The starting point in tying all these McCadden's together is the Griffith Valuation and the three McCadden's listed there, Owen, Patrick and Denis. The three men are close in age so it is quite possible that they are brothers. We are pretty certain that Patrick and Denis are given that they shared the same farm in Stranass. This potentially leads us back to a single McCadden family with the parents being born in the late 1700's.
Owen had son, also called Owen. The younger Owen's family mostly emigrated to America. This includes Elizabeth (1901), Grace (1881), Bridget, John (1895), Mary and Joseph (1892). Charles (1890) and Theresa (1903) stayed in Ireland.
Denis (1818) and his wife Rose Quinn had seven children Patrick (1861), Anthony, Denis, Joseph, James, Margaret and Alice. Patrick who stayed in the family home. Patrick and his wife Ellen Cassidy had a large family of thirteen. Celia Agnes (1897), Mary Anne (1899), Denis Joseph (1900), Patrick (1902), Bridget (1904), Rose Ellen (1906), Joseph Denis (1908), Francis Hugh (1911), John (), Anthony (), Alice (), Nora (), Margaret (1922).
Patrick (1811) and his wife Catherine had at least three sons, John (1861), Anthony (1859), and 'long' Paddy (1862).
Patrick's John (1861) stayed in the family home in Stranass. He had twelve children, Patrick (1901), Andrew (1904), Anthony (1910), Andrew (1907), Joseph, Conny, John (1900), Sarah (1897), Margaret (1898), Eileen (1905), Bridget Agnes (1895), Mary Anne (1893).
Patrick's Anthony (1859) had four sons, Patrick, John (1881), James (1883) and Anthony (1891).
Long Paddy (1862) had seven children, six boys Patrick, John (1883), Andrew (1886), Joseph (1887), James (1891), Edward (1896) and one girl Cassie (1882).
Long Paddy's John and Minnie Logue had seven children, Packie (1911), Sonny, Kathleen (1926), Theresa (1913), Tommy (1914), Anthony (1929) and Eddie (1923).
Long Paddy's Cassie and Michael John Breslin had eight children, Vincent, Joseph, Edward, Michael, Patrick Mary, Kathleen and Bridget.
As you can see, big families were certainly the norm. From the three original McCadden's we have a list of about 122 McCadden's.
4 comments:
My late Father, Andrew McCadden, was born in Stranass before heading over to England. His parents were Kevin and Bridget McCadden. My Father has a half-brother who still lives in Stranass; his name is Pat McCadden.
I still have contacts in the area if you care to enquire further
My maternal grandmother was Teresa McCadden Lawn and she passed away in 1935. She was married to James Lawn of Drimadoney. She had 5 children, Bridget, John, Francis, Bernard and Mary. She died after shortly after Mary was born. Bridget and John emigrated to Boston. John arrive in Boston in 1955. He died in May, 2002. She is still survived by Bridget and Barney.
Teresa McCadden Lawn was my grandmother's sister! My grandmother, who emigrated to New York in the early 20s, was Elizabeth "Lizzie" McCadden South, b in 1900, died in 1972. She married Kenneth South and raised eight kids in Queens. My husband and I, who live in Texas, will be traveling to Donegal this summer and would love to connect with any descendants. Only two of my grandmother's 7 siblings stayed in Ireland -- Teresa McCadden Lawn and Charles McCadden, born 1890. If any of you have contacts that might help, please let me know. Thank you!
I left the above post. My name is Lisa Sandberg; email address is britlee599 AT yahoo DOT com. Thank you.
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