Knockbride Parish

The usual way to locate the maiden surname for the mother of a Church of Ireland couple would be to search for a likely marriage, if dates of available records allow. The RootsIreland source list shows transcripts of marriages are included in their system for this parish back to 1812, so could include a marriage for John and Elizabeth if that's where they married. (Marriage records for the parish held by the RCB Library only cover back to 1827)

Baptisms are only available for the parish back to 1825, so not early enough to search for origins of John or his family in this parish.

Would you try and contact 

Cavan Genealogy,

1st floor,

Johnston Central Library,
Farnham Street,
Cavan Town,
County Cavan.
Tel: +353 (0)49 4361094
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Ask them can they get you a copy of the original, in the hope that there may be another name on it that was indecipherable by the transcribers.

On a different matter a grand uncle of mine, John James O'Reilly emigrated to Canada in 1929, he never married and died in 1949, he went to stay with a friend a Mr J Mahood, Poplar Garden Dairy, Box 1835, Calgary, Alberta, I wonder was that your family.  

Regards Carmel O'Callaghan

I have a John Mahood bc1785BaillieboroughCo.Cavan who married Catherine Wallace bc1792.

Both died in Moculta, South Australia.They had a son James Wallace Mahood bc1821 Baillieborough with a daughter Eliza [Ruth] Mahood b.1829 Co Cavan. Several other siblings.

Any connection?

Any family story on the origins of the Mahood name associated with the name McWHIDD?

Cheers

John Gilbert

Longwood

Vic

Hello their John, I visited Ireland this last September 2015 and went to Alexander McWidd's grave (Knockbride Parish) he is a Mahood as you know already. lots of Mahood history in County Cavan.

Looking for Ingram's. Fartha /Fartagh and Cootehill and Seefin areas. Marriages and births before 1830. Many attended Correnary Prespiterian Church Knocbride Parish County Cavan Ireland.
Thanks

Hi all :)

I'm sure you've all made lots of discoveries since the original post which I've only just seen.

We're direct descendents of both John and Joseph Mahood (brothers) who emigrated to Australia from County Cavan in 1840 and 1858, and we're currently researching family the tree in Knockbride.

We've come across an amazing extract from the National Folklore Collection (www.duchas.ie), Schools Collection Vol 1015, Pages 462 to 462f which references the family in Knockbride and relationship to the Rev McWhidd. Wonderful resource. John, you may not have seen this?

John Mahood who married Catherine Wallace was Joseph's brother and we're trying to map out their other siblings (we suspect Alexander of Kinnea was one). Absolutely certain that they occupied the whole cluster of buildings at the intersection of Lisdonan and Roosky at one point or another. Fantastic to view on Google Street View but can't wait to get over to Ireland one day.

Thanks Kree - very interesting about McWhidd. I am glad that you have found the link to John and Joseph Mahood.

Could you share the known facts?

Any clue to the parents?

I have lots of stray bits of Mahood facts and would like to confirm them.

Please send to my Email address at johnandheatherg AT gmail.com

Cheers

John G