A surname of Scotland and Ireland, Mac Conmara - son of the hound of the sea. (Black, MacLysaght). Traced by MacLysaght in Co. Clare.
At Ferryland: |
Surrogate Court Records: October 21, 1818 - Coryear, Henry - Sued: McNamara, John. |
At Caplin Bay: |
Voter's List for Caplin Bay: 1840, 1841, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1855, 1859 - Edward MacNamara. |
At Fermeuse: |
Fermeuse/Renews RC Baptisms: December 19, 1859 - bapt. Joseph Rossiter of Michael Rossiter and Mary McNamara. Sponsors: Patrick Power & Mary Hearn. Priest: Robert Brennan. |
Family History: |
MacNamara is another surname that disappeared from Caplin Bay in the 1860s. It is not found in any of the later documents in the Ferryland area. It is not known if Mary MacNamara, who was married to Michael Rossiter, was from Caplin Bay. Michael Rossiter was born there about 1809 and is listed in the Caplin Bay Voter's Lists up to 1859, but he appears to have moved to the Fermeuse after that date. When his wife, Mary, died at Fermeuse in 1900, her Vital Statistic death record states she was born at Fermeuse. However, there are no records indicating that a MacNamara family was ever associated with that settlement. |
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