Note:Margaret STRAHAN Saunders was still alive in Aug 1825. She was the sponsor for her granddaughter Mar…
Margaret STRAHAN Saunders was still alive in Aug 1825. She was the sponsor for her granddaughter Mary Collins, daughter of Mary SAUNDERS Collins of Knocknaboley.
Aug 7 Knocknaboley Mary for Michael collins and Mary Saunders, Sponsors Alexander ?? and Margaret Strahan.
Note:In the book, MS 6082, found in the NLI, an 1827 census of tenants on the Fitzwilliam estate shows that the only tenants on the Andrew Saunders lease were James Saunders(Farmer) and Michael Collins (Mason). Thus James and his sister's familes were the only residents left on the lease. There may have been undertenants that were not listed. And in the Tithe Applotment of 1824 for Knocknaboley there is an entry - Andrew Saunders & Collins - which indicates that Mary Saunders Collins' family lived on Andrew Saunder's Lease on the Coolatin Estate.
Note:The image: A remnant of the Probate Index for Ireland shows Andrew Saunders had died by 1828 found o…
The image: A remnant of the Probate Index for Ireland shows Andrew Saunders had died by 1828 found on findmypast.ie. The original probate records were destroyed in 1922.
Andrew Saunders, Year 1828, Knockneboly, Wicklow
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In 1827 the Coolatin Estate records show that James Saunders was farming the Andrew Saunders farm. However, it wasn't until the 1840s that the phrase Andrew Saunders (Executors) showed up in the Rental records. It is possible that Andrew had turned over his farm to James and did not die until much later.
Records in the NLI show that in 1827 Andrew does not appear in a list of residents of his own lease, but his son James and son-in-law Michael Collins do. This is evidence that Andrew had died by 1827, but the reference to John Griffin Exors did not appear in the Rental Books until 1845.
By 1844 the Saunders lease was turned over to John Griffin, one of the other Griffin men who lived in Knocknaboley. He was not our ancestor but may have been related. The relationship of the Griffin men living in Knocknaboley in 1810 (old John and Richard) is not known. Old John, our ancestor, was in Knocknaboley before 1780, but Richard did not appear until after 1800. As part of the Griffiths Census, government census takers identified and described tenant homes in Ireland. The description of the former home of Andrew Saunders is included in the House Books. John Griffin , living in the Saunders former home in the 1840s, was probably the son of Richard Griffin.
MS 6100 Rents 1845-46. Knocknaboley. Andrew Saunders Exors. 4.2.12. ... Allow Griffin to purchase this holding at 20 pounds ...
1861 Census of Canada For Mary Collins
Age: 60
Birth Year: 1801
Birthplace: Ireland
Marital status: Widowed
Home in 1861: Mara, Ontario, Canada West
Religion: Roman Catholic
Film Number: C-1057
Page Number: 21
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Collins 60
Living Next Door
John Collins Ireland 25
Michael Collins 28
Jane Collins 21
Thomas Gant England 41
Ann Gant Ire 30
Note:Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
Mary Ann Gant [Mary Ann Collins]
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1877
Marriage Place: Uptergrove, Ontario, Canada
Father: Michael Collins
Mother: Mary Saunders
Spouse: Daniel Mulvihill
Note:Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 For John Collins
Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 For John Collins
Gender: Male
Farmer
Age: 45
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 9 Apr 1880
Death Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Religion: Roman Catholic
Note:Mary Saunders Collins, age 90, was living with her daughter Mary Ann in the 1891 census.
Mary Saunders Collins, age 90, was living with her daughter Mary Ann in the 1891 census.
Residence Date: 1891
Residence Place: Mara, Ontario North, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Mulvahill 80
Ann Mulvahill 60
Mary Collins 90 Widow of Michael Collins
Jane Kennedy 50
Enumeration District: 100
Note:Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948
Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948
Name: Ann Mulvahill
[Mary Ann Mulvihill]
[Mary Ann Gant]
[Mary Ann]
Age: 81
Birth Date: abt 1831
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 10 Mar 1912
Death Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death: Senile Decay
Death:April 9, 1880 — Mara Township, Ontario, Canada
Birth
From the Roman Catholic Killaveny parish records, NLI film P4257:
Mary Sanders, baptized 24 Jan 1802. Father Andrew Sanders, Mother Margaret Strahan of Knocknaboley. Father is a Protestant.
Marriage
Mary's sister Margaret Kenshale was a witness to the marriage in the Catholic Parish of Killaveny.
Residence
In the book, MS 6082, found in the NLI, an 1827 census of tenants on the Fitzwilliam estate shows that the only tenants on the Andrew Saunders lease were James Saunders(Farmer) and Michael Collins (Mason). Thus James and his sister's familes were the only residents left on the lease. There may have been undertenants that were not listed. And in the Tithe Applotment of 1824 for Knocknaboley there is an entry - Andrew Saunders & Collins - which indicates that Mary Saunders Collins' family lived on Andrew Saunder's Lease on the Coolatin Estate.
Census
1861 Census of Canada For Mary Collins
Age: 60
Birth Year: 1801
Birthplace: Ireland
Marital status: Widowed
Home in 1861: Mara, Ontario, Canada West
Religion: Roman Catholic
Film Number: C-1057
Page Number: 21
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Collins 60
Living Next Door
John Collins Ireland 25
Michael Collins 28
Jane Collins 21
Thomas Gant England 41
Ann Gant Ire 30
Census
Three of the adult children of Mary Saunders and Michael Collins lived in Ontario in 1871.
Census
Mary Saunders Collins, age 90, was living with her daughter Mary Ann in the 1891 census.
Residence Date: 1891
Residence Place: Mara, Ontario North, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Mulvahill 80
Ann Mulvahill 60
Mary Collins 90 Widow of Michael Collins
Jane Kennedy 50
Enumeration District: 100
Note
Mary Saunders remained Catholic as is shown by multiple records in the Killaveny RC Parish records:
Marriage, Oct 28, 1816 Michael Collins of Hacketstown to Mary Sanders. Present: Jn Quiqley and Margaret Kenshala (Mary's sister).
Mary was witness for her sister Margaret's marriage to Ja Kenshala on Jan 13, 1816 in Killaveny RC parish.
At least two of her children were baptized in Killaveny RC church 1825-1830.
Mary was sponsor for baptism Sept 22, 1815 of Margaret Kenshala of Knocknaboley.
Note
Mary's father was listed jointly with J Collins on the Knocknaboley Townland on the 1824 title Applotment. J Collins may have been the father of her husband Michael Collins.
Birth
Religious marriage
Birth of a daughter
Residence
Census