Charles McLAUGHLIN

  General Notes:

Photo: Likely driven by the potato famine, Charles McLaughlin and his wife, Elizabeth McDonald, left Ireland in 1846, never to return. After a brief sojourn in Pennsylvania, the couple migrated west with their family and settled in Des Moines County, Iowa where both later died and are buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Dodgeville.

Photograph taken in 1965 by DeeAnna Allum Granston (this photo can also be seen at FindAGrave.com)




Much remains in files to be transcribed or scanned, and I periodically return to McLAUGHLIN to add more.

Are you related? Let me know!


--DeeAnna Allum Granston, McLaughlin researcher, 1964-Present



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1818 BIRTH of Charles McLaughlin

Ages for both Charles and Elizabeth are inconsistent in census records

1839 MARRIAGE (approximate) of Charles McLaughlin and Elizabeth McDonald

1846 EMIGRATION from Ireland to America aboard the ship MERCHANT OF NEW YORK from Londonderry to the Port of Philadelphia on July 6

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Point Township (September 13) ("Charles M. Laughlin," age 29, "Furnace hand") (wife "Elizabeth," age 31) ("Laughlin" in some census indexes)

1860 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Dodgeville (July 12) ("Charles," age 42, "Farmer") (wife "Elizabeth," age 40) (the James McDonald family immediately precedes the Charles McLaughlin family on the 1860 census form)

1860 CENSUS, U. S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Dodgeville (July 12) ("Charles McLaughlin," Agriculture)

1870 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Dodgeville (June 10) ("Chas," age 55, "Farmer") (wife "Elizabeth," age 56)

1870 CENSUS, U. S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Dodgeville (June 11) ("Chas. McLaughlin," Agriculture)

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Franklin Township (June 22) ("Charles," age 59, "Farmer") (wife "Elizabeth," age 61)

1880 CENSUS, U. S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (June 22) ("Charles McLaughlin," Agriculture)

1881 DEATH of wife, Elizabeth (McDonald) McLaughlin, at 67 years 10 months 20 days

Cause of death: "Paralysis" --death certification from State of Iowa

1895 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (no date) ("Charles," age 75, born in Ireland)

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Burlington (June 5) ("Chas. Mc Laughlin," age 76, widower, "Yardman" and roomer at Mercy Hospital) (This census provides Charles' date of birth as "July, 1823," but his gravestone provides the year as "1818")

1903 DEATH, Charles McLaughlin, at approximately 85 years

Cause of death: "Cerebral hemorrhage" --death certification from State of Iowa




SHIP: MERCHANT OF NEW YORK

SAILED: From Londonderry, Ireland

LANDED: Port of Philadelphia, July 6, 1846 (No passengers died on board)

PASSENGERS:

James McDonald, age 30, "Laborer and Servant"
Mary McDonald, age 28, "Laborer and Servant"


Charles McLaughlin, age 30, "Laborer and Servant" (transcribed "McLoughlin")
Elizabeth McLaughlin, age 28, "Laborer and Servant"
Mary Ann McLaughlin, age 6
John McLaughlin, age 4
William McLaughlin, age 6 months

The passengers brought with them just 4 boxes and 3 barrels

Also aboard:
Patrick Lynch, age 21, "Laborer and Servant"
Patrick was related to either the McLaughlins or McDonalds




Walter Dale McLaughlin (1899-1968), April 9, 1965 letter to DeeAnna:

"Our McLaughlin ancestors left Ireland from Londonderry to come to America. Only a narrow waterway separated Londonderry from Donegal, but Londonderry is Protestant and Presbyterian and Donegal is strongly Catholic. The McLaughlins (and others) absorbed the religion of the section in which they settled. You will find on this sailing list ages that do not correspond with those of the 1850 census of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. I am inclined to believe the ages of Charles and Elizabeth McLaughlin on the sailing list. It seems in those days people did not keep track of their birthdays. William's age of 6 months on the 1846 sailing list and 4 years on the 1850 census seem to coincide. The passenger list documents 'Mary Ann McLaughlin, age 6 years' and in the census of 1850, 'Mary Ann McLaughlin, age 1 year 8 months.' Two Mary Ann McLaughlins were recorded in the McLaughlin Bible, so I concluded the eldest one had died."



CHURCH AFFILIATION (Charles and Elizabeth): Catholic

DOCUMENT (Elizabeth): Certification of Death from Des Moines County, Iowa for Elizabeth McLaughlin

DOCUMENT (Charles): Certification of Death from Des Moines County, Iowa for Charles McLaughlin




PHOTOGRAPHS:

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa where records of generations of McLaughlins are located
Note: St. Mary's Cemetery is a short distance west of the church
Sign at St. Mary's Church
Over all view of St. Mary's Cemetery
Six McLaughlin stones in a row that include Charles McLaughlin; his wife Elizabeth (McDonald) McLaughlin; and their daughter, Mary Ann McLaughlin; and four of their grandchildren (childen of son John Francis McLaughlin), as follows: Elizabeth M., Sabina A., Joseph Edmund and Peter Eugene

The stone for Charles McLaughlin is inscribed as follows:

CHARLES
McLAUGHLIN
1818-1903

The inscription on the tall McLaughlin monument for Elizabeth (McDonald) McLaughlin is as follows:

OUR MOTHER
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
C. McLAUGHLIN
DIED
MAY 1, 1880 (Her death certificate provides 1881)
AGED
69 YEARS

McLAUGHLIN on base



Mary (McLaughlin) Kloske, March 30, 1965 letter to DeeAnna:

"The Scottish spelling of our name is ' MacLachlan.' The old Lachlan Castle is rather small and in ruins but is in the most beautiful setting on Loch Fyne (pronounced 'Lock Fine.').

According to some clan books, the MacLachlans were once a large and powerful clan. Other clans did their best to exterminate us, which they almost did. (In Scotland one has to special order the MacLachlan tartan, crest, etc.)

Very few of the clans now have chiefs. MacLachlan does.

About 10% of the population of Donegal is MacLachlan-McLaughlin, etc."




Walter Dale McLaughlin (1899-1968), April 9, 1965 letter to DeeAnna:

"In the beautiful Loch and Trossik Mt. Country, many Scotch and MacLachlan expressions and stories abound. The MacLachlans were brave warriors. After a battle during which many had been killed, their command would be, 'Eyes forward! Close ranks! Forward march!' The MacLachlans were sea-faring people, hardy, thrifty, and courageous. In a political - religious clan war, the once-mighty MacLachlan Clan was almost annihilated, their castle destroyed, and survivors scattered to the wind."




SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHS:

Postcard of Castle Lachlan, Strachur, Loch Fyne with notation, "Mac" in Scottish and Irish names means "son of." MacLachlan (or McLaughlin) and Lachlan (or Laughlin) are actually the same name, the former being the Gaelic form and the latter, the English, and "MacLachlan" means "son of Lachlan."
Castle Lachlan, Strachur, Loch Fyne, Scotland
Castle at high tide and at low tide
Castle with Walter Dale McLaughlin and his guide


See "Walter Dale McLaughlin" for a description of his trip to Scotland




To see photos of old Lachlan Castle, and the newer Lachlan Castle, visit the following web sites:

Castle Lachlan:

http://www.maclachlans.org/castle.html

http://www.lhhscotland.com/house/49.asp

http://www.softcom.net/users/bbeacham/frames/scotland_photos_castle_l1.html

http://www.darkisle.com/l/lachlan/lachlan.html


History, Tartan, Crest:

http://www.scotclans.com/clans/MacLachlan/history.html

Charles married Elizabeth McDONALD, daughter of James McDONALD and Mary McDONALD, in Ireland. (Elizabeth McDONALD was born between 1811 and 1818 in Ireland, died on May 1, 1881 in Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa and was buried on May 2, 1881 in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa.)