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I'm searching for Trainors (original spelling Traynor) from Armagh, Ireland  who emigrated from Scotland to Philadephia around 1875. Patrick (sometimes called Peter) Trainor was born c. 1838 in Armagh. He had a brother James b. c. 1840 and a brother Terence and sister Catherine. Their parents were John Traynor a blacksmith and Margaret O'Hare.

Patrick married Jane McMillan / McMullan in Glasgow, Scotland in 1860. They had several children. Jane died in 1886.

James married Catherine O'Rourke in Glasgow in 1864. They moved to Philadelphia around 1875 with their three children John, Owen & Margaret. They had a daughter Mary in Philadelphia c. 1878, and I think a son James J. They are on the 1881 Census living in McElrainey St. Patrick (Peter) was living there with them. James was a blacksmith and Patrick was a boilermaker.  Any information as to what happened to these Trainors after this and if there are any descendants of theirs still living there, would be much appreciated.

My ggg grandparents were William McGowan a fisherman and Winifred Boyle b. c. 1802 from Ballyshannon. Winifred's father was Edward Boyle a blacksmith and her mother was Mary Tierney. I found Winifred and six adult children - Patrick, William, Matthew, Anne, Margaret and Catherine in the 1861 Scottish Census. They were not in the 1851 Census, but I did find a marriage certificate for her son Patrick who married Margaret McMillan / McMullen in 1856, so I would imagine the McGowans moved to Glasgow sometime between 1851 and 1856. I have been unable to find any record of William in Scotland so feel he may have died before they moved.

I know records were not kept until 1864 in Ireland but maybe someone may know this family.