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December 1998
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Date: - Wednesday, December
30, 1998 at 20:49:58 (PST) -----------------------------------------
I have some information regarding Mary Anne McDermott who died in Sydney
17.7.1898 aged 43 years. She was the wife of Dennis McDermott of Newtown
Sydney. If it is of any use to anyone I would be pleased to forward it.
Date: - Tuesday, December
29, 1998 at 08:40:54 (PST) -----------------------------------------
If your surname research centers on Kilglass parish, Co. Roscommon a new
'mail list' is now working hard to help you. To subscribe send an e-mail
to the following address with only the word 'subscribe' in the body and e-mail
subject line. irl-Ballykilcline-l-request@rootsweb.com
As more US sites are adding a fee for information, the mailing lists may
become the only 'free' data on the net. Of course, this wonderful Home page
for all MacDermot's remains a stronghold! How about more postings here of
Family trees and 'found' McDermott surname information?
Date: - Saturday, December
26, 1998 at 13:58:39 (PST) -----------------------------------------
If there is anyone who knows a Michael Patrick McDermott, a graduate of Notre
Dame University in South Bend, Indiana in the 1950's last residing in Carmel,
California. Would you please respond to this EMail address of deniski@ulink.net.
Carolyn Fink-Porter would like to know his whereabouts and possibly get in
touch. Thanks.
Date: - Thursday, December
24, 1998 at 10:20:18 (PST) -----------------------------------------
If you think part of the early McDermotts were in the US western state of
CA for the gold rush, you may find them at this searchable site
http://www.feefhs.org/fbvca/fbvca-tb.html I just found 2 pages of McDermotts,
with ages, who voted. Check it out.
Date: - Tuesday, December
22, 1998 at 17:43:50 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Of the many great and ancient Gaelic families, only a handful have chiefs
recognized by the Chief Herald of Ireland. Of this select group, two belong
to this family, namely, "The MacDermot" who is chief of the name and "The
MacDermot Roe" who is chief of the sept which was the principal junior branch
of the MacDermots.
"The MacDermot" is, of course, Niall. However, the title of "The MacDermot
Roe" has been dormant since 1917 when Ffrench Fitzgerald, the last person
officially recognized as "The MacDermot Roe", died without a successor.
It would be wonderful to reinstate the title of "MacDermot Roe" after this
81 years of dormancy. In order to do so, it will be necessary to update the
family tree and determine who is the best qualified genealogically to apply
to the Chief Herald for the title.
In this regard, I would very much appreciate receiving family histories from
persons who are or think they may be MacDermot Roe descendants. Please summarize
your MacDermot Roe ancestry as far as you know it including dates. Each ancestry
will be compared to the available family records and research.
Since the appellation "Roe" was sometimes dropped, especially in the course
of immigration to America, the lack of a "Roe" at the end of the name does
not necessarily mean you are not a MacDermot Roe. Please note that we believe
that the following younger brothers of the last MacDermot Roe immigrated
to America in the late 1800's: Fitzgerald (born 1850), William Andrew (born
1852), Edward Charles (born 1853).
"The MacDermot" is aware of and supports the effort to reinstate the title
"MacDermot Roe". Please submit your family history directly to me at my personal
e-mail address. Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged. Many thanks
for your help.
Date: - Tuesday, December
22, 1998 at 13:16:18 (PST) -----------------------------------------
The MacDermot Clan Association would like to wish all of its
members and all McDermotts around the world a very Happy
Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Boyle
next August.
Le gach dea-ghui i gcomhair na nollag agus na h-ath bhlianna.
Date: - Monday, December 21,
1998 at 07:46:58 (PST)
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In reply to: Jyl McDermott
A package tour has been organised by Frank McDermott. See his message posted
Nov 11 1998, and tour details posted Sept 22 1998.
Date: - Sunday, December 20,
1998 at 12:27:38 (PST) -----------------------------------------
BEST WISHES FOR A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND
A GREAT NEW YEAR TO MCDERMOTTS EVERWHERE.
Date: - Sunday, December 20,
1998 at 00:02:35 (PST) -----------------------------------------
I am interested in going to the gathering. I would like to know if there
are others from the area or even the US who are also planning on going. I
would be interested in joing a group or a few others traveling there. please
e-mail me back asap so we can start working on rates ect. thanks...JM
Date: - Saturday, December
19, 1998 at 23:15:25 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Just to wish all Clan Members a Happy Christmas & Happy New Year.
Michael , Ann , Paul & Alison Cheesley.
Date: - Friday, December 18,
1998 at 12:56:37 (PST) -----------------------------------------
The following enquiries have been received this month. Maybe
someone can be of help?
Richard F. Kadel of Henderson NV USA is trying to find Bobby
(Robert) MacDermot with whom he served in the US Army. They
were both drafted in 1964 in Paterson NJ. Bobby was a great
drummer.
Rachel Alliston from Newcastle, Australia, is trying to trace
her ancestor Margaret McDermott from Co. Cork - from the
McDermotts of Castle Mulingah !
John Feely Jr. of Des Moines,Iowa is looking for information
Terrence McDermott b. 1826 Co. Mayo, Ireland. Married Mary Herron
(Hearne) 1850 in Stratford, Perth Co. Ontario, Canada.
Joseph M McDermott, Houston, Texas is not looking for any information
but has come up with the following gem of general knowledge
perfect for those interested in matters of trivia in extremis.
Did you know that the role of the evil Emperor Palpitine in
Return of the Jedi was played by a McDiurmud (McDermott?).
May the Force be with you.
Date: - Thursday, December
17, 1998 at 16:57:42 (PST)
----------------------------------------- sorry...i meant my grandmother
not great grandmother...my great grandmother was kate mcdermott...i hope
that helps better i'd like to leave a longer message to narrow it down more
but ..ta se a haon a chlog...slan agat
Date: - Thursday, December
17, 1998 at 16:45:49 (PST) -----------------------------------------
looking for tracing the mcdermott family in the darlington wisconsin area...my
great grandmother is frorence mcdermott....she had a brother bernard that
is still alive in s.w wi....i'v heard mary rink from aroung mineral point
wi was been doing some rerearch on the mcdermotts in s.w. wisconsin.....if
anyone can help me my e-mail is ceatha@elknt.net.....slan agat
Date: - Tuesday, December
15, 1998 at 19:08:04 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Do you have any info. on Alexander McDermott born co.
Donegal in 1798. He came to Canada some time before 1840. I know
this as he was married here in Saint John on June 10,1840
to Eliza Hamilton. If you have any info. no this I would
appriciate it.
Merry Christmas to you. Edmund McDermott
Date: - Tuesday, December
15, 1998 at 16:18:30 (PST) -----------------------------------------
The following people were found on the 1854 Griffiths Valuation list from
Co. Roscommon:
Mc Dermott Roe, Patk. County : Roscommon
Parish : Tibohine
Location : Cartron Beg
Mc Dermott Roe, Patk. County : Roscommon
Parish : Tibohine
Location : Lisdrumneill
I have put the McDermott's from Andrew to Winifred on a list ( 30 pages)
and will check for male head of families for you. But you must e-mail me
direct, please! This is my way of thanking the Clan for all that they helped
me with over the years. Merry Christmas to all.
Date: - Monday, December 14,
1998 at 20:27:20 (PST) -----------------------------------------
I am not a member of the MacDermot Clan, I come from the Dolan Clan. I am
in need of your assistance and I feel that all being Irish you will come
through for me. I am interested in 19th century Irish clothing. I am joining
a club that requires historically accurate clothing and I want to go as an
Irishman. Is there anyone that you know of that handles patterns of clothes
worn by men in Ireland in 1870-1880. If so, I would really like to get in
touch with them. Thank you very much.
Date: - Monday, December 14,
1998 at 09:31:49 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Someone asked about Henry McDermott, so here they are! I have found no George's
in the list.
Mc Dermott, Henry County : Roscommon
Parish : Boyle
Location : Greatmeadow
Mc Dermott, Henry County : Roscommon
Parish : Boyle
Location : T/Boyle/Bridge Street
Mc Dermott, Henry County : Roscommon
Parish : Taghmaconnell
Location : Carrowduff and Garbally
Date: - Saturday, December
12, 1998 at 20:23:24 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Am looking for information about Cornelius McDermott, who described by his
son, "was born near Donegal, Province of Ulster". His tombstone indicates
his birth to be 1805 (died 1878 at age 73). Have church records to show his
marriage to a PA born woman, Jane Blain(e) in April, 1844. He and Jane had
three children-Mary Ellen b.1846, William James b.1847 and Hugh Charles b.1852
all in Harford Co. MD. Would appreciate learning more about Cornelius and
his family frior to emigration to the US and settling in/near York Co. PA.
Have records of owning a farm (in York Co. PA) from 1865 to his death in
1878.
Have also identified four additional male McDermotts (may be brothers),all
from Donegal, all born between 1800-820, all settled in York Co. Patrick
(b.1802,married Mary Ann Hurley in Ireland), Hugh (b.1810), Constantine (b.1816,
married a Mary McManus probably in Ireland) and Michael (b.1820, married
a Sarah Gillespie probably in Ireland) These 4x appear to be brothers. Do
not know if Cornelius is related... but too much of a coincidence to have
5x males, born in a 20 yr timespan, all in Donegal, all sail to the US and
settle within a 10 mile radius of Fawn Grove PA.
Merrry Christmas.....
Date: - Tuesday, December
08, 1998 at 09:51:41 (PST) -----------------------------------------
There are many McDermotts on most of the ships listed on the Irish Times
site of: http://www.irish-times.com/ancestor/browse/links/Passengers.html
If you have not found the ship date, needed to add 5 years to for first records
here in the US, try every ship on this list. I found McDermott names all
over the place! Use your EDIT/FIND on the Word tool bar for fast searches
with each list.
Date: - Monday, December 07,
1998 at 09:08:11 (PST) -----------------------------------------
I found this on another 'list' by Kathy Reynolds Nix.
Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775
McDermott Angus- Jacobite captured at Preston. Transported from Liverpool
on the "Two Brothers", Master Edward Rathbone, for Jamaica 26 April 1716,
landed on Montserrat June 1716(SP/C)(CTB)(CTP)
McDermott Augus- Jacobite captured at Preston. Transported from Liverpool
on the "GodSpeed", Master Arthur Smith, for Virginia 28 July 1716, sold to
John Courts in Maryland 17 Oct 1716(SP/C)(CTB)(HM)
McDermott John- Jacobite captured at Preston. Transported from Liverpool
on the "Scipio", master John Scaisbrick to Antigua 30 March 1716 (SP/C)
McDermot, John (alias GAFT Lochaber). Thief, banished to America, at Inverness
1755 (SM)
McDiarmid John -Son of Patrick McDiarmid, chairmaster in Edingurgh. Housebreaker
Prisoner in Edinburgh Tolbooth. Banished to the Plantations in America for
5 years, at Edingurgh 11 Aug 1764 (JC).
Date: - Saturday, December
05, 1998 at 20:25:45 (PST) -----------------------------------------
i found your passage on the Molly McGuires very interesting and have been
interested in them myself for years. I am a frequenter of the Jim Thorpe
and often get strange looks (especially in my area) when i tell that it is
my favorite place in the world. i think rightly so. as of late, i have found
myself ensconced in a research / comparison paper about the Molly McGuires.
if you could supply me with any research / reference info. i would greatly
appreciate it, for on my own i am having great troubles. perhaps one day
i will see you in Jim Thorpe, my family is greatly appreciative to the
preservation of the Irish history that is preserved there, as it is rare
to find. We are Burkes from outside of Wilkes-Barre, a coal-mine ancestory
as well. thank you for your time and help, Dana.
Date: - Thursday, December
03, 1998 at 10:15:21 (PST) -----------------------------------------
There is a new (two months ago) CD-ROM set for all of Ireland for the 1854
period. The Index can be used free at any Family History Center in the
USA/Canada. If your family was still in Ireland 7 years after the Great Famine
you must check this Index. You will find the County,Parish, and townland
of the matching McDermott male. No, the women are not on this record,only
if they were widowed or for some other reason head of house. Remember to
check both first and middle names you may have, as only one name will be
listed.
Date: - Tuesday, December
01, 1998 at 16:56:05 (PST)
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In reply to: Maureen McDermott Humphries Ref: Co. Roscommon
Griffith Dear Maureen, Could you please look up my great grandfather, George
McDermott for me. I don't know his full name, but I do know he came from
that area. Any information you could give me would be greatfully
appreciated.
Date: - Tuesday, December
01, 1998 at 10:08:03 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Looking for information on parents of James McDermott who married Marguerite
Clisham (possible Crisham?), father of James, Mary and Marguerite. James
emigrated to Philadelphia as a child with at least one parent, his mother,
possibly in late 1860s or early 1870s. All three of his children were born
in mid- to late 1890s in Philadelphia. Thanks all, and Merry Christmas!
Date: - Tuesday, December
01, 1998 at 09:13:15 (PST) -----------------------------------------
I have a copy of the 1854 Kilglass Parish, Co Roscommon Griffith. I will
look up an adult male McDermott for you, as children and women (unless they
held land) are NOT listed. E-mail me direct please, as I am watching many
message boards and may not return here as often as I like.
Date: - Tuesday, December
01, 1998 at 09:05:58 (PST) -----------------------------------------
Here is the list to date of McDermotts who were in Kilglass Parish, Co. Roscommon in 1834. The Townland is listed first:
Ballykilcline
Michael, Hugh, and John McDermott.
Tully
Terrance McDermott
Curgowan
Thomas McDermott
Lagan
Roger and John McDermott
Rev. Bryan McDermott
All were listed as holding parcels. I have more information on all but the
Roger McDermott.
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