Margaret McKane

Abt 1828 - 1893  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Margaret McKane
  Birth	Abt 1828	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Mar 1893	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Burial	Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I1870	Simon and Related Families | All Dolans from Seegronan Townland
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Peter McKane,   b. Bef 1807, Ireland d. Bef 1857, Ballymacavany, Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Anne Flood,   b. Bef 1807, Ireland d. Abt 1882, Ballymacavany, Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Dolan,   b. Abt 1805, Ireland d. 27 Sep 1883, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1846	Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland
  Children	> 1. John Dolan,   b. Abt Jan 1847, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 24 Jul 1945, Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 98 years) + 2. Ellen Dolan,   b. Nov 1851, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 19 Apr 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 62 years) + 3. Anne Dolan,   b. Abt 1855, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. Bef 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 44 years) + 4. Peter Dolan,   b. Abt 1856, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 22 Jul 1929, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 73 years) + 5. Mary Dolan,   b. Abt 1858, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 27 Jan 1951, Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 93 years) + 6. Patrick Dolan,   b. May 1859, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 9 Jan 1933, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, United States (Age ~ 73 years) + 7. William Edward Dolan,   b. Abt 1863, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 3 Oct 1890, New York, New York, United States (Age ~ 27 years)   8. Baby Girl Dolan,   b. 7 Jul 1865, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 7 Jul 1865, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 0 years) + 9. Michael Dolan,   b. 13 Jan 1867, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 12 May 1913, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 46 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Seegronan Townland - 1859 1859 map of Seegronan Townland with lots and structures referenced in Griffith's Valuation of Tenements. Lot 3 runs across the top. Lots 11 and 12 are in the central part of the map and extend from the northeast to the southwest.
  		Seegronan Townland - 1859 - Detail of Lots 11 and 12 Detail from the 1859 map of Seegronan Townland showing the structures on Lots 11 and 12. Lot 11 is the portion at the top, with structures marked "a" and "c". One of the structures marked as Lot 11a is shown in the accompanying pictures. The other structure no longer exists. Lot 12 is below it, with a single structures marked "a" on the right and "b" on the left. The remnants of this conjoined structure are in the accompanying pictures.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 01 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Building as seen from Seegronan Road.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 02 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Building front view, as seen from buildings marked as Lot 12a and 12b. The galvanized roof was likely originally a thatched roof with sleeping space under it for this large family.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 03 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). View of front and side.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 04 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Close-up view of front and side.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 05 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Side view. The back portion was likely a later addition.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 06 Watercourse close to the houses on Lots 11a, 12a, and 12b. It likely served as their water supply.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11 - Watercourse Boundary Watercourse on the west side of Seegronan Road that marked the boundary of Lot 11 - for which the tenant was John Dolan (1805-1883) - on the map accompanying the 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland.
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 22 Feb 1846 - Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland Burial - - Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Dolan, John (1805-1883) | McKane, Margaret 1846 Marriage Record for John Dolan and Margaret McKane in Pettigo Catholic Church Records.
  		Dolan, John (1805-1883) and others - Seegronan Dolan Family Land Records - 1828-1929 Discussion and analysis of land valuation records for the Dolan family in Seegronan Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Dolan, John (1805-1883) Tombstone of John Dolan, Margaret McKane Dolan, and William Dolan in St. Patrick's graveyard, Aghyaran, County Tyrone, Ireland.
  		Dolan, John (1805-1883) Tombstone for John Dolan, Margaret (McKane) Dolan, and William Dolan
  		Dolan, John (1805-1883) Close up view of inscription on tombstone for John Dolan, Margaret McKane Dolan, and William Dolan.

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: Year of birth would be 1827-1828, according to age (65 years) on tombstone in Aghyaran Catholic graveyard, Killeter, County Tyrone, Ireland. Photograph of tombstone at http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/graveyard_images/Aghyaran/aghnaPA190092.JPG. Because her marriage occurred in Pettigo, County Donegal, it is likely that she was born there, as well. PARENTS AND SIBLING: Assignment as the sister of Patrick McKane and the daughter of Peter McKane is based on several lines of evidence: - In both the Dolan and Kane families of Philadelphia, oral history relates that they are cousins. - In an oral history taken from John J. Dolan by his daughter, Margaret Callaghan, he stated that the Kanes of Philadelphia were known as "McKean" in Ireland, and that they were originally from Lough Derg (the area north of Pettigo). He also stated that Peter Kane was a cousin to Alice Teague's mother (i.e., Mary Dolan McCanney), which suggests that Patrick Kane and Margaret McKane were brother and sister. - DNA evidence supports this connection. A confirmed great-great-grandson of Patrick Kane (Gregory Kane) is shown in Ancestry DNA as the fourth-to-sixth cousin of a confirmed great-granddaughter of Margaret McKane (Catherine Dolan Simon). The DNA connection involves 25.9 centimorgans across 3 DNA segments, so is fairly robust. If Patrick Kane and Margaret McKane Dolan were brother and sister, Catherine Dolan Simon and Gregory Kane would be third cousins once removed, which would be in the range of fourth-to-sixth cousins as Ancestry DNA counts it. - The marriage of John Dolan and Margaret McKane was in the Templecarn Parish (Pettigo) Catholic Church, which was the home parish of Margaret McKane. One of the witnesses was Patrick McKane, consistent with her having a sibling of that name. - The Patrick Kane who emigrated to the United States and eventually Philadelphia named his first son Peter; Margaret McKane named her second son Peter. Traditional Irish naming practice would suggest that both Patrick and Margaret had a father named Peter. - The baptismal registers of the Roman Catholic parish of Carn at Pettigo, transcribed by John Cunningham and Vynette Sage and posted on the internet at the Fermanagh-Gold website lists two McKane families in the 1850s-1870s, headed by Patt McKane and Thomas McKane, respectively, both of whom are listed as living in Ballymacvanny, the area north of Pettigo just adjacent to Lough Derg. For one of these baptisms (the first recorded child of Thomas McKane) a John Dolan is listed as the baptismal witness. - Thus, it is plausible that Patrick Kane was actually born Patrick McKane in Ireland, and that he was the brother of Margaret McKane, who married John Dolan of Seegronan Townland, Killeter, and who is buried with him in St. Patrick's RC graveyard, Aghyaran, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. NAMES: - Margaret Dolan named as the mother of John Dolan (b. 1847) in his 1917 Irish Old Age Pension application, an abstract of which was purchased from ireland-genealogy.com by Robert M. Simon. The abstract notes that this information was confirmed at the time by checking the family's entry in the 1851 Census of Ireland (which was later destroyed in 1922). - Margret McKane named as the wife of John Dolin of Killeter in two birth records abstracted in the "Ireland: Births and Baptisms" database on www.familysearch.org. - Margaret McKane also is the name in the 1846 parish marriage record for John Dolan and his wife. - Margaret Kane also identified as the mother of Patrick Dolan (and hence the wife of John Dolan) by Patrick Dolan's descendants. - "Mary Kane" named as the mother of Michael Dolan in his 1913 Pennsylvania Death Certificate. However, this entry is written over in ink from an original entry in a much lighter ink or pencil. In the underlying entry, the first name could also be "Marg". - It is possible that her full name was Margaret Ellen McKane, as the death certificate of her daughter Ellen (nee Dolan) McGuire gives the mother's name as Ellen. There is some occurrence of Margaret Ellen as a combined name in her grandchildren. Alternatively, this listing of "Ellen" may be a result of an mistake, as Ellen Dolan McGuire may have been named after her paternal grandmother (if traditional Irish naming practices were followed in the family). DEATH: - Full date of death of 29 March 1893 on tombstone in Aghyaran Catholic graveyard, Killeter, County Tyrone, Ireland. Photograph of tombstone at http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/ graveyard_images/Aghyaran/aghnaPA190092.JPG. - To date, no Irish Civil Registration death record has been located for Margaret Dolan in this area in 1893. Since her land interest in Lot 11a did not pass to her son John Dolan until 1895, after her death, and since she is buried in the Aghyaran cemetery, it is logical to assume that she was still resident in the area at her death.