This is only my second request for information but I had such a wonderful response to my first query posted only yesterday that I have been encouraged to post another already.
My maternal grandfather - Arthur Herbert Robb was born on 19 September 1887 at 39 Cumber, Fintona, Omagh, Co. Tyrone and died in The Wirral, Cheshire in 1965.
The 1901 Census revealed that his father James must have already died and that they were living in Cumber, Fintona in the parish of Donacavey and the Barony was Clogher.
His mother was head of the household aged 45 - she was formerly Taylor - but unfortunately I cannot confirm whether her second name was Ann or Anne - the references I have found for her to date show both at different times. She was born in about 1856 and died on 16 November 1931 according to her obituary in a local newspaper and buried in Fintona Presbyterian Church on 18 November. Her parents were (I believe) William and Margaret Taylor.
Her brother William Charles Taylor who was born in 1859 became the founder of the English Leather Co. in Liverpool which became a limited company in 1923. He had 4 children - 2 boys and 2 girls with his wife Elizabeth.
Her other siblings were - Neville (1848-?), Sarah (1850?) and Elizabeth (1861-?). I am not sure if John, Joseph, Margaret and Robert were also her siblings.
The census also showed that my grandfather had 5 siblings - namely -
Sarah Amelia - 16 - aka Amy and living in Portballintrae, Co. Antrim in 1965 having married Robert King
William John Taylor - 14 - still in Cumber and alive in 1965 - marrying Nan and father of 4 children - all girls
Maggie Evelyn - 11 - aka Eva - still alive in the 1960s and widow of W Robert Duncan and mother of 4 children - 3 boys and 1 girl
Mary - 8 - aka May - still alive in 1965 and living in Portballintrae, Co. Antrim
Kathleen - 4 - still alive in 1968 and married to JD Gardner, living in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim and mother of 1 daughter (who my mother was still in contact with until the 1990s and was also my godmother)
My grandfather was known as Herbert in the family rather than Arthur Herbert and in WW1 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
The above are all the details about my irish family that I can supply at present due to the lack of records in Northern Ireland - but would be delighted and extremely grateful if any information about my maternal great grandparents or their descendents could be traced.
Thanks to everyone who reads this very long request and especially to those who will try to help me find out more about my irish ancestry.
