  A James McEntee was the father Andrew's wife Anne (1828-1887).  Here Mother was a Maragret Smyth (maybe Smith).

An older son, James McEntee (buried in Ohio County, near Wheeling, West Virginia)  was a surviving early child of Andrew (1825-1901) and Anne (1828-1887), whom by family tradition, I know was treated harshly by his father.  I suspect he was named for Andrew's Father-n Law.  My grandmother, Ellen (McEntee) McCormick (1874-1942) was one of the youngest of 14 children.  Like many of her siblings, Ellen emigrated.  Ellen emigrated in 1890 from Cornamaugh, County Cavan (via Liverpool) to America.  In NOV 1900 she married my grandfather, Hugh A. McCormick (1875-1957) who was born and died in Pennsylvania.  Both are buried with many of their kin at St. Mary's Cemetery near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA. 

 I could send you 30 pages of material (WORD FILE) on my McEntee and others in Cavan gathered over the years.  It includes the 14 children of my Andrew (1825-1901) and hsi wife  Anne (McEntee) McEntee (1828-1887).  It also includes some on siblings of ANNE (1828-1887) including an older sister, Mrs. Mary (McEntee) Muldoon (1827-1897 of Cavan who emigrated about 1850 initially to Stueubenville Ohio.  After 1850 Wheeling WV and brothers (of Anne 1828-1887) Cormac, Thomas and John emigrated. A younger brother of  Anne (1828-1887) named James McEntee (1834-1915) remained in Ireland.  He was married twice (first wife died in 1903).  My direct email address is david.a.mccormick@gmail.com .  I will send along the 30 page e-mail attachment if I know where to send it.  I am on FAMILY FINDER FTDNA, and GENI and GEDMATCH with GEDCOMS (trees) open at ALL these sites.  Because GENI is no longer free I cannot update that one.  My GEDMATCH kit number is T365845 if your looking for DNA matches.    Thanks again in advance for any response.

Hello David,
I thank you very much for your response. I unfortunately haven't done any further research on my McEntee line. At the time when I posted my query, I had a subscription to Ancestry. This is no longer the case. I'm not currently doing Genealogy.

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me and other genealogists!

Very sincerely,

Barbara Carroll

Very sincerely,

Hello David and Barbara

Greetings from Australia. My name is Karen Coatsworth and my ancestor Cormick McEntee and Rose nee Farrelly migrated to Uk Leeds around but prior to 1861. Cormick's parents were John McEntee 1791 and Mary Brady. Mary had also gone with the family to UK, I am unsure about John. John's parents were William McEntee 1770 and Elizabeth Cassidy. 

David-I had done a search on Gedmatch to see if our dna's were a match, unfortunately not. My kit # HQ9050973. I am however keen to share information.

There are a number of Patricks in our family and I remember seeing an Andrew McEntee who was a sponsor or witness to a wedding or baptism. I shall try to find this document again.

I hope to hear from you soon

Karen.

Hello Karen,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I never cease to be amazed by the distances ancestors traveled to their new homelands around the world.

Thank you very much for the information on Cormick McEntee and Rose Farrelly.
I'm currently have a lack of viable information concerning my Patrick McEntee and his wife, Anges Haines.

If I could do DNA testing I probably would have already done so. I live in France. France prohits this type of testing. Along with Poland, these are the only two countries in Europe that don't allow DNA testing.
That's why Ireland xo is so valuable. I'm in contact with Irish from around the world and perhaps one day, I'll find the right information.

Thank you once more for your reply. A very Merry Christmas to you and your kin.

Very sincerely,