John and Hannah Mara from Ballymackey, near Nenagh
I am looking for information or any relatives of John and Hannah Mara (sometimes mispelled as Marra, Murray, Murrow and Marrow) who came to the US, possibly via Canada, about 1848.They were in New Hampshire about 1850-1 and had their second child there before coming to Lisbon, Connecticut (now Sprague). Both were born about 1815-1820.They worked as day laborers on the farm of John Grant and later bought interest in some of his land, creating their own farm.This occured in 1859.
By then three of their known children were born:
Jeremiah, b. c. 1847 in Ireland
John, b.c. 1851 in New Hampshire
Daniel E. b. Dec. 24, 1853 in Packerville, Plainfield, CT 8 children
Phillip?
Hannah died March 4, 1866 in Sprague.John remarried Margaret Ellen Lynch soon after.Their first child was born
June 1867.John died 1893, age 80 given in town records.Margaret Lynch died 1917, aged 81 in Windham.Second family relocated to Windham.Farm was inherited by Daniel E.
Family is supposedly from Ballymackey in County Tipp., somewhere near Nenagh
Children from second marriage were:
Cornelius Edward 1867 no issue
Johannah 1871 8 children
Thomas Edward 1872 2 daughters, other adopted children
Timothy John 1874 5 children
Maggie 1876 no issue