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Topic: Help needed to find Nixon family - Roscrea (Read 715 times)
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Glencanon
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John Nixon ran away from home to join the army, and was fetched back home by his father, he returned to the army for a second time and had a distinguished military career, married, twins(girl and a boy) one further male child died in infancy. whilst living in Germany father serving B.A.O.R. Johns first wife died, and he re.married. Served as a Special Constable during 2nd World War. John visited Roscrea in 1938 and again in 1949.
Joseph retired to Bexhill on Sea, believe he had one daughter .
I have a poem which Joseph wrote in memory of the brother James.
I believe there were 11 children(10 sons and 1 daughter)
Hope this will help .
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Glencanon
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Hello from West coast Scotland, I am the grand daughter of John Nixon. I have personal knowledge of grandfathers military and family life from long conversations with him in my early life. The poem is as follows:-
In France there is a grave
A grave of covered clay
And underneath that mossy bank
Our darling Jimmy lay.
Let not a single teardrop fall
Nor be there sounds of weeping
While lost for ever to us all
Our darling Jim is sleeping
For weary months he fought in vain
Waiting the Peace that never came
But God himself he thought it best
To take him to Eternal rest
The Lord he took our boy away
But we will not repine
For in that Heavenly Home above
Our darling Jim will shine
The fairest flower was first to fall
The seweetest first to fade
The fondes, dearest, best of all,
Within the grave is laid.
Sergt/ Joseph Nixon 1st Bn Leinster Regt. R.C. 18.6.17
This show of brotherly love never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
I will let you have further information in the near future re the medals etc and the remaining family.
Peace and Love,
G.
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Glencanon
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Hello Sarah,
I would be very pleased to receive the photos and any information on any of our family members. I have been working on the family tree since 1972, and I greatly appreciate you taking time to provide the information. I have followed my fathers family back to the mid 1700s, and have visited many of the areas in which they lived and worked. I was very close to my grandfather Nixon and it was said in the family that he was seen always with a dog to one heel and me at the other. I inherited his love of animals and the outdoors, and as a child I heard first hand his stories of his time served in India, his love for his native Ireland, and wasin Dublin at Easter time 1916 when the Post Office was taken over in the name of the Republic, and in 1995 I visited Dublin and stood at the same site. He met my grand mother on that same leave whilst recovering from wounds, the bullet he carried with him to death in 1957. His son John served in a Scottish Regiment, and married a Scots girl. They had 2 children, XXXX My mother XXXX I gave up my career to take care of my late father, and moved to Scotland 2004.
I am driving down to England tomorrow, on leave for 10 days, and taking with me family photos for my daughter to scan into the laptop. Hopefully I will be able to forward them on to you. Over the years I have rescued family photos and documents, questioned living relatives, and read up history local to the family homes. We do share a very interesting family and I have alway thought it important that the stories should be passed on, and that the information gives many answers as to how our own character has developed.
Will be in touch on my return from England.
Peace and love,
Greraldine.
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enfield
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2 Nixons from Roscrea were killed in ww1, James and Adam.
Regards.
Tom
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