Margaret Holahan1

#8034, (4 August 1842 - )
Father*Michael Holahan1 (c 1788 - 1844)
Mother*Margaret Savage1 (c 1804 - 1886)
Family name reads Ulohan in Drouin records but no such name in any census; Story of Melrose gives Houlihan, census data give Holahan, widow's entry in cemetery register has Hallihan with Michael Holahan and Margaret Savage.2 
Birth*4 August 1842She was born on 4 August 1842 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.1 
Baptism27 September 1842She was baptized on 27 September 1842 at Chapelle de la baie du Chimougoui, Shemogue, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.1 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Margaret Savage at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Edward and Ann Reilly, Dujay, Lathor.)3 
Marriage23 September 1874She witnessed the marriage of Sarah Jane Powell and Jeremiah McCarthy Jr. on 23 September 1874 at St-Thomas Church, Memramcook, Dorchester Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4,5 

Citations

  1. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), sh. 59, no. B-30, img. 55/150. Margaret Ulohan, b. 4 Aug 1842, dau. of Michael Ulohan and Margaret Savage; bapt. 27 Sep 1842 by Ant. Gagnon, sponsors Thomas Haron and Catherine Butler. Online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, Westmorland County (copy from Université Saint Joseph Archives, Moncton), transcription online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbwestmo/history.htm, p. 17: "Splane, Downey, Murphy, and James Stack married four sisters of Daniel Savage, whose father did not come to America. Daniel himself took up a farm at the extreme western end of the Settlement. He married Bridget Blanch. His family were: Daniel, William, Charles, John, Maurice, Mary Houlihan, Julia Delahunt, Margaret, Catherine, and Elizabeth Chapman." James Stack marr. Eleanor Savage. Splane is poss. same as Splaun.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Margaret Holahan (47), wid., b. Ireland, farmer, entered Colony Aug 1828.
  4. [S101] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Thomas, Memramcook, Cte Westmorland, 1845-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 8, M-27, img. 579/1466. Jeremiah McCarthy of Botsford Par. and Jane Powell of Memramcook, marr. 23 Sep 1874 by W McManus; witn. Michael McCarthy and Margaret Ulion [variant of Holohan or Houlahan].
  5. [S520] VWH, There were two Jerimiahs in Botsford, both b. ca. 1841, the sons of Jeremiah (and Mary Donovan) and of Daniel (and Mary Hartnett). The Jeremiah who marr. Sarah Jane Powell must have been the son of Jeremiah (and Mary Donovan). Michael Mccarthy, a brother of this Jeremiah, was a witn. of the marr., and this Jeremiah was b. in NB, as verified in the 1881 census, while the other Jeremiaah was b. in Ireland.