If you know me on r/genealogy, you’ve seen this post from me before. It usually succeeds in generating conversation, so I’m hoping we’d all like to talk about it here.
So for me:
- Morgan Cremin b.1821 m. Ellen Egar b.1826
They married in 1848 in Co. Kerry and promptly boarded a ship for the U.S. in order to escape the famine. They settled in SE Illinois. It appears Ellen’s father’s name was Jacobus, which I think is James? Cremin, I have learned, is an agnomen for McCarty, and indeed, my uncle has a lot of McCarty matches at FTDNA. In the U.S., the name morphed into Crimmins.
- George Hazlett b. 1795 m Agnes McKee b. 1799
Family lore says George’s family were originally from Scotland, but I haven’t confirmed that. His children were born in Co. Monaghan. I found an Agnes McKee born 1799 in Co. Down, which might be my Agnes (she went by Nancy). George and Nancy and their adult children also fled the famine in 1850. George died on the ship, and Nancy and her children settled in Monona, Iowa.
- George Hazlett Jr. b. 1824 m Jane Whittaker b. 1830
In Monona, Iowa the younger George married Jane Whittaker, who had emigrated from Co. Sligo with her aunt and uncles. Her parents and sister had all died in the famine. Her aunt who cared for her was named Ellen Irwin.
- Robert Stunkard b. 1759
He settled in Pennsylvania, and may have been born in Co. Down. It’s been suggested to me that the name might have originally been Stankard.
- Samuel Clark b. 1790 m Jane Millar b. 1785
Samuel and Jane were from County Down and they settled in Quebec.