Margaret Mary was born in 1908 in County Longford, Ireland.
On 8 September 1935, Margaret married Owen McMahon, son of James McMahon and Esther McArdle, in New York City. Margaret's parents names are given as James McDonnell and Mary McDonald. [1]
Margaret was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1940 in New York. Her husband's name and birth date are on this record. [2]
Margaret is recorded as having entered the U.S. at New York on the SS Arabic on 6 May 1929 from Queenstown, Ireland.
The Naturalization Record also lists one son: James, born 17 December 1937 in New York, New York.
She passed away in 1996.
Sources
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"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2486-2T2 : 10 February 2018), Owen Mcmahon and Margaret Mcdonnell, 08 Sep 1935; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,674,296.
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"New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:411N-4HN2 : 8 March 2021), Margaret or Margaret Mary McMahon or McDonnell, 1940.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret Mary: