In my previous Blog, I had some success in documenting some descendants of Abraham McMaster born about 1764 in Kilmactranny Parish, County Sligo, Ireland. Here is my descent from Abraham:
The relationships are a bit confusing as James McMaster married Fanny McMaster. Also, in one of my trees, I have another Abraham between Abraham and James McMaster. However, I have that they were both married to Margery, so they may be the same people.
My Sister Lori and Daniel
My sister Lori has some good McMaster matches:
Daniel matches Lori on the Robert McMaster Line. Unfortunately, it looks like Daniel’s tree is private and he is not taking messages. Here is how Ancestry shows the connection between Lori and Daniel:
I’ll assume that Ancestry got Daniel’s grandfather right and go from there. First, I’ll create a floating tree for Daniel. That is a tree that is not connected to my Hartley Tree, but one that I hope will connect.
This appears to be Joseph and family in 1940 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts:
It looks like Gertrude had previously been divorced:
Gertrude’s mother matches what Ancestry has so far:
Next, I would like to look for Annie Stafford’s mother:
Here is Annie or Mary Ann’s birth record:
Here is the family in 1880:
Catherine’s death record gives her father as Robert McMasters and her mother as unknown.
My McMaster Web Page has a Catherine born in 1851:
That is interesting, but no proof for the ThruLines.
The couple was married in Boyle Registration District:
That was followed by a trip to the US in 1872:
Catherine should have been about 20 at this time. Interestingly enough, I have their marriage record in my records:
The marriage was at the Kilmactranny Parish Church. I feel that this information puts Daniel’s McMaster ancestors back at Kilmactranny Parish in Sligo.
Updating the McMaster DNA/Genealogy Chart
Here is the connection:
This is an interesting part of the family. Ron in green is related to me also, but more closely on my Clarke side. The chart also brings up the question as to why I don’t have Edward on my web page under Robert. It is clear that Edward was not born in 1851. There was a period in the Kilmactranny records where there were no entries. This was roughly between 1830 and 1841. My guess is that Edward was born at the later end of that period.
I notice this record at Ancestry:
This 1924 record has Edward almost 78 years old which puts his birth back to about 1846. I am guessing that he was born 1841 or before. The 1851 birth date was from Edward’s Naturalization Papers.
Summary and Conclusions
- I was able to make a connection between my sister Lori and Daniel. They are 5th cousins once removed
- I would be interested in finding other McMaster relatives who have had their DNA tested where the results are shown in a chromosome browser
- Daniel’s match has enhanced the information of the Robert McMaster family of Kilmactranny Parish, County Sligo.