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The Name MacKnight.
Calling anyone that can help me with the above name,and hopefully it will help
me with information on my gg grandmother Elizabeth ( Eliza ) MacKnight c 1818/19 and I would think born in Ireland, but the only proof I have that this might
be so is my gg granddad has Cummer on the English 2011 Cesus and that's the
old spelling for Comber in Northern Ireland, also I have paper work to say there
first child Alexander was Baptised in Church in Comber,
The only other ManKnight I know of is Thomas MacKnight who lived in the same
Street as Elizabeth in County Durham who is also down as born in Ireland, have
no proof that they are related or came over from Ireland together.
Any help at all would be great as up till now cannot get any doors to open on my
MacKnight family.
Thanks
Jane.
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Hi,
I am trying again to see if I can find anyone who has the name McKnight or MacKnight who might be able to help me with information on my GG Grandmother Elizabeth ( Eliza ) MacKnight born c1818, she married my
GG Granfather Robert Maughan (Mc Mahon ) and he was born in Comber,
Ireland, on the 2011 English Census the place of birth for him is down as
Cummer I found this to be the old spelling for Comber. I have no proof of
were my GG Grandmother or any of her relatives were born but know she is
down with Robert and there children as McMahon on the English Census of
1851. I would love to find out more about Elizabeth and the MacKnight family
so if anyone can help me at all it would be very helpful.
Thanks
Jane.
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Hi,
I got my gg grandmother's Maiden name from baptism records and the childrens
birth certificates of children born in England. On one certificate they had her as
Minet but most were down as MacKnight. I had some research done in Northern Ireland and thats where the baptism of Alexander was found at the records held
by Comber Church of Ireland, the dates and information was what I had got from the 1851 English Census where the family are down as McMahon. In the
1861 Census they are down as Maghin thats what it looks like and then on the
name comes as Maughan. One of there children was burried under the name James Maffan in England. My mam is called Frances Maughan but always got
called Maffan and we always called my grandmother Maffan, other members of the family get called Maughan so I don't know if it was a name change or if as you say the Irish brogue was very strong which mean't the name kept getting wrote down wrong. On the 1911 Census it shows my g grandfather Thomas as coming from Cummer which is the old spelling for Comber, and also my g aunt Jane. The only other thing which caught my eye on the 1851 Census a neighbour of Robert and Elizabeth was a Thomas McKnight 1816/17 and his wife Margaret McKnight and I have tried to find if he was Elizabeths older brother as he also has a daughter born in England called Elizabeth MacKnight
but up till now have not been able to connect a family link just they all came from
Ireland. So it was quite weird when I was small to find my grandmother called Maffan by some of us and Maughan by others. One researcher surgested that with the constant change of the name thay were trying to hide that they were from Ireland. It all seems i am sure abit strange but its not till I got older and started to look into my family that I realised about how my cousins and I called
our grandmother and her children by different Surnames.
But there has been only one marriage with my gg grandparents, and I think Robert may have come over to work in the mines for Lord Londonderry.
Thanks for your help
Regards
Jane.
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I've had a look for MacKnight but can't understand how a MacKnight/Maughan marriage resulted in an eldest son being christened as McMahon. Did she marry Maughan first then McMahon? Do you think the rest of the name changes were the result of daughters marrying or from a misspelling. McMahon is a very difficult name for an English ear to understand especially if spoken by an Irishman.
Am I all mixed up?
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Did you find Elizabeth's maiden name from a child's birth cert?
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For reference
Name: Robert Mc Mahon
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Mc Mahon
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Ireland
Civil parish: Durham St Giles
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: Durham(Street Indexed)
Sub-registration district: St Nicholas
ED, institution, or vessel: 5e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 91
Piece: 2391
Folio: 238
Page Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Mc Mahon 35
Elizabeth Mc Mahon 33
Alexander Mc Mahon 15
Robert Mc Mahon 12
Thomas Mc Mahon 10
Jane Mc Mahon 8
Henry Mc Mahon 5
John Mc Mahon 2
Agnes Mc Mahon 9 Mo
Ann Oran 16
All bar the youngest two born Ireland
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Hi ,
Trying again to see if anyone can help with my gg grandmother Elizabeth MacKnight and any MacKnight family. I have proof of there oldest son's
baptism in Comber Church of Ireland it was done under the name Alexander
McMahon parents Robert McMahon and Eliza McMahon, on the 1851 census
in England the name is still McMahon living in County Durham, in the 1871
they are named as Maffam and then all census's after that thay are down as
Maughan. Have lots of information on the Maughan family but not any on the
MacKnight family.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Jane.
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Elizabeth MacKnight 1818/19 my gg grandmother married my
gg grandfather Robert Maughan settled in County Durham 1849.
My gg grandfather Robert was born in Comber, Norther Ireland,
but still trying to find proof of where my gg grandmother Elizabeth
( Eliza ) was born and any of her relatives ( parents etc ). Family
Christian names seem to be Alexander, Robert, Thomas, Henry,
Jane, John, Agnes and Margaret. Any help would be most appreciated
Jane.
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