Im trying to do my family tree.. the last name is mukaukum or micaucum..... please help!!?

Question

my great great grandfather is a native american died in milwakee, wisconsin in January 1956. he lived in jackson, Mississippi and even owned a home there.. Please help me find the right last name.. he had a daughter named bethel BEAL.. Please help me find his real spelling of his last name

Answer 1

On February 5th 1784, Robert Mc Caghan witnessed a christening at Magheralin, County Down, and on January 9th 1865, the birth of Robert Mc Caughan was registered at Dervock, County Antrim. Daniel Mc Caughen, a labourer, aged 30 yrs., his wife, Nancy, aged 28 yrs., and children, Susan (5 yrs.), and Robert (an infant), were among some one hundred and seventy famine emigrants who embarked from Belfast on the ship "Monterey", bound for New York on April 7th 1847.

Answer 2

You should talk to older family members and cousins.. see if they know anything.. you can call where ever he was born or lived and get birth records to.. you will most likely have to pay for them though.. I am also doing my family tree and its a little easier for me up to a certain point because some of my family is in history books.. but it is even hard to find thoughs books.. it will take a lot of work though.. if someone on here tells you something about a certain last name don't instantly believe it is your family.. i came across another family with identical names as mine and some even birth dates.. but it actually wasn't my family because it went in a totally different direction.. apart a lot of researched it turned out they were not my family.. so be careful

Answer 3

We would need his first name and hopefully his date of birth.  Give all the info you have on him and we will look him up for you.

Answer 4

This could be the original spelling of his name,but this description is not meant to be a history of your ancestors origin, it is simply the probable origin of the name.

Maccaughan

This notable Ulster surname, chiefly recorded in Counties Antrim, Derry, Down and Tyrone, is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "MacEachain", son of Eachain, a male given name from "each", horse, with the diminutive suffix "-an"; hence, "son of the Little Horseman". Traditionally, Irish family names are taken from the heads of tribes, revered elders, or some illustrious warrior, and are usually prefixed by "Mac", denoting "son of" (often contracted to Mc, M'), or "O", grandson, male descendant of. The surname is now recorded in Ulster Church Registers under the variant spellings: Mc Caughan, Mc Coughan and Mc Caghan. Some families of Mc Caughen have changed their name to Mac Caughey, itself an Anglicized form of the cognate Ulster name "Mac Eachaidh", son of the Horseman. The latter is first recorded in the 17th Century Hearth Money Rolls of County Tyrone (below). On February 5th 1784, Robert Mc Caghan witnessed a christening at Magheralin, County Down, and on January 9th 1865, the birth of Robert Mc Caughan was registered at Dervock, County Antrim. Daniel Mc Caughen, a labourer, aged 30 yrs., his wife, Nancy, aged 28 yrs., and children, Susan (5 yrs.), and Robert (an infant), were among some one hundred and seventy famine emigrants who embarked from Belfast on the ship "Monterey", bound for New York on April 7th 1847. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of MacCahee or MacCaughey, which was dated circa 1650, in the "Hearth Money Rolls of County Tyrone", during the reign of Oliver Cromwell, known as "The Great Protector", 1649 - 1658.