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McDermott, John J. and Family |
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Written by Craig B. Adams
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May 31, 2006 at 08:28 PM |
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A Biographical Portrait of John J. and Elizabeth (Shields) McDermott and of Their Children and Their Grandchildren
John J. McDermott was born in 1811 in County Donegal, Ireland.
During the time John grew up, the great majority of the Irish in Donegal were landless farmers who were subservient to their British absentee landowners. The British, in an attempt to suppress the Irish, forbid the practice of the Catholic religion, despite the fact that the Irish were the staunchest of Catholics.
As a young man John was a stonemason.
Around 1841 John married Elizabeth Shields in County Donegal. Elizabeth was born about 1824.
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