Irish in the Family

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

Robert's family tree definitely has more Irish than mine. All of Robert's grandparents seem to have a sprinkle of Irish heritage.                                            

 ֎His paternal grandfather's line goes back to Joseph Neily and his wife Mary Gossard, who came to Nova Scotia in 1764. (5th great grandparents).

 ֎His paternal grandmother's goes back to Mark Patton and Ann McGowan (7th great grandparents). They left Ireland in 1761 for Nova Scotia and settled near Fort Cumberland. 

 ֎His maternal grandfather's side, Maurice Stoddart's line goes directly back to Robert Stoddart (4th great grandfather) from Ireland. See post - 52 Ancestors - Robert's Roots - Robert Stoddart - Irish Sergeant

 

 ֎His Mom maternal grandmother's line goes back to John McKinley and  Annie Althom (4th great grandparents) who sailed from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1859. See post about their daughter - 52Ancestors - Robert's Roots - Fannie McKinley (Mapplebeck)

In my family tree, I've found a wee bit of Irish on my maternal grandmother's side. There is a story of William Cantwell and Margaret O'Brien (6th great grandparents) being from Cork, Ireland. They were young lovers who sailed away to America to marry due to disapproving parent.

52 Ancestors - Robert's Roots - Fannie McKinley (Mapplebeck)

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small issued the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge.  Each week focus on one ancestor and post something about him or her. Last week, I decided to post about women for the month of March since it's Women's History Month. Today is St. Patrick's Day so I've picked Robert's 3rd great grandmother, Fannie McKinley who happens to be Irish.

Fannie McKinley is one of the women on Robert's direct maternal line. All the the women in this direct line would have mtDNA haplogroup J which they passed on to their children. 

I've not done a lot of research on this family, I'm hoping Robert will help out some day, but here is some of what I've found. Fannie was born in Ireland about 1850 according to most of the records that I've found.  Fannie's parents were John McKinley and Ann, both born in Ireland. Fannie has a younger sister, Annie, who doesn't marry. The family immigrates to Nova Scotia, Canada after 1853 since Annie is born in Ireland about that time and before 1871 since they are found in that census living in Aylesford area, Nova Scotia. 

Fannie marries George Mapplebeck on January 27, 1876 in Aylesford, Nova Scotia by license Church of England. George and Fannie have two girls, (Annie and Bessie) and four boys, (George, John, Emery, and, Stanley). Fannie dies at age 49 in 1899.  She is buried in the East Margartsville cemetery by her parents. George remarries in 1900 to Mary Dempsey. 

Links to records:

George and Fannie marriage record

East Margartsville Cemetery

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

For all you Mom’s have a wonderful day.  In honour of Mother’s Day, here is the maternal line of myself and Robert.

Jacqueline

Me (Paterson), My Mom (Makie), Ruby Belknap (1917-1997), Bessie Landers (1888-1947), Angeline Littrell (1855-1888), Letis Ellen Knox (1830-?), Clarissa Fuller (1810-1891), Avis Briggs (1773-1814), Lettice Hill (1745-1813)

Robert

Robert Foster, His Mom (Stoddart), Living Lutz, Florence Palmer (1899-1975), Bessie Mapplebeck (1879-1902), Fanny McKinley (1850-1899)