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Categorized in Haplogroup: I2a > P37.2 > PF4135 Isles A
Earliest known ancestor: John William Driscoll, b. 5 August 1841, County Cork, Ireland, d. 6 August 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The basis for the identification of Mary Shannon as John William Driscoll's mother is a Manitoba marriage certificate for John William Driscoll's second marriage in which Mary Shannon is named as his mother. There has always been a degree of mystery concerning her identity and origins. An elderly relative says she was from Dublin, but that does not appear to be based on anything other than family lore. There are two short bio entries for John William in the History of Manitoba and the Story of Manitoba that refer to him being educated in London. The Story of Manitoba entry says that his father died when he was "quite young" and thereafter went to London with his mother.
Another part of the mystery concerns religion. John William Driscoll was a Protestant from at least his late 20s, marrying in the Church of England in Ontario in 1868 and then serving as an elder in the Presbyterian church in Kincardine, where my grandfather was born in 1878. Many of the Shannons in Cork appear to have been members of the Church of Ireland.
- John DriscollBMD dates unknown, m. Mary Shannon(?) Ireland
- John William Driscollb. 5 Aug 1841 Co Cork, Ireland d. 6 Aug 1912 Winnipeg, MB, CA m. Pamelia Durfee Brownlee (née Parke) 10 Sep 1868 (b. 28 Jan 1842 London ON d. 26 Sep 1878 Kincardine ON)
- John Walter Driscollb. 10 Jan 1878 Kincardine, ON d. 25 Jul 1947 San Fernando, CA, USA m. 2 Nov 1911 Olive Gertrude Davidson (b. 19 Aug 1889 Snohomish, WA, USA d. 13 Oct 1970 Van Nuys CA)
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Through private email, this project participant granted the administrator permission to publish this family history data plus Y DNA results data on : 08 May 2018.
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