McGowan Lineage

McGowan Lineage of Scott M Connolly

Generation 1

Unknown [Hugh McGowan possible]McGowan - Lietrim, Ireland b.1770
Children: John McGowan b. 1790, et al

Generation 2

John McGowan m. 1807 ? Honora Meehan, Lietrim,Ireland
Children: Terence, 1805; Patrick - 1808

Generation 3

Terence McGowan [gggf b.1806] m.Margaret Coveney (b.1800) ..
Children: Hugh 1857-Ireland, Joseph A. 1860-Ireland,
Patrick McGowan, b.1818

Generation 4

Patrick McGowan (b.1818) m. Sarah McGloin Children: Winefred 1842-Ireland, Anne, Patrick, James?,
Patrick's family - Emigration Lietrim Ireland to Portland Maine 1862 ..all born Lietrim, ireland.

Generation 5

Winefred McGowan (b. 1842-Ireland) m. 1868? Bryan Connolly b. 1839
1870 Portland Maine Census

Children: Sadie (Sarah) b 1872, Teresa, John, Patrick, Joseph Augustus b.1880-Portland, Maine; Mary (b 1886), Maria b.1871?

Generation 6

Joseph A Connolly m 1906-Portland, Maine Sarah E Scott

Children: Joseph Jr (deceased infant) Charles, Joseph II, Sarah (unwed) ,Owen
Sarah 'Sadie' Connolly - m. 1896 - Cornelius Coleman, Portland, Maine ... children: Gerald Bernard Coleman.
* see notes

Generation 7

Charles A. Connolly m. Mary Allia
Children: Rosemary, Charles, Brian

Joseph A II m Madeline Hall
Joseph A III, Patricia, Lee Anne Owen F Connolly m.1947-Lexington, Ma Dorothy L McCormack

Children: Owen F.Jr, Scott, Linda, Maureen,Ann, Sarah, Dorothy, Charles

Generation 8

Childen: 3 famiies have children + cousins families have children

Generation 9

Children: 1 2d cousin's family has children

Bernard Connolly also a wagon-driver (teamster) in the 1858-9 City Directory is of an age for parentage of Bryan and may have introduced the trade to his son.
Terrence McGowan begins in the 1858-9 City Directory (maybe earlier) and is of an age to parent Winnifred McGowan and also has a Terrence Jr in business. Only other reason for parental assumption until records check is an uncle named Terrence Connolly-son of Winnifred & Bryan Connolly which may have been named for Winnifred's father.
There are also records for a same-time family of Bernard Connolly & Winnifred McGowan which may have been Bryan's brother who also married a Winefred McGowan. A full detailing will await a Maine records check --Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Portland, Maine ... and AUgusta' Maine archives.
nb. Teresa Connolly daughter of Bryan & Winnefred Connolly, and Scott M Connolly's great-aunt ..was born in Massachusetts (per US Census 1880).
Also .. a Patrick McGowan, merchant, is noted as the father of the Winnifred McGowan (b.1843) married to Bernard Connolly. The 'Patrick Connolly' contingently noted here as Mrs Bryan Connolly's father (Winifred McGowan b 1844) can have been one of two Patrick's or is in error ..her details will await a death record check.

1880 US Fed Census
Census Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine Source: FHL Film 1254478 National Archives Film T9-0478 Page 56A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Terence MCGOWAN Self M M W 74 IRE [ed note gggf?] Occ: At Home Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Margaret MCGOWAN Wife F M W 80 IRE Occ: Keeping House Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Hannah MCGOWAN Dau F S W 44 IRE Occ: At Home Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Bridget FOLEY Other F S W 64 IRE [ed note mother in law? or border?] Occ: At Home Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Patrick MCGOWAN Self M M W 62 IRE Occ: Bookseller Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Sarah MCGOWAN Wife F M W 62 IRE Occ: Keeping House Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Sarah MCGOWAN Dau F S W 28 IRE Occ: At Home Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Terence P. MCGOWAN Son M S W 26 IRE Occ: Bookseller Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Hugh F. MCGOWAN Son M S W 23 IRE Occ: Clerk Book Store Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Joseph A. MCGOWAN Son M S W 20 IRE Occ: Railroad Clerk Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Census Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine Source: FHL Film 1254478 National Archives Film T9-0478 Page 52B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Patrick MCGOWAN Self M M W 43 IRE Occ: Works In Boiler Shop Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Margaret MCGOWAN Wife F M W 39 IRE Occ: Keeping House Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Mary E. MCGOWAN Dau F S W 18 ME Occ: At Home Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Maggie A. MCGOWAN Dau F S W 16 ME Occ: Dressmaker Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Terrence F. MCGOWAN Son M S W 15 ME Occ: Works In Boiler Shop Fa: IRE Mo: IRE John A. MCGOWAN Son M S W 10 ME Occ: At School Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Joseph MCGOWAN Son M S W 6 ME Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Louis MCGOWAN Son M S W 3 ME Fa: IRE Mo: IRE

Terrence McGowan, 74 in this 1880 census is a brother of Patrick McGowan. A Terrence McGowan Jr. also existed in this Portland time period ..entered the USA one year after his father; and was born in 1821-2 in Lietrim, Ireland. [see naturalization notes & McGowan chart]
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McGowan-MacGowan-Gowan-Gwain Family are a 'sept' of the Clan MacPherson from Scotland .. settled in Lietrim-Ireland in place of Irish rebels in the 17th century ..succeeding then to their land forfeitures. Scottish & Irish .. An escutcheon here, and the McGowan Tartan.
The name, recollect - is celtic-french gobhlain for smith - one who works metal with fire.
NOTE-Material added 8/10/02 .. provided by 4th cousin Steve Coleman of Colorado descended from Gerald Bernard Coleman and Sarah 'Sadie' Connolly (Scott M Connolly's G-Aunt sister of GF Joseph A Connolly) who married Cornelius Coleman in 1896 ..then possibly widowed in 1912 .. then re-married .. but records variance in 1914 RI record. See Connolly at link above for ore details.

Business Directories for Portland, Maine 1858-1894

Additional historical note -- while McGowan's in this ancestry are 19th century arrivals -- McGowan.s .. MacGowans arrived in America in the 17th century 1630's+ with Lord Baltimore's Roman Catholic Maryland Colony. Most Ireland born McGowan's settled as UK Crown loyalists succeeding to forfeitures in Lietrim in the 17th century ..and are Scottish ancestried .. hence Scottish-Irish.

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