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« on: Thursday 16 April 09 12:25 BST (UK) »
Hello Gerald,
It was good to hear from you especially as you are living in the house that I think my wife’s great great aunt – Rebecca (Raby) who married a Jack Davis- lived in for many years. When we visited Dromore in 2005 we spoke to Mrs. Crozier who was very elderly but could remember Mrs. Davis who died in the 1930s. We also spoke to one of the sons of the late Sara Alexander Roberta (Osborne) Kenwall who is distantly related and his wife. We visited the Salt and Pepper Café as this purportedly, was once the draper’s shop that my wife’s g g grandfather, Thomas Alexander, owned. He had many children, one of whom was James, my wife’s great grandfather, who came out to Australia in the 1870s. His daughters (my wife’s great aunts) had visited some of their cousins (the Buchanans – Martha and Mary) back in the 1960s and always spoke warmly of Dromore.
It was one of these great aunts who kept all things to do with the family who had these photos. They were signed by ‘Jack’ and addressed to James Alexander and Charles Woods. ‘Jack’ could be Rebecca’s husband (Jack Davis) or a nick name for John Houston Alexander the brother of James Alexander and brother-in-law of Charles Woods. (John married Margaret Woods.)
Quite a few Alexanders are buried in the new cemetery as well as in the old one. Due to time constraints and an elderly father-in-law (grandson of James, above) who was with us, we had difficulty working out the wording of an Alexander memorial in the old church cemetery on the hill. If you happen to come across it and are able to record what it says we would be most appreciative. Maybe it is even written down somewhere in a local historical archive perhaps. Any history of what happened to Thomas and the drapery business would also be interesting. Actually, any information about Dromore and its inhabitants would be useful.
Many thanks,
Bruce.
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