Can anyone tell me anything about the family of PATRICK and MARGARET MARTIN who appear to have lived in the parish of Magheracloone, Co. Monaghan, in the 1830s and 1840s?
They were the parents of ANN MARTIN, born in Co. Monaghan in 1834 or 1835. She migrated to Sunderland where she married Patrick Hoey on 24 July 1854. She had a sister who was about six years older than her, MARY, b. 1828-9. She married a Joseph White in Sunderland also - 1853. There was also a younger sister, ROSE, who married Michael Keenan in Durham City in February 1855. She died in Crook, Co. Durham, in 1873 (aged 36). This would make her born c. 1837.
The girls had a brother named PATRICK and, possibly, other brothers too: PHILIP and MICHAEL. They acted as godfathers to their sisters' children in a number of Co. Durham baptisms.
In the St. Cuthbert's parish entry for the MARTIN - KEENAN marriage her parents' address was given as 'MARACLONE'. Was this definitely an abbreviated form sometimes used for Magheracloone?
What might be the Catholic church registers (which churches) I might possibly consult to chase up these baptisms?
Is there anyone who knows anything about this Martin family and could possibly help me identify precisely where they lived and the other usual family tree details?
Fingers crossed.
JL.