After reading a post about McCabes of Carrickmacross, I am intrigued about my ggggrandmother, Sarah McCabe, as she gave birth to (or baptized) at least one child in Magheracloone, Monaghan which is a relatively short distance from Carrickmacross. I’ve been researching my other ancestors for decades but I don’t believe I’ve ever spent much time trying to learn more about Sarah McCabe, most likely born early 1800s, as other relatives researched our McCabes.
According to research done by my mum’s 2nd-3rd cousins, Sarah’s children:
1. (Mary?) Bridget Marren (possibly Marron), born 10 Apr 1831, Magheracloone
Bridget was our direct ancestor. We have full details of her life in Canada.
According to the 1861 census, she, her husband and children were Roman Catholic.
2. Peter Marren/Marron, born c1838, Ireland (last found in 1861 in Ontario, Canada)
3? John?
Parents of the above two, possibly three, children: Andrew Marren/Marron and Sarah McCabe.
According to one relative (and
multiple family trees), Andrew and Sarah sailed to North America in 1844 and died during the voyage. I have not yet found the voyage nor death details.
So far, I have not yet found additional Irish details about our McCabes using Ancestry. I have not yet searched FamilySearch. Would it be best to look at Monaghan resource suggestions or might someone have knowledge of where I might be able to find additional details about this family, please? Thank you for reading my long, most likely confusing, post. Lisa
Added: I have at least one DNA match to someone who has a John Thomas McCabe, born 1854, Carrickmacross. Perhaps there were a number of McCabes in the area around that time. Or, perhaps I’m not related to this match through McCabe.
Previous thread about Sarah McCabe and her husband, Andrew Marren:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=383710.msg2559245#msg2559245Current posting (not my posting) about McCabes of Carrickmacross:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=873625.0