McGrady - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: William C. McGrady

jknepper120 — 2009-10-22 04:38:03Z

William was my great grandfather. His first child was my grandmother, Larua Mahalla. For my family records, would you be willing to send me a copy of the letter that he wrote to Caroline? You can send me a message at j.knepper@comcast.net.

Re: McGrady, Graham, Coalwood, WVA

mcarnahan116 — 2009-09-25 22:42:15Z

I have no idea. All I know is that is the name on my mother's birth certificate and since her mother was not married, and she died when my mother was only 8, it was never discussed. Now we have waited so long that any of my mother's Aunts or Uncles who might have had an insight are all deceased. The Gwaltney family moved, I believe it was the late 1930s to PA, with only a couple of the Aunts remaining in the Pineville, Welch area until their deaths. If you have any thoughts I'd so appreciate it. My mother is now 78, suffering with memory issues and just fought off cancer. It has been her wish I'm sure her entire life to know something of that family, but, time is now of the essence. Thank you. - Laurie

Re: McGrady, Graham, Coalwood, WVA

joemcgrady67 — 2009-09-25 16:55:37Z

Would his father be Leo McGrady and his mother Frances?

Joe McGrady

Re: McGrady, Graham, Coalwood, WVA

mcarnahan116 — 2009-09-25 02:07:49Z

I am back again to my search for Graham McGrady as my mother is 78 and in ill health. I have little information, which may not be accurate. He would have met Dottie Gwaltney around 1930 in Coalwood. May not have known she became pregnant. Assumption is he was a coal miner, she was cooking in a boarding house there. My mother was born September 16, 1931. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Samuel McGrady and Tiana Rogers

joemcgrady67 — 2009-07-28 17:51:14Z

Hi Jeanine,

My name is Joe McGrady and Tiana married one of my relatives, either before or after she married Sam Houston. Could you give me more data about Margaret's tree and where you and your daughter are in it?

Joe

Re: Samuel McGrady and Tiana Rogers

Jeanine_Huskey — 2009-07-26 21:53:29Z

My name is Jeanine Huskey and my daughter is supposed to be
the g-g-g-g-grandaughter of Tiana Rogers and Sam Houston. Margaret (1830 - ?) is the daughter from which she is descended - through the Fletchers.

Cornelius McGrady, Sr.

MizzLiz07104 — 2009-07-05 00:43:03Z

I am looking for any family member/friend of The McGrady family from Americus, GA.

Dugspur, Carroll County, Virginia

CherylAnn_Mabry — 2009-05-27 02:38:51Z

Does anyone know of where the farm who once belong to Jathina E. McGrady and husband Arthur W. Huff is? Trying to locate it for a relative. The farm was in Dugspur, Carroll County, Virginia.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
CherylAnn

Re: mcgrady

jmschohn — 2009-05-22 16:02:44Z

Is this Robert Alexander McGrady the husband of Rebecca Shell? If so, I am descended from him via their son Richard Benjamin.

Re: ISSAC C McGRADY

CherylAnn_Mabry — 2009-05-21 00:06:29Z

Hi, I just wanted to let both of you know that going back through many family ancestors that I have found many of them have used their middle names as their first names. Maybe if you can figure out what the middle name(s) are you may have some luck in finding more information. Just thought I let you know that since that is what I have ran in to many times over.

Good Luck,
CherylAnn

Re: Laughlin McGrady

CherylAnn_Mabry — 2009-05-21 00:02:48Z

Hi Sharon,

Beyond Laughlin I really don't have much more than anyone else, he is a mysterious person to follow. All I have was what I have researched on and I believe other family members have found. I do have most information on the Family on down. My Great Grandmother Dollie Ann McGrady was from the same lines as yourself. I am still working on more things on this family and all the people that I need to ask the questions to are no longer with us, including my Father, so this is just another fascinating part of my family that I am researching. The more I learn the longer I stay on my computer searching. Here is my email address that you can email me at anytime: CAMM0313@aol.com (after the second M is a Zero not the letter O)

Hope to hear from you soon and its great to know that along our lines we have quite a few family members out there and doing family ancestry I have got to know many from all the family members linked to me.

CherylAnn

Re: Laughlin McGrady

joemcgrady67 — 2009-05-20 15:58:54Z

email me at joe_mcgrady@cox.net and I will send you what I have...Joe

Re: Laughlin McGrady

sharonrose1545 — 2009-05-19 22:06:19Z

Hello--I, too, am a McGrady descendant. My line comes through Laughlin's daughter, Christina or Teenah. She married Lodewick or Luke Abshire. My mother was an Abshire. I don't have any information past Laughlin and would love to find more. Sharon

McGrady Budworth Families UK

judmar41 — 2009-03-18 09:23:48Z

Trying to find/contact decendents of Elizabeth McGrady (Grady) & James Budworth. from Bolton Lancashire England in 1800's. I am the direct decendant doing family research/book, here in Australia.

Re: Laughlin McGrady

CherylAnn_Mabry — 2009-02-01 20:15:46Z

Hello this is also an Ancestor of mine. My lines go as follows: Dollie Ann (McGrady) Mabry married Sylvester Lee Mabry - her father was Andrew Jackson McGrady (Jr.) married Rebecca Ann Cruise - Andrew Jackson's father was Jackson McGrady (aka Andrew Jackson McGrady, Sr. as listed in some of the census) married Hannah Thompson (my Grandmother has her last name listed as Thompkins - which was given to her by Dollie McGrady) - Jackson's (aka Andrew Jackson, Sr.) father was William McGrady married Lucy Spence (aka Spense on some census records and family books)- William's father
Jacob McGrady married Amiah (unknown maiden name) - Jacob's father was Laughlin McGrady born in Ulster, Northern Ireland and is listed as also living in Wilkes, North Carolina and moved to Bedford County, Virginia from someone on Ancestry they have his wife listed as Mrs. Laughlin McGrady born in Bedford County, Virginia abt 1710 children listed as: Christina, Nancy, Jacob and Mary Polly McGrady. Sometimes back then women were listed as Mrs. and the husbands first and last name which I have found on many of my other family ancestors census. Also on a member of Ancestry someone has Laughlin's father listed as Unknown first name McGrady born in Ulster, Northern Ireland and most likely died there as well born abt 1690 and Unknown Wife. My Grandmother has written some information down years ago and I still have to go through boxes so that I can find what she did have as far as the lineage on the McGrady's. Hope this helps.

Re: McGrady family in AL

coleysgm — 2009-01-28 23:19:39Z

my gggrandfather married a susan mcgrady. according to my unofficial records she was born in 1840 and died in 1923. she was married to jefferson buford fryer b 1830 d 1902. I dont have any other information on the mcgrady line, as i am researching the fryer line. Hope this helps

Re: McGrady, Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above?

kentuckywildcat — 2008-11-29 03:56:56Z

Ancestry.com lists McGrady as Scottish. However, when you search the McGrady surname on the census images, there is rarely an indication that anyone was born in Scotland. 99% are from Ireland if not born in the U.S. I found the following on the surname:

A Surname: Mcgrady
Recorded in the spellings of MacBrady, MacGrady, and O'Grady, the short forms commencing "Mc", and both Brady and Grady without any prefix, this is an Irish clan surname, originally from the County Cavan region. The dervation is from the pre 10th century Gaelic Mac Bradaigh, and the translation is "the son of the very spirited one" or similar, this description being that applied to the first chief of the clan. How many centuries ago this was is very uncertain, but most Irish surnames have at least medieval ancestry, and some stretch back to the very dawn of written history. At various times the nameholders have been called MacBrady and O'Grady, whilst since the 16th century both Brady and Grady have been most popular despite the famous song about Rosie O'Grady. It seems that about the time of King Henry V111 of England (1510 - 1547), certain clan members became protestant, and supported the monarchy. Whether this is true or not, the various prefixes of Mac, Mc or O, were largely dropped from the name, although there has been a 20th century revival in their use. Early nameholders of repute included Hugh Brady, the protestant Bishop of Meath who died in 1584, Fiachra MacBrady, a Gaelic poet living in the year 1710, and Michael Brady, who was prominent in the service of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and who died in the 1745 rebellion in Scotland. The first known nameholder may well be John O'Grady, Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, from 1364 to 1372

Re: McGrady, Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above?

zzty00 — 2008-11-27 12:11:56Z

Do you know if McGrady relates to O'Grady at all? I've read that McGrady, O'Grady, and Brady are all related, but I'm not sure.

Re: Need help identifying place name in document

HelenOram — 2008-05-08 17:25:54Z

Hi,
Here is the best match

Marriages Jun 1871
McGrady John Whitehaven 10b 962
Keelor Catherin Whitehaven 10b 962

so it looks like your mystery place was Whitehaven in Cumbria.

You can order certificates direct from the GRO with the above information

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Regards,
Helen

Re: Need help identifying place name in document

HelenOram — 2008-05-08 09:08:25Z

Hello,
There is no place in England with the name Whiteleams/Whiteleaves etc. The name has probably been written by someone who was unfamiliar with the place.It may be a similar sounding name such as Whiteleas.

If you could post BOTH names of the people getting married we could look for them in the GRO marriage registration indexes and that would give a better idea of where this place was. You would also then be able to order a copy of the certificate which should tell you details such as the ages of the bride & groom at the time of their marriage and their father's names and occupations.

Regards,
Helen.

Re: Jacob McGrady

zzty00 — 2008-11-27 12:09:19Z

I too am a descendant of Laughlin McGrady. My great grandparents lived in Hillsville, Va. My grandparents are living in Roanoke, VA.

I can't find much on Laughlin, except that he was suspected as coming from Ulster. Either that, or his father came from Ulster. It's kind of a mystery.

McGrady, Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above?

zzty00 — 2008-11-26 11:43:19Z

I have a feeling this topic is all clear as mud to all of you as it is to me, but I was wondering what anyone else has concluded on the McGrady name. Is it Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish? And really, this is kind of a trick question as "Scottaie" essentially means THE IRISH. As you may/may not know the Scots came from Ireland. And many of them (the Scots-Irish) moved back to Ireland after being in Scotland.

It is my conclusion that the McGradys in my ancestral lineage must have been Scots-Irish. I can trace my lineage into the very early 1700's. Those McGradys also settled in the Appalacian Moutain region. As some of you may know many Scots-Irish settled in the Appalacians during this time period. They said, "screw this colony stuff lets go to the hills and work on our moonshine!" I have also known my ancestors to be of protestant beliefs. All these facts just don't seem to coincide with the typical Catholic-Irishmen.

Anyways, back to the question. Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above? No Idea?

Re: McGrady family in AL

lightner175 — 2008-03-21 01:36:04Z

I have information. Email me at lightner@sprintmail.com
Robert C. McGrady was my gggg granddaddy. We have the family line up to now. You may have more info. than we have. Know where the cemetary is where some are buried.

McGrady, Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above?

lauff — 2008-11-26 21:35:11Z

I have to agree with your conclusions. I believe that the McGradys were Scotch-Irish. Barney McGrady (1793-????)appearently severed in the War of 1812. he settled in Upstate NY with his wife Irena(1799-????)and was farming there according to the 1840 census. His great-grandaughter (my grandmother) said that "great-gramma" stayed in Dublin when Barney came to the states. This confused my searches since his son, was also named Barney McGrady (1845-????), ande I had assumed that Barney came over in the 1960s thinking of the wrong Barney). It has intreged me that it seems tha Barney's or son James McGrady migrated to northern Illinois about 140 miles west of Chicago. What is strange is is that Sterling was about half Germans (a mixture of Lutheran and Catholics), and half Catholic Irishmen (from the names mostly from Counties Cork and Limeric). My grandmother was "protestant" until she married my French grandfather. Just seems strange that they moved to a largely Catholic Irish community.

Most of our oral history has been lost, so I don't really have a clue.

Re: Jacob McGrady Descendants

Don_Timmerberg — 2008-07-01 16:50:19Z

I don't know if this will reach you. I found your address on an old rootsweb posting.My wife is also descended from Isaiah McGrady of Wilkes County.
Would like to hear from you.
Don

Re: McGrady, Irish? Scottish? Scots-Irish? All the Above?

joemcgrady67 — 2008-11-27 02:49:03Z

I have always been told that McGrady is Scotch-Irish. The Mc being Scotch and the Grady being Irish. I am a McGrady also and I would love to know your lineage. I'll be glad to share mine.

Joe McGrady
joe_mcgrady@cox.net

Re: HELP PLEASE

EileenWilson001 — 2008-05-08 17:21:30Z

Unfortunately, the English marriage records usually only list the name of the father, and the place of residence at the time. If they were under the age of consent, it will be stated, but it does not give their actual age. But at least with the name of the father (and their occupations), you should be able to move forward. Remember that as well as the civil registrations, you should also try and obtain the church record which may contain more information; the Catholics were/are very good recordkeepers. The civil registration should tell you where they were married, so you can go about finding the church record.

Re: HELP PLEASE

EileenWilson001 — 2008-05-08 17:04:42Z

You can obtain copies of the actual registrations (with all of the recorded details) for a fee, through the General Record Office in England. An easy search and order service is available through findmypast.com

In the Free BMD index, if you click "see others on this page", you will get a list of the other people appearing on the same registration page -- one of them will be the spouse, and the other two will be another couple.

Clear as mud?

Re: Need Help identifying a place name in document

EileenWilson001 — 2008-05-07 15:52:51Z

This must have come from a baptismal record, as I cannot find the civil registration. It looks more like Whiteburn to me, but I have found some more clues.

Leo John's death record:

Leo John McGrady, of 395 Hillsdale Ave., Toronto, died 26 May 1920, aged 40 years, b. Toronto, occupation given as a clothes presser; married, son of John McGrady, b. Ireland, and Catherine Keeler, b. England; informant was Frances McGrady, of same address, wife.

And their marriage:
Leo McGrady, aged 34, b. Toronto, of same, bachelor, presser, Catholic, son of John McGrady & Catherine Keeler, married Frances Graham, aged 27, b. Belleville, of same, widow, clerk, Catholic, daughter of Joseph Marden & Caroline Sardney; witnesses: James J. Keelor of Toronto, and Mary McCourt, of Belleville; married by me at Belleville, in the County of Hastings, 7 September 1914, by Chas. J. Killeen, Catholic clergyman, Belleville.

OK, and then I find the marriage of Catherine Keelor & John McGrady in the FreeBMD site in the quarter ending June 1871 in Whitehaven:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

The district Whitehaven spans the boundaries of the counties of Cumbria and Cumberland;

In the 1871 English Census, I find a Kate Keelor, a servant, single, aged 25, b. Whitehaven Cumberland, working in the home of Henry Taylor in St. Bees, Cumberland.

And also in Whitehaven in the 1871 Census:

McGrady, John, Head, single, aged 33, boot & shoe maker, b. Ireland
McGrady, Charles, Brother, single, aged 36, sailor, b. Ireland

Getting a copy of the marriage record should give you the names of John's & Catherine's fathers which should allow you to go further in your research.

1861 English Census
St. Bees, Whitehaven, Cumberland

Keeler, Michael, Head, married, aged 54, mariner (M.S.), b. Ireland
Keeler, Margaret, Wife, married, aged 54, b. Whitehaven
Keeler, John, son, single, aged 23, ???? (journeyman), b. Whitehaven
Keeler, Catherine, daughter, single, aged 19, servant, b. Whitehaven
Keeler, James, son, single, aged 14, servant, b. Whitehaven
Keeler, Margaret, daughter, aged 10, servant, b. Whitehaven

Re: Need Help identifying a place name in document

EileenWilson001 — 2008-05-07 20:25:07Z

Glad I could be of help. When did Catherine (Victoria) die, as I find John McGrady as a widower in the 1911 census, and his death certificate in 1924, also says he was a widower. Your grandfather was seemingly born after those dates, so wonder how he knew his grandmother.

Re: John McGrady m. Catherine (UNK) - please help even if you aren't related

xyewtubex — 2007-08-28 06:53:31Z

Oh sorry, also please list (if possible) John McGrady's parents

John McGrady m. Catherine (UNK) - please help even if you aren't related

xyewtubex — 2007-08-28 06:48:32Z

I have an ancestress (Valeria McGrady) who was born about 1883
in Toronto, Canada. Her parents were John McGrady and Katherine/Catherine (I don't know her maiden name).

I know no one on this message board is researching them, but please just take a second and look it up in ancestry.com if possible.

What was Katherine/Catherine's maiden name?

Re: Need help identifying place name in document

Merice46 — 2008-05-07 04:59:42Z

Hi,
Unless people have a sub. to US and Canada they cannot help,can't you scan in a copy???

Regards

Re: Robert McGrady

delbrabarr — 2007-11-20 17:06:47Z

I'm interested in finding out as much information about Robert McGrady as possible.

From what I've been able to gather,

1. He arrived in SC from Ireland 11/8/1820
2. He married Nancy Smith in 1826 Fairfield, SC
3. He relocated to Butts, GA by 1830
4. He was on the 1830 census for fairfield SC
5. He relocated to Butts, GA by 1840
6. He was on the 1840 census for Butts GA
7. He has court documentation in Pikes county Ala dating as early as 2/1850 yet
8. He was on the 1850 census for Butts, GA dated 9/1850
9. His daughter Nancy McGrady marries John smith 7/18/1852

My questions are as follows

1. How did he end up in Fairfield SC by 1830
2. Why did he migrate to Butts, GA by 1840
3. Why did he migrate to Pike, Alabama by 1850

I'm VERY interested in discoveries answers to these questions.

Also, I will be taking a treck to the Butts County are the week after thanksgiving. If anyone researching Robert McGrady would like for me to look for specific information, please let me know as my time will be very limited there. (only 2 days and they're office closes by 5pm)

Also, if you have ANY specific places I should be visiting there, please let me know

Delbra

Re: William C. McGrady

mbowdoin197 — 2008-03-25 14:18:18Z

I am a descendent of Robert C. McGrady of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Is there anyone who can give me more information on him?

Pbowdoin

Re: ISSAC C McGRADY

lunarwindz — 2008-05-18 15:21:42Z

Changing this to say he was actually Isaac B. McGrady.
Birthdate either in 1879 or 1884 (conflicting dates.)
M 1910 to Rosella Hollingsworth (also listed as Hollandsworth or Hollinsworth in some places)
He was born in Va, and was a coal miner in WVA who died of Black Lung in 1935 according to what info I have dug up. I am still trying to dig out this line back to Ireland. and trying to dig out Rosella's line past her mother (very difficult task there.)

Re: Laughlin McGrady, b. abt 1724

rrabshire1 — 2008-02-29 13:26:09Z

The other daughters were Mary(Polly) and Nancy

Re: Need Help identifying a place name in document

JObuck67 — 2008-05-07 15:43:57Z

Hello...
Looking at the document it looks like Whitehaven Cumberland England. Here is a good site for information in England. FreeBMD Home Page this will give you the Birth Marriage and Death Indexes in the British Isles...
Good Luck Joyce

Need Help identifying a place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 14:55:57Z

on the Canada Birth Records, there is a record for my great, great uncle: Leo John McGrady.

I am very excited with this find, I now know his mother's (my great great grandmother's) maiden name.

The record lists the place of marriage for Leo's parents as somewhere in England. This is the first time I have traced ancestry in the British isles recent enough to find information in census records. It looks something like Whiteleams. It states the place of marriage is also located in the county of York, possibly meaning Yorkshire?

Please visit http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1429/albertjp3.jpg to see the picture of the place name in this document.

When you are there, simply jump onto one of the close up page views and go to page 553. Can you identify where Leo's parents had their wedding?

I have found the census records out of Canada much more useful than the American ones I am accustomed to. The censuses have exact birth dates, religion, and more.

Thank you

M. Yoder
(PS - please do not email me regarding this, only post on this forum if you wish to help)

UPDATE! IMPORTANT

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 14:46:07Z

Please visit http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1429/albertjp3.jpg to see the picture without having a subscription!

Re: Need help identifying place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-08 16:36:11Z

John McGrady, born circa 1840 in Ireland married Catherine Keeler/Keller/Keelor born circa 1842 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.

HELP PLEASE

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-08 16:26:37Z

Hello,

How do you suggest I find a marriage record for them? In the BMD index, it doesn't even seem to list two people in a marriage record. The BMD index just seems to say the quarter and year they registered the marriage in, and their names.

How would finding the right one of these help me find john and Catherine McGrady's parents?

Do you have any tips? I am very inexperienced in genealogy. Though I have been doing it for a long time, practically all my family lines have been traces, documented, and studied extensively. You seem like an expert.

Regards

M. Yoder

Re: Need Help identifying a place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 23:00:37Z

I forget his birth date, but I know it was after her death.

He was fond of her in memory though. He had many pictures of her, heard many stories about her, and still to this day refers to her as "that wonderful woman."

Being that my grandfather's mother was allegedly almost identical in manor to her mother, my grandfather loves her from the grave accordingly.

I made an error when I stated they were very close, this is because it seemed as if he knew her. He loves talking about his grandmother. He says she was called Victoria because she was a product of the Victorian era.

Re: HELP PLEASE

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-08 17:32:09Z

Thank you so much, your help has been wonderful.

As I have been searching, I have found Catherines Keeler's siblings have Civil Birth Registrations. Strange how genealogy works, I study it for around a year and then I look back at something I already saw before but didn't look carefully enough at and exclaim "Oh, that's the answer!"

That is how it worked for me, finding Catherine's surname. Luckily, Catherine's son Leo McGrady's middle name was John. Because of this, when I searched for information regarding his father in Canadian records, I accidentally found Leo's death certificate which gave his mother's maiden name.

Again, thank you so much

You have been most helpful

M. Yoder

Re: HELP PLEASE

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-08 17:17:44Z

HAHA,

Thank you. I will order one.

What other data besides what can be found in the BMD database is found in the original documents?

Does it list parents? Does it list place of birth?

Regards

M. Yoder

Need help identifying place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 01:36:05Z

Need help identifying place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 01:34:38Z

Re: Need Help identifying a place name in document

sassyheart1 — 2008-05-07 15:59:08Z

Oh my goodness thank you!

I expected good answers but this is ridiculous.

Thank you for going to so much trouble, this is so exciting for me. These are my most recent British roots.

Your post comes as an extreme help, you seem very expert in the field of genealogy.

I am so excited I can barely type.

Katherine is the direct maternal ancestor of my 82 year old grandfather who is still alive. He will be very pleased, he loved his grandmother (who was commonly called Victoria).

Re: McGrady family in AL

crystalphillips83 — 2008-10-29 17:57:32Z

I am researching my family, and came across this post. My mothers maiden name is McGrady, and we live in Sylacauga, AL, which is a few min. from Rockford. My great grandfathers name was Tolbert McGrady.He was born in Oct.1899, and died in Oct. 1899, Not sure if it helps you any.

WISH TO CONTACT McGRADY DESCENDANTS, EAST TAWAS IOSCO COUNTY, MICHIGAN; FORMERLY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN

LaurelBaty — 2008-08-25 22:55:08Z

PATRICK McGRADY, born about 1827 in County Tyrone,Ireland, immigrated to New York, where he married Bridget (Bee) McGinnis shortly before 1850. They moved to Detroit, Michigan and afterwards (after 1872) to Sherman Township, losco Co., Michigan, where she died in 1892 and he in 1899.
Their children were Mary Ann, wife of Joseph Pandorf (German), Christopher, James P., Bernard (my ancestor, born March 1860), Henry, John, Frank and Elizabeth.
Jonathan Smith, Jackson, TN
laurelbaty@comcast.net