Ancestor Birthday: John Pollock 1806-1892

John Pollock, a Muffin ancestor on Mom's side, was born on February 6, 1806, in Ireland, probably somewhere in the Donegal area. In December 1823, he married Nancy Blair. He was from the village of Stranolar, Raphoe, Donegal at the time. Sometime between the birth of his first child in 1833 and the births of his other children, he and his family came to America and settled in Philadelphia. There is a likely looking passenger record for a John Pollock and family arriving in Philadelphia aboard the Bark Dorothy on May 23, 1834. John and Nancy had six children, including Ann Jane Pollock, the next ancestor on the Muffin line. He lived until November 30, 1892. As of now, there are no known pictures of him, but we do have a memorial card made at the time of his passing to celebrate the lives of him and his wife, who passed away within two weeks of him: