McCloud (No. 2.) family genealogy

Of Skye, Ireland, and America

Arms: Same as “McCloud,” No, 1.

William McCloud, living in 1888, born at Rush, county Dublin, and a younger brother of John, who is No. 1 on the “McCloud” (No. 1) pedigree, married at Rush, Ellen (d. 1852), another daughter of Michael Byrne,[1] both of whom emigrated to Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.A., in 1850. The issue by that marriage were two daughters:

1. Annie, b. 1851; was in 1870 taken from Norwich to New Orleans, La., by her uncle John Byrne, and there entered the Convent of the Sacred Heart. She died at St. Mary’s Infirmary, St. Louis, Mo., in 1885.
2. Mary-Ellen, b. 1852; mar. in 1875 at Norwich, Conn., Mr. S. Kelly,[See McCloud No. 2 corrigenda] a merchant in that city, and a native of Connaught, in Ireland. They have five children—all living in Norwich, in 1888.

William McCloud mar., secondly, in 1853, a lady in New York city, who died, without issue, at Norwich, in 1855.

Again he married at Norwich, in 1857, as his third wife, Anne MacMahon, a native of Rush, county Dublin, by whom he has had seven children:

3. Mary-Anne, who mar. Leo Hart, in 1883, both of whom are (in 1888) living at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
4. Susan, mar. William Strahan,[See McCloud No. 2 corrigenda] both of whom are (in 1888) living at Omaha, Nebraska.
5. Richard.
6. William.
7. John.
8. Margaret.
9. Catherine.

Most of these children were born at Allyn’s Point, a hamlet on the Thomes River, seven miles from Norwich; but the family afterwards returned to Norwich where they now reside.

William McCloud, like his brother John, was a fisherman, at Rush, county Dublin; and a seaman, in the United States. For many years he has been engineer of stationary engines, and employed by the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company, at the Coal Docks at Norwich and Allyn’s Point.

Notes

[1] Michael Byrne, of Rush, co. Dublin, belonged to the ancient family of the O’Byrnes, chiefs in the county Wicklow (see the “O’Byrne” pedigree, pp. 610-622, in Vol. I.).

He emigrated to the United States in 1856, and settled at Norwich, Conn. He had with him to America his two unmar. daughters, Mary and Anne; and his sons— Joseph, John, and James. His daughters, Margaret and Ellen, had preceded him to the United States as wives, respectively, of John and William McCloud, above mentioned. The daughter Mary married at Norwich, in 1857, John Creighton (d.s.p. 1876), of Rush, county Dublin; and Anne married at Norwich, in 1866, John Kelly, of Rush (son of Simon Kelly, also of Rush), and has six surviving children, all living in Norwich, in 1888. Michael Byrne died at Norwich in 1873, aged 74 years:

1. Joseph Byrne: eldest son of Michael; married in 1859, a Miss McCann (d. 1887), of Albany, New York, and had six children. He resides (in 1888) in Norwich, Conn. His eldest son Michael, is married and lives at Norwich; and his (Joseph’s) second son—John Byrne, is also married, and has gained some reputation as a Comedian. Joseph’s other children were unm. in 1887.
2. John Byrne: second son of Michael Byrne; left Norwich, for New Orleans, La., in 1859, and has since resided there. He is a merchant engaged in the grocery and crockery business. He mar. a lady of New Orleans, at that place, who died after bearing him a son and daughter—the son being now over 20 years of age.
3. James Byrne: third son of Michael, left Norwich for New York City in 1860, and died in 1872, while a member of the Metropolitan Police. He married the widow of Michael Cahill, of New York City, and left two sons (John and James), and one daughter Mary, now (1888) some 18 years old.