my ancestor was john mcgarrell born 1811, emigrated to england, married in 1832, died in 1848. family names,
john,miles,michael, daniell,wiliam, henry.
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA
Born around 1813 according to intent to naturalize petition files in Luzerne County PA in 1840. After arrival in US changed name to McGurl. Son of Daniel McGarrell, There is a record of Daniel McGarrell death in 1813 in Knockavegan townland, kilcommock parish in a diocesan will abstract.It is believed that Daniel died at 34 years of age based on what Michael told his son c/a 1880. It is assumed that Michael was likely born in Knockavegan. Michael told his son that he had one brother but there is no specific record of the name of the brother. Michael rented land in Agnacranagh townland in 1834, Married Ann Ward from Abbyderg Townland, Tagsheenod parish in Carrickedmond church April 25, 1836. Emigrated to US in 1837. Lived in Jonestown, Cass township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania 1843-1886.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1811 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1886 | |
Comments
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kathleen mc
Wednesday 9th February 2022 01:10PM -
Kathleen Mc
Do you know if your ancestor John was catholic or Protestant? Do you have any idea what county he was from? Most of the McGarrell families in early irish records were scotchirish presbyterians largely living in or near Antrim. My family was Roman Catholic and Michael stated that he was born in County Longford. Early tithe applotment records and church records show a few McGarrell families in Longford near the town of Kenagh. Michael's father was Daniel and there was a daniel McGarrell growing flax in Longford in 1796. Interestingly Michael named his first boy John and his Second Thomas and then followed the Irish tradition Daniel (his father), James (his wife's father), then Michael (my grandfather) I've wondered if John might have been the name of Michael's brother as Thomas was the name of his wife's brother who stayed in Ireland until about 1860. Michael changed his name from McGarrell to McGurl sometime between 1843 and 1861 while living in Schuylkill county PA. I have a relatively complete tree on ancestry. Any additional information you could share would be greatly appreciated. Have you done a DNA test? I have and it's available to compare on most of the web sites. Of course even if John and Michael were brothers we'd be third cousins once, twice, or thrice removed in the best case and even 3rd cousins have a 10% chance of sharing no DNA.
thanks
Gilbert McGurl
Gil
Monday 14th February 2022 09:54PM -
hi gill
my ancestor was down in the 1841 census as church of england he was married in 1832 so must have come over just befor that
we have no info on him at all except he changed his name to john mcgirl shortly after arriving in the uk, inorder to het work. he died in 1848 during the cholora epidemic in newcastle upon tyne. hi childrens names were, miles, john william daniell michael ann mary, his 1st child miles (my ancestor) was born in 1838 which makes me think there were others before him, and big gaps inbetween other children.
all but miles and john william also died around the same time and john. the surviving sons change the surname to mcgarrell, but later john william's decentants changed it to mcgurl. each birth registation has different spelling, mcgurl, mgurtz, mcgall..
i have been trying to trace him for aqbout 10 years in order to find out his origininal surname.
my DNA matches havnt come up with any matches in ireland, the closest is a 3rd coursin in the usa who spells it mcgarril, her ancestor was born in the 1850's his name also john. my john mayhave changed his religion as well as his name in order to get work.
all the men in our family have the names john henry, daniell michael thomas william thomas. it would be wonderful to find out we were related. my dna is on ancestry my heritage and MYFTDNA
hopeing to find out more from you
kathleen gerrard (mcgarrell)
kathleen mc
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 08:44AM
