McLAUGHLIN EARLY HISTORY

[See note at bottom of this page regarding these arms
& the history of the McLaughlin name and variations]

The McLaughlin family probably emigrated from Scotland and settled in co. Cavan, Ireland during the Elizabethan Plantation period (early 1600s) or after the 1641 Rebellion. Various spellings of the name are McLaughlin, McGlohlin and McGlaughlin. Whether they came as Presbyterians is unclear. The earliest McLaughlin found is Thomas McLaughlin born about 1745 who married Mary Stafford c.1770. They were found in co. Cavan, Ireland. Early parish records were obtained at Coroneary Presbyterian Church (at Cootehill), Knockbride Parish, co. Cavan, Ireland.

I would like to thank Gary McLaughlin for obtaining the Ireland material and Blair Barbeau, Mike Leslie and Sylvia who have provided a wealth of information on the family. Their e-mail addresses can be found on the 'McL-Contacts' page. In addition to the above, many dates, dossiers and the McLaughlin grave pictures of Enniskillen and of Oshawa Union Cemetery have been provided by M.A. Edmondson. To all, many thanks for updating the McLaughlin Family.

Ireland

In co. Cavan, Knockbride parish, we have found that Thomas McLaughlin and Mary Stafford had 3 known issues:
William, James and Margaret.

William was born about 1771 and married, c.1801, Jane Irwin and they had the following children: Thomas, George, John, Robert, Margaret, William, James and Alexander. James, born about 1780, married Elizabeth Gibson and their issues were: Thomas, Margaret, Sarah, Martha and at least 8 other children. Margaret was baptized in 1781 by Rev. John Craig of the Coroneary Church. No further information has been obtained for Margaret. All the mentioned children were baptized in the Coroneary Presbyterian Church. Most of these children were received into church by Rev. Francis Carlisle. The McLaughlins were tenant farmers and mostly likely, due to the hardships of tenant farming and the religious troubles, decided to immigrated to Canada. In Canada there were already some 'ould' Cavan Irish-Protestant families and the Presbyterian Church had established itself in 1831. At least the two brothers, William and James, with their married and unmarried children set off by cart and foot to co. Tyrone and made final preparations to set sail for the new world. The McLaughlin's and the Rusk's sailed on the same ship and arrived in Canada in 1832. 1832 was the time of the great 'Cholera' epidemic that was ravaging Europe, the eastern US and Canada. Many of the emigrants that had left the hard times, the religious persecutions, endured the 6-12 week voyage in 'no better than slave ships' and who had landed at Grosse Isle never traveled further than an early grave. As Grosse Isle and Quebec City were quarantined the families may have disembarked at Montreal. Whether they landed at Grosse Isle or not they would have made their way to Montreal.

Miscellaneous Family Findings: see below

Canada

From Montreal, by barge, they journeyed to Upper Canada (now Ontario). Here they may have landed at Cobourg or Pope Hope. From there, some settled in Cavan township others in Darlington township of Durham county and some. later, made their way to Huron county all of Ontario. The families have since spread from Ontario to Saskatchewan and beyond. Today, descendants are scattered all over Canada and the United States. The most notable family in Darlington was that of John McLaughlin and Eliza Rusk. Settling on the farm on the west side of Tyrone in 1840. They had the following issues: Robert, James Wellington, John, William and Mary McLaughlin. John James, who became a chemist and pharmacist, was responsible for "J.J. McLaughlin Limited - Manufacturing Chemists" of Toronto which produced "Canada Dry Ginger Ale". Another son Robert, who never liked farming, began a business of making axe handles. He then progressed to sleighs and cutters. The business, McLaughlin Carriage Co., grew and two of Robert's sons, George W. and Robert S. entered the work force. Robert S. saw the coming importance of the automobile and along with George and Robert Sr.'s consent started the McLaughlin Motor Company. The first car was the McLaughlin Buick and was very successful. This company became General Motors of Canada.

Related Families:

BOND, The first know is Samuel who was born in England and immigrated to Canada. He settled near Oshawa Ontario

Numerous people have graciously supplied me with the information contain on this site. If you have further inquiries about a family line look on the 'CONTACTS' page and email that person. I have not posted all the information that I or they may have and I encourage you to make the contact.

Combined there is most likely over 75-100 years of research done on this family.

Special thanks to each of the contributors:

BARBEAU, Blair	Blair was one of the first to contact me a that started the ball rolling on all the other lines of this family
LESLIE, Mike	Mike soon followed and gave great assistance
LUCKY, Carol	Carol has gathered material on her line for over 20 years and has assembled many notes on the individuals. She has supplied the LDS with her information so any material one gathers there is due to her extensive efforts. I have only provided a small amount of that information, enough I hope, for visitors to this site to ascertain if they are of her line. If so, you will definitely want to contact Carol!
McLAUGHLIN, Bruce & Sandy	Sandy found our site and has given some really good information
McLAUGHLIN, Dave & Mary	Dave spotted our site and, with thanks from me, I have made his corrections
McLAUGHLIN, Gary	Gary supplied the information and pictures of the co. Cavan, Ireland material - his email address has not been working. He visited co. Cavan in 2002
UBELL, Sylvia	Sylvia soon followed Mike Leslie and has been a great help on sorting out the initial lines
EDMONDSON, Howard	Howard has been and invaluable help with the grave pictures and with source material for the McLaughlin and Bond families. His editing of this site has been greatly appreciated!
To obtain their email addresses go to 'Contacts'

Miscellaneous Family Findings The following web site(s) have provided information where I have found some family names: (no connections have been made to these persons)

       http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adrian/Cavan.htm
            1630 Muster Roll, Co. Cavan:                       Parr; Par; Irwin
            1796 Flax Growers List: Killlan Parish:         McLaughlin; McLoughlin; Parr
            1824 Pigot & Co1824, Ulster, Cootehill:       Irwin

http://www.uhf.org.uk/index.htm?cavan_map.htm
Civil Parishes of co. Cavan (My interested parishes: Knockbride; Bailieborough; Drumgoon)

http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/knownas.htm
Townlands/Parishes; showing different religions

For the material gathered on the McLaughlin families please view the Dossier' pages

The Arms depicted are those that I found relating to McLaughlin's of Ireland. I had no idea whether they were used by this family when I found them. I have received an email from John McLaughlin and he has explained the arms and who used them. The arms shown above are not likely my McLaughlin's but I have nothing to put in its place as yet. :-) However, if you are interested in the McLaughlin name and arms here is where you can learn a lot: http://members.aol.com/lochlan/clanmac.htm

thanks John.

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