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That site has been helpful in my search just still looking what happen to John Johnson address The 79 Coombe when my sister was over in Dublin a few years ago she went to Pearse St City Public Libraries x Archives looking over records John Johnson left his business  at that address 1869 my mother said as he was widowed again he left his daughter Ellen with his sister while Johnson went to the USA how true this was lim not sure Johnson  sister brought the little girl up  x she married Richard Bowes 1884 . Has ur Aunty ever heard any news regarding Ellen Johnson . Fran

Hi Anita on the Bowes tree I went as far back to Timothy Bowes x Elenora Keogh who married in Rathmines parents of our Richard Bowes x Ellen Johnson where I started some of my searches. They were the parents of 7 children.Tim Bowes , Richard then Teresa my grandmother Ellen, Leo  who died in 1919 think Spanish Flu Mary x Monica. That was their family sadly Mother Ellen died 1915  age around 48 . My grandmother Teresa married Micheal Gibbons then  Ellen married a jockey from the Curragh marriage didn work out she came to London First with sisters Mary x Monica as they were young Ellen settled in Margate Kent Monica did too x Mary lived in Ealing London changed her name to Francel x married Harold Doone . Ellen x Monica had partners who were related from Margate Kent and in the resturant business . In later years Monica x Francel ended up living in Somerset till around the 1980s My own mother use to leave Dublin in the early 1930s x spend time with her aunty Ellen mam called her Ella who never had any children was so good to my grandmother Teresa as she had 6 young ones. Mam x her brothers went  over to Kent in the summer as the resturant had living accomadation . Never heard anything about Ellen Mary or Monica been on the stage but my mam told me her mam Teresa had a little dance troop Florrie Watson x her 12 empire mites the troop she  said appeared on some of the theatres in Dublin dates around WW1. Did any of your family live in Cork street Dublin as my mam passed away 14 years ago but I can remember been over in Dublin x we went to Meath st. X mam met someone she said they were cousins from Cork st. . Would you know if your gt Grandad Tim or your Grandad Richard  was in the army?   Anita my mam told me a few stories which has helped I but I'm still searching  Fran

Thank you for that information Dathai ill go through the census of 1901/11 i know when John Foran died and his wife my grandparents both are buried in glasnevin cemetery its just was strange on looking at the 1901 census found my gt grandparents the Forans living with a son Charles.  of 13 years yet they happened to be in their sixties also there was 2 boarders living at that house 30 sherrad ave dublin   I think you are right when you said they had moved to England as my uncles happened to be born in Liverpool but the family did return to dublin as they are on the 1911 census thanks again franflynn

Thanks Shane  i do have  some details of  my grandparents just trying to go back and maybe find more of my dads family.  Like a lot of us searching i do wish i had asked my late father about his grandparents but at the time i was busy now i have all the time to talk.  I have seen Sherrard Avenue  on Google  earth nice to see where my ancesters lived for a time
Franflynn