Slevin

Hi Annie,

Thanks for your post,

You should also post this on the Donaghmore message board. Have you any idea what part of Donegal your ancestors were from? I know of Slevins in the Donaghmore parish, however, some are Catholic and Protestant. Do you know what religon they were.

Also, there are links on the Donaghmore page for local churches.

Regards,

Thanks for message,I will post it  to Donaghmore. Peter slavin who married in Glasgow  in 1888 (my G G/father)  was RC, the name  as so often happened,changed to SLAVIN and even on some records it is Slaven

Slevin/Slavin -- Nancy (Anne) married Michael Boyce -- Stranorlar, Donegal, Ireland.

Michael died around 1832. After the death of her husband (Michael Boyce), Nancy Slevin/Slavin, together with her seven sons (Patrick, James, John (Jack), William, Henry, Michael, Owen) and only daughter (Catherine) emigrated to the New World on a sailing ship. The cross-Atlantic trip took three months, in 1832, and the family settled on six adjoining farms in the Saint-Olivier Range (road) in Saint-Elzear, Quebec.

Nancy Slevin/Slavin died in 1850, and the Roman Catholic church refused to bury her until the family agreed to rename her first name Anne. At the time, the Roman Catholic church in Canada required their parishioners to be named after a Saint, thus, the Boyces changed their mother's first name to Anne Boyce, and she was buried three day later in the Saint-Elzear cemetery located in Saint Elzear, Quebec.

We are probably related, but the real reason I am sharing this with you is to encourage you to open your search engine for the excellent possibilities of first name changes. Continued good luck with your research.

Oh, one more important item. Many Slevin/Slavin individuals and families emigrated to the Quebec City area, and from there, settled in Frampton (a large Irish community), Sainte-Marie, Saint-Elzear, Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Patrice, Quebec. The Slevin/Slavin families were merchants, bridge and ship builders, farmers and such.

Take care,

Tom Boyce

Barre, VT

Hello, I have been searching on Ancestry.com for my ancestors, and then I found this site. I'm hoping I can find some more relatives here.

My great great grandfather was James Slavin I from Donegal. (Also known as James Slevin or O'Slevin or Sleavin.) I am trying to locate any living extended relatives who reside in Ireland. We are visiting Ireland July31st and would love to meet any. I saw that Michael Slavin who wrote The Book of Tara has/had a book store in or near Dublin. We would love to meet him and/or discover if we are related. It seems that there are a lot of Slavins in Ireland.

James Slavin I ==sons William and James Slavin II m.Sarah Ann Daley from England==sons- Johanthan, Thomas, James, William; daughters-Sarah and Catherine.   Sarah is my grandmother.

The most extended family I've met is Thomas' family. He married Irene Ware and had 3 children. Sylvia, Marie and Tommy II. Both Sylvia and Tommy II lived in Wales who I met 21 years ago.

I would like to see if any relatives of James Slavin I still live in Ireland. 

 Thank you for your time. Kathleen