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This is the family page of my husband Danny's maternal ancestors the Marron and Esler Family of County Antrim and County Down.
The Family TreeJames Marron was born around 1828 in County Down. He worked as a boilermaker and on the 10th January 1851 he married Mary Ann Beattie in St Patrick's RC Church Belfast.
Mary Ann died sometime before 1877 because in that year James married Catherine Curran and together they had 4 sons. William Joseph, John Francis Marron, James Alphonsus and Edward Thomas Marron.
The children of James and Mary Ann Marron nee Beattie
James Marron born 27th March 1853 in Ballygalget, Ards, County Down. James married Bridget McCormack of Ligoniel on the 24th May 1877 in the Holy Cross RC Church, Ardoyne, Belfast. Anne Jane Marron born about 1855 in Belfast, County Antrim. Married James Cairns of Birkenhead, The Wirral, Cheshire, England on the 18th October 1876 in St Patrick’s RC Church, Belfast. Ellen Marron born about1861 in Belfast, County Antrim. Married John Waugh of Belfast on the 12th May 1884 in St Anne’s Church of Ireland, Shankill, Belfast. Lucy Marron born November 1865 in Belfast, County Antrim. Married John Donnelly of Belfast on the 26th June 1884 in St Patrick’s RC Church Belfast. Lucy and John emigrated to the USA in 1889. They had six children together.
The McCormack Connection
Bridget Marron nee McCormack was the daughter of Henry McCormack and Bridget Savage. She was born in Dromora, Lisburn, County Down on the 4th February 1846.
Before her marriage to James she was living in Ligoneil and working as a spinner in the local linen mill.
Bridget married James Marron on the 24th May 1877 in the Holy Cross RC Church, Ardoyne, Belfast. The witnesses at their marriage were James and Anne Cairns, Anne was James sister and James Cairns was her husband. The couple had five children.
The children of James Marron the second & Bridget McComack
Mary Ann (holding the parasol) and her sister Ellen Mary Ann McQuade nee Marron was the eldest child of James and Bridget. She was born on the 17th March 1879 in Belfast County Antrim. Mary Ann was a dressmaker and married Jack McQuade they had one daughter Theresa. Ellen Marron as a young woman Ellen Marron was James and Bridget’s second child. She was born in New Lodge, Belfast on the 18th May 1881. Ellen was a National School teacher in Belfast. She never married.
Young Bridget Marron Bridget Marron, the third child of James and Bridget was born at 23 Whitla Street, Belfast on the 8th December 1882. Bridget worked as a machinist. She never married.
Lucy Marron Lucy Marron was the youngest child of James and Bridget and she was born in Lisburn in 1888. She was a music teacher but like her sisters Ellen and Bridget she never married.
James Marron James Marron the third was the fourth child of James and Bridget. He was born on the 14th February 1885 at 23 Whitla Street, Belfast and like his father before him he was a boilermaker . However James could not always find work at his chosen profession and had a variety of other jobs including "Tea traveller" presumably selling tea from door to door. He was a member of Clonard Choir. Clonard Choir James is fifth from the left back row. On the 10th of April 1912 he married Margaret Esler, the only daughter of Alexander and Mary Esler (nee Marmion) of Carrickfergus. They were married in St Matthews RC Church, Belfast by father John Laverty and the witnesses at their marriage were Margaret’s brother James and James’s sister Ellen.
Above Margaret Marron nee Esler and below Margaret's parents Alexander Esler and Mary Marmion
The Esler Connection
"The Esler family came originally from Meckleburg, in Northern Germany, to this country," according to G.B. Van Goor, Gouda, 1861, from whose collection the Arms and Crest have been furnished as those which the family is entitled to use.Tradition and the written records agree as to the German origin of the family, and its domicile in Scotland. The first Irish Eslers were three brothers, they carried with them their Scottish dialect and sturdy Presbyterianism. Each became a landowner, and as freeholders or leaseholders their descendants have remained in possession of the same lands up till the present time. (Extract from a book by Dr Robert Esler about the Eslers of the Braid Valley Antrim.) Margaret Marron nee Esler was the only daughter of Alexander Esler of Carrickfergus, County Antrim and Mary Marmion of Drinn, Dromora, County Down. Alexander was the son of James Esler a farmer and Mary Drummond of Carrickfergus. Margaret was born in Carrickfergus on the 24th August 1887. Unlike his father Alexander was not a farmer but instead had a variety of jobs including, publican and grocer.
Margaret with her older brother James Margaret had one older brother James and two younger brothers Patrick and Danny.
James lived in London where he married Harriett Day in 1913. He worked as a book finisher and in 1915 he joined the The Royal Artillery Regiment as a gunner and rose to the rank of corporal. He saw action in France and was awarded the 1915 star and victory medal. Danny was born in Carrickfergus and emigrated to the USA in the 1920's. He married Mary Dean in 1922 and together they had 2 sons Thomas and Harold. In the 1930 United States census he and his family were living in Detroit, Michigan at the home of his wife's brother Charles Dean. Danny applied for US naturalization in 1934. In later life he and his wife Mary returned to Ireland to live. He and Mary died in Donegal in 1973.
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