The name McDermott is Irish in origin, but it has also been found extensively in Scotland - for more information check out McDermott under Name Meanings.

Current research identifies our line of the McDermotts as originating in Dundee Angus in the early 1800s.The Kilmacaran, Knockbride in Co Cavan, Ireland. The earliest known member of our McDermott line is Patrick Phillip McDermott. Patrick emigrated Phillip's son Patrick McDermott ends up in Dundee Angus in the mid 1800s before emigrating to Australia with his wife Bridget Kettle in abt 1851, however little is known of the family before the his son, Patrick McDermott1853.

My McDermott ancestry goes back 7 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links:

• Phillip McDermott married Rose Smyth
  • Patrick McDermott 1819 - ? married Bridget Kettle
    • Patrick McDermott 1854 - 1929 married Louisa Jane Davis
      • Emily Louisa McDermott 1897 - 1993 married Sydney Walter Jessop
        • Esmond Earl Jessop 1915 - 2001 married Mary Agnes Darrough
          • My mother