See also

Family of James ANDERSON and Ellen FINLAY

Husband: James ANDERSON

Wife: Ellen FINLAY

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Ellen FINLAY

  • Name:

  • Ellen FINLAY2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1792

  • Red Hills, Cavan, Ireland3,4,5

  •  

  • Death register says she was 85 when she died in 1877

    Death notice(see multimedia) written by James says she was 81 in 1877

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Red Hills, Cavan, Ireland

  •  

  • Griffith Valuation contains the following entry:

     

    County Cavan

    Parish of Annagh

     

    Townland Drumakeenan

     

    Village of Redhill

    Map referenceTownland and OccupiersImmediate LessorsDescription of TenementAreaValuation landValuation BuildingsTotal valuation

    15 3Ellen FinlayRev E V W VenablesHouse--10shillings10 shillings

     

     

  • Death:

  • 27 Mar 1877 (age 84-85)

  • Red Hills, Cavan, Ireland2,4,6

  •  

  • Marshal's letter30 March 1994 says Ellen died in Red Hills in 1885. Email from Concepta McGovern of Cana House Cavan says "Despite a thorough search in civil death records for ther Red Hills area, I have not located the death entry for Ellen Finlay McMahon. There are numerous McMahon death entries in the districts of Ballyhaise, Belturbet and Drum but none t o match your family details"

     

    However, while trying to find out about William Anderdson received a copy of the registry entry 27 Mar 1877 for the death in Red Hills of Ellen McMahon, pauper. Marshal had her dying in 1885 but it turns out she died in 1877at 85.

Child 1: Jane ANDERSON

  • Name:

  • Jane ANDERSON1,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 18281

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Jan 1828 (age 0)

  • Parish of Drung7

Child 2: James ANDERSON

  • Name:

  • James ANDERSON7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1829

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Mar 1829 (age 0)

  • Parish of Drung7

Child 3: John ANDERSON

  • Name:

  • John ANDERSON7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1830

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Dec 1830 (age 0)

  • Parish of Drung7

Child 4: Anne ANDERSON

  • Name:

  • Anne ANDERSON1,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 18351

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Feb 1835 (age 0)

  • Parish of Drung7

Child 5: Ellen ANDERSON

  • Name:

  • Ellen ANDERSON7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 18377

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Apr 1837 (age 0)

  • Parish of drung7

Note on Wife: Ellen FINLAY (1)

Relationship between William Anderson and the McMahon clan has always been a mystery. Marshal’s writings say he was called "uncle" by Edmund and his brothers. Another legend says he was related to Ellen. When all the Andersons and their birth dates are plotted, the most likely relationships to emerge are that Ellen’s sister was William’s mother making him Ellen’s nephew. Another, and more convincing possibility is that the Ellen who was married to William’s uncle James Anderson, was, in fact Ellen Finlay and she married James McMahon after the death of James Anderson. I asked Cavan Genealogy to find a death certificate but they couldn’t. Nevertheless, I am fairly sure that William was half-brother to James McMahon, James’s mother Ellen having been married to William’s Uncle James Anderson before she married James(snr) McMahon

I believe that Ellen was married to James Anderson and had his 5 children. He died(or otherwise left about 1837(cannot yet find record of death). She then married James (snr) who had spent his younger years as a batchelor in the army. I am assuming Ellen married James Anderson about 1827 when he was 42 and a year before their fist was born.

Note on Wife: Ellen FINLAY (2)

Transcript of the death certificate of Ellen McMahon died Red Hills 1877

 

DEATHS Registered at Ballyhaise in the Union of Cavan in the County of Cavan

 

Date and Place of deathSeventeenth March 1877 Red Hills

Nmae and SurnameEllen McMahon

SexFemale

ConditionWidow

Age last birthday85 years

Rank, profession or occupationPauper

Certified cause of death and duration of illnessGeneral debility, uncertified. No medical attendant

Signature, qualification and residence of informantBridget X Connors Her Mark, Present at Death

When Registered17th March 1877

 

 

Griffith Valuation contains the following entry:

 

County Cavan

Parish of Annagh

 

Townland Drumakeenan

 

Village of Redhill

Map referenceTownland and OccupiersImmediate LessorsDescription of TenementAreaValuation landValuation BuildingsTotal valuation

15 3Ellen FinlayRev E V W VenablesHouse--10shillings10 shillings

 

Sources

1.

Cavan Genealogy letter 16 Oct 2008. John McMahon.

2.

Death notice for Ellen McM in SMH 21 June 1877.

3.

Letter from Marshal McMahon dated 23 July 1990. John McMahon.

4.

Death Certificate. John McMahon.

5.

James McMahon, Death Notice Sydney Morning Herald 21 June 1877.

6.

Letter from Marshal McMahon dated 22 Mar 1994. John McMahon.

7.

Cavan Genealogy letter dated 5 May 2011. John McMahon.