Edward Martin - Susan Sweeny family

Clondavaddog volunteer alerted .

Hi mroddyn3 and welcome to Ireland Reaching Out.
Thank you for submitting the query regarding Martin families from Fanad (in the Parish of Clondavaddog),

I will have a look to see what family information I can find out for you and get back to you soon as I can.
Kindest Regards

Seamus Callaghan
IRO Parish Liaison for Clondavaddog, Co Donegal.

(P.S, Thank you, Roger McDonnell (Castlemore Roscommon) for alerting me of this query.)

Hi mroddyn3. I have been checking out all available newspapers from about that time and unfortunately I was unable to find an obituaries for Susan martin or any of her children such as Patrick or Mary. I do know that in the US obituaries and notation in parish registers would be common place, however this would rarely be the case here in Donegal in the 1800s. I also have heard that sometimes church registers do marginal notations for marriages occurring elsewhere but it is something have yet to see in the Parish registers for Clonadavaddog.  

1847-1870 Clondavaddog - Ancestry.co.uk   Massmount Register 1847- Start Page 

1847-1870 Clondavaddog - Familysearch.com   Massmount Register 1847- Start Page 

1847-1870 Clonadavaddog - registers.nli.ie/parishes 

The martin family that you are enquiring about has come up on as few family trees. In particular Patrick and Mary Martin's family. I even have Patrick in my own family tree due to him being married to Cannon . 

I know the owners of these family trees, and just like myself they have had thier DNA done with Ancestry. If it is a case where you have also had you DNA done with ancestry, there is a good chance that connection will show up for that family or to at least other some families in Fanad (Parish of Clonadavaddog)  

Seamus 

Hi Mary, these are my Great Grandparents and my Grand Uncles and Aunts.. Patrick Martin  was my Grandfather and He married Mary Cannon , my Grandmother. My cousin still owns the Martin House.  My Father Edward born 1904 came to USA in 1924, he always thought he was the first Martin to come here. Maybe he was wrong.

Hannah could be Annie as you said and also Johanna. I am going to see if Roddy comes up as a match on Ancestry.  Now I now I have ties to Powers but I only know from my Ryan and Kelly side from Offaly.  Any children of Annie Powers if related would be cousins of mine.

As far as I knew my Father was the first Martin to come over but going to see what I find. You can write me at mayofireland@yahoo.com, Mary Martin

Mary Roddy. I looked on the 1851 census for the Martins. and found this. You see Maryanne was trying to claim she was born before 1854 but theyy could not prove it so she did not get the pension when she applied. Notice Hannah's name is Annie, so you might be on the right tract. My GED no. is A960797 . Did you take the DNA test?.

Mary.

Household MembersAgeMary Ann Martin
Edward Martin
Susan Sweeney
Mary Ann Martin
John Martin
Edward Martin
Patrick Martin
Annie Martin1Daniel Martin
Dennis Martin
Susannah Martin

Hi Mary,

Thank you for taking the time to reply.  My oldest brother is a great-grandson of Annie (Martin) Powers.  Annie is the one I thought might be the daughter of Edward Martin and Susan Sweeny. If Edward and Susan were Annie's parents, you would be my brother's 2nd cousin once removed. But I compared your kit with my brother's and you only share 1 segment of 9.3 cM on chromosome 2.  That is way too little for the proposed relationship, so I guess it's back to the drawing board for me to try to find Annie Martin Power's parents.

Thanks for your time,

Mary

MRoddy

Yes I tried to find some connection but no luck finding anything about my Hannah coming to USA.  I will tell you this if you know when Annie arrived in USA most like to New York port of call for most irish ship.  You might look on the second pg. of the record and find one of her parents listed, showing their home town in Ireland. Now when my Martins came from Donegal the port they left from was Londonderry.

Good Luck

Mary