The Killoughry's Starting In County Clare, Ireland:Information about Samuel McClellan
Samuel McClellan (b. August 22, 1830, d. July 05, 1879)
Notes for Samuel McClellan:
Samuel McClellan, son of Samuel McClellan and Rosa (Name unknown) was born on August 22, 1830 in County Fermanagh, Ireland (Parish and townland not known).We do not know their marriage date, but it has been found that they had two children born in England - Robert J. around year 1850-1851 and William J. born in 1855.The family emigrated to the United States and arrived in New York on September 16, 1857 (this cannot be verified through the National Archives, but this date was onhis naturalization papers.)An effort was made to find the name of the ship and the only one that came close was one that left the United Kingdomfrom Liverpool on August 11, 1857 with merchandise and 437 passengers and it was the ship SS Constantine Captained by a Captain Macoduck.It arrived in New York on September 17, 1857.His name couldn't be found on the passenger list. (This does not necessarily mean that they were not on that ship)They went to Taunton to live and why they picked Taunton is not known. His occupation was listed as gardner.He was naturalized at the Superior Court in Taunton on March 28, 1872. Conor Brady and John Gaffrey vouched for him at the naturalization.When he was naturalized, Dennis Dacey was also naturalized at the same time.Samuel's son George B. married Helen E. Dacey many years later.In the 1861 and 1864 TauntonDirectory his address was listed as house at 4 Cohannet near Winthrop.In the 1870 census he was listed in Ward 1, Taunton.In 1874 his address was listed as Winthrop by Porter.When he died in 1879 the address was 279 North Main Street, Fall River.Cause of death was listed as heart disease.He is buried in Taunton, but the name of the cemetery is not known.
Children of Samuel McClellan and Mary V. McCormick are:
- +Robert J. McClellan, b. Bet. 1850 - 1851, England, d. November 30, 1893, Taunton, MA.
- +William J. McClellan, b. 1855, England, d. December 18, 1894, Taunton, MA.
- Jane McClellan, b. August 14, 1859, Taunton, MA, d. date unknown.
- +George Brinton McClellan, b. July 01, 1862, Taunton, MA, d. February 21, 1933, Braintree, MA.
- +Margaret E. McClellan, b. August 13, 1864, Taunton, MA, d. date unknown.
- +Samuel J. McClellan, b. September 1866, Taunton, MA, d. date unknown.
- +Frederick McClellan, b. December 25, 1869, Taunton, MA, d. date unknown.