McMains of New Orleans
                         
McMains Families of New Orleans

                                                                                                
The McMains families found in New Orleans around the turn of the 20th century are Irish in origin, having emigrated to America in the latter half of the 19th century (1850-1900). I have identified three family lines, of which at least two are likely related, possibly all three. This family is not related (that I know of) to my ancestors, Robert and Sarah McMains.

                       
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John McMains
                                                                                                                                                           
1.  JOHN MCMAINS was born Unknown, and died August 18, 1874 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

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1.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: John McMains Death Date: 18 Aug 1874 Volume: 61 Page: 783.
2.  John Hewes, Note, The age of this "John McMains" is not listed in the death index. Was this the father of John H. McMains? Or perhaps even more likely, the father of John Charles McMains.

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The Family of John H. McMains
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

1.  JOHN H. MCMAINS1 ,2 was born Abt. 1839 in Ireland, and died November 24, 1908 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.  He married OPHELIA ELIZABETH KING 3  Abt. 1870.  She was born Abt. 1850 in Louisiana, and died December 17, 1906 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

More About JOHN H. MCMAINS:
Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 4
Emigration: 1855, Ireland to U.S.
Occupation: Grocer5

More About OPHELIA ELIZABETH KING:
Name 2: Ophelin King
Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 6
   
Children of JOHN MCMAINS and OPHELIA KING are:
    i.    IDA IRENE MCMAINS 7 ,8 , b. Abt. 1871; d. January 19, 1875, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
    ii.    JOHN MCMAINS, JR., b. October 1872, Louisiana; d. Aft. 1900.

More About JOHN MCMAINS, JR.:
Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 9

    iii.    ? MCMAINS 10 ,11 , b. Bef. 1874, Louisiana; d. August 20, 1874, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
    iv.    OPHELIA MCMAINS 12 ,13 , b. August 1875, Louisiana; d. October 1938, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

More About OPHELIA MCMAINS:
Name 2: Ophelin McMains
Census 1: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 14
Census 2: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 15
Occupation: 1920, Nurse

    v.    ANDREW DOWNEY MCMAINS 16 , b. October 05, 1877, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. Bef. 1900.
    vi.    WILLIAM A. MCMAINS 17 , b. October 1878, Louisiana; d. August 27, 1942, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

More About WILLIAM A. MCMAINS:
Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 18
Occupation: Clerk, probably in his father's store

    vii.    LOTTA NORTON MCMAINS 19 , b. October 27, 1881, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. Aft. 1920.

More About LOTTA NORTON MCMAINS:
Census 1: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 20
Census 2: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 21
Occupation: 1920, Bookeeper


Endnotes

1.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: John H. McMains Age: 69 yrs Sex: M Color: W Death Date: 24 Nov 1908 Volume: 145 Page: 440.
2.  John Hewes, Note, I suspect that William M. McMains was a nephew, or otherwise related to John H. McMains. William is listed in a city directory, 1890; working as a clerk for John McMains.
3.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: Ophelia Elizabeth King McMains Age: 56 yrs Sex: F Color: W Death Date: 17 Dec 1906 Volume: 139 Page: 776.
4.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com)
5.  New Orleans City Directory, 1890. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1890. New Orleans City Directory, 1891. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1891., New Orleans, Louisiana Directories, 1890-1891, Ancestry.com, John McMains   grocer 348 Second and 318 First 600 Dryades New Orleans LA 1890 John McMains   grocer 318 First   New Orleans LA 1891.
6.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com).
7.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: Ida Irene McMains Age: 5 yrs Death Date: 19 Jan 1876 Volume: 65 Page: 362.
8.  John Hewes, Note, The connection of Ida Irene McMains to her "parents" is extrapolated from index listings. It is not for certain.
9.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com)
10.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: McMains Death Date: 20 Aug 1874 Volume: 61 Page: 792.
11.  John Hewes, Note, The connection of this unknown McMains (probably a child) has been extrapolated from index data, and is not for certain.
12.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: Ophelia E. Mcmains Death Date: Oct 1938 Volume: 211 Page: 1837.
13.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Given: Ophelin Elizabeth Surname: McMains Father: John Mother: Ophelin King Sex: F Color: Birth Date: 28 Aug 1875 Volume: 67 Page: 46.
14.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com)
15.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com)
16.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Given: Andrew Downey Surname: McMains Father: John Mother: Ophelia King Sex: M Color: W Birth Date: 05 Oct 1877 Volume: 71 Page: 532.
17.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1929,  (Ancestry.com. Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1929. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Louisiana Statewide Death Indices 1940-1944Name: William A McMains Parish: Iberville Sex: M Race: White or Mexican Age: 63 Years Death Date: 27 Aug 1942 Volume: 50 Certificate: 30886.
18.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com)
19.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Given: Lotta Norton Surname: McMains Father: John Mother: Ophelia King Sex: F Color: W Birth Date: 27 Oct 1881 Volume: 77 Page: 1185.
20.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com)
21.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com)

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The Family of William M. McMains
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
1.  WILLIAM M. MCMAINS was born Bet. 1867 - 1869 in Ireland, and died Deceased.  He married (1) ISABELLE SULLIVAN 22 August 03, 1892 in New Orleans, Orleans, LA23 .  She was born Abt. 1869, and died October 17, 1897 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.  He married (2) CORA COATS24 June 13, 1900 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA25 .  She was born Abt. 1873 in Louisiana, and died Deceased.

More About WILLIAM M. MCMAINS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 26
Occupation 1: 1890, Clerk, worked for John H. McMains 27
Occupation 2: 1920, Watchman

More About ISABELLE SULLIVAN:
Name 2: Isabella Sullivan

More About CORA COATS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 28
   
Children of WILLIAM MCMAINS and ISABELLE SULLIVAN are:
    i.    MARCUS MCMAINS 29 , b. October 28, 1894, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. Deceased.
    ii.    JOHN MCMAINS 30 ,31 , b. September 06, 1895, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. June 1965, Louisiana.

More About JOHN MCMAINS:
Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 32
   
Children of WILLIAM MCMAINS and CORA COATS are:
    iii.    EDNA EARL2 MCMAINS 33 ,34 , b. Abt. 1905, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; d. September 13, 1915, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
    iv.    OLGA MCMAINS, b. Abt. 1909, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

More About OLGA MCMAINS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 35


Endnotes

22.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: Isabelle McMains Sex: F Color: W Death Date: 17 Oct 1897 Volume: 114 Page: 1060.
23.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: William M. McMains Spouse: Isabelle Sullivan Age: 25 Age: 23 Gender: M Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1892 Volume: 16 Page: 173.
24.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com), From census listings it appears Cora was previously married to a man named Kirschenberg (spelling uncertain)
25.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: William M. McMains Spouse: Cora Coats Age: 33 Age: 27 Gender: M Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1900 Volume: 22 Page: 339.
26.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com)
27.  New Orleans City Directory, 1890. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1890. New Orleans City Directory, 1891. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1891., New Orleans, Louisiana Directories, 1890-1891, Ancestry.com, William M. McMains; Business: John McMains; Position: clerk; Address:   600 Dryades, New Orleans LA; 1890 William McMains   clerk   318 First New Orleans LA 1891 (I suspect that William was a nephew, or otherwise related to John H. McMains, Grocer, who was William's employer).
28.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com)
29.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Given: Marcus Surname: McMains Father: Wm.M. Mother: Isabella Sullivan Sex: M Color: W Birth Date: 28 Apr 1894 Volume: 101 Page: 530.
30.  Social Security Death Master Index at Rootsweb.com, "Electronic," JOHN MCMAINS  06 Sep 1895 Jun 1965 (Louisiana) (none specified) 436-50-9489 Louisiana.
31.  John Hewes, Note, In 1900, John McMains was not living with his father, but lived with cousin Jane McNally, her two sisters, and another cousin to Jane, Anna Sullivan (may have been the sister of John's mother) The census was taken June 8, 1900, which was about two months before John's father remarried.
32.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Genealogy.com), Listed as cousin of Jane McNally, whom he lived with. Another cousin living in home was Anna Sullivan (probably a younger sister of John's mother, Isabelle Sullivan)
33.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: Edna Earl McMains Age: 10 yrs Sex: F Color: W Death Date: 13 Sep 1915 Volume: 164 Page: 477.
34.  John Hewes, Note, The connection between Edna Earl McMains and her "parents" has been extrapolated from index listings, it is not for certain. She may be the child of John Charles McMains and Florence Davis.
35.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA ,  (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com)

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The Family of John Charles McMains
                                                                                                                                                                                           

1.  JOHN CHARLES MCMAINS36 ,37 was born Abt. 1874 in Louisiana, and died January 18, 1920 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.  He married FLORENCE DAVIS July 09, 1902 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana38 .  She was born Abt. 1877 in Mississippi, and died Aft. 1920.

More About JOHN CHARLES MCMAINS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 39
Occupation: Manager of Chemical Facility

More About FLORENCE DAVIS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 39
   
Child of JOHN MCMAINS and FLORENCE DAVIS is:
    i.    THEODORE MCMAINS, b. Abt. 1903, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; d. Deceased.

More About THEODORE MCMAINS:
Census: 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 39


Endnotes

36.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: John Charles McMains Age: 46 yrs Sex: M Color: W Death Date: 18 Jan 1920 Volume: 178 Page: 116.
37.  John Hewes, Note, I suspect that John Charles McMains was related to John H. McMains and William M. McMains, but the exact relationship is not certain. Perhaps he was a newphew to John H. and a cousin to William M.
38.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925,  (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002), Name: John Charles McMains Spouse: Florence Davis Age: 29 Age: 25 Gender: M Marriage Date: 09 Jul 1902 Volume: 24 Page: 99.
39.  U.S. Census Bureau, 1920 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA , (On-Line Images, Ancestry.com).
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Margaret McMains
                                                                                                  

1.  MARGARET MCMAINS40 ,41 was born March 01, 1904, and died March 1984 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.


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40.  Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.Com,  (Social Security Administration), MARGARET MCMAINS    SSN 434-26-3899 Residence:  70115  New Orleans, Orleans, LA   Born 1 Mar 1904 Last Benefit:       Died Mar 1984 Issued:  LA (Before 1951).
41.  John Hewes, Note, McMains was most likely Margaret's married name. She was probably married to a descendant of one of the three families found in New Orleans around the turn of the 20th century.


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