{"id":23147,"date":"2023-11-11T20:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=23147"},"modified":"2023-11-12T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:16:32","slug":"a-new-mcmaster-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2023\/11\/11\/a-new-mcmaster-match\/","title":{"rendered":"A New McMaster Match?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DNA has been helpful in sorting out my McMaster Genealogy. One of my success stories has been in finding and sorting out this branch of my McMaster ancestors:<\/p>\n

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I had known about Fanny as she was the mother of my 2nd great grandmother Margaret McMaster who married George William Frazer. However, I did not know that her father William McMaster married a Margaret Frazer and moved the family to Canada minus Fanny. Fanny stayed back and married another McMaster!<\/p>\n

Sharon’s New DNA Match with a Potential McMaster Descendant<\/h2>\n

My sister Sharon mathces scon:<\/p>\n

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Here Sharon and scon show as 5th cousins. Let’s check it out. Unfortunately, scon’s tree is private. It turns out that my sister Lori and I also match scon.<\/p>\n

Checking Out Scon’s Tree<\/h2>\n

I don’t usually build down from my tree, but I will try doing that this time. I’m pretty sure the tree is right as scon and my familly’s shared DNA matches are from the McMaster Line. Here is what I have:<\/p>\n

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Somewhat confusingly, my 3rd great grandmother married a James McMaster and one of the children of William and Margaret McMaster was James.<\/p>\n

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The William McMaster side of my tree needs updating. I already have Maude on my Excel DNA\/Genealogy Chart:<\/p>\n

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Here is William’s marriage record:<\/p>\n

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Here is the family in 1880:<\/p>\n

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This index shows Maude married an Allen:<\/p>\n

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This appears to be Hazel in 1910:<\/p>\n

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This is not the best way to make a tree (from the top down):<\/p>\n

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Here is the record of Hazel’s marriage:<\/p>\n

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I assume the Beth in this record is the Elizabeth at Ancestry:<\/p>\n

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Adding Scon to My McMaster DNA\/Genealogy Tree<\/h2>\n

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Shared DNA Matches with Scon<\/h2>\n

These were my shared matches with Scon:<\/p>\n

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I haven’t figured out how I match with Sue and Sue manages S.C. Robert and mt are children of Robert Trent above.<\/p>\n

Here are my sister Lori’s shared DNA matches with scon:<\/p>\n

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My sister Sharon has this shared match that is different than the others:<\/p>\n

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His tree also goes back to James McMaster on his maternal side:<\/p>\n

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Here is a summary of my family’s shared DNA matches:<\/p>\n

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Gibbs on the chart above was the match to my sister Sharon. I could have drawn all the lines up to William McMaster and Margaret Frazer, but I decided to show all the intermediary common ancestors.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n