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Ireland / Sponsors on Baptism
« on: Wednesday 26 October 22 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Would it be a fair assumption to say that most "sponsors" in 1800's to early 1900 would have been related to family = possibly brothers or sisters of the parents?

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Thursday 07 January 21 21:56 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for all the help - I’ll keep you posted  :)

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 21:40 GMT (UK)  »
Entry for my Thomas Jnr birth
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1914/01392/1572433.pdf

Would have made him 30 and not 24 in 1916 as per RD Fusiliers - so maybe not him after all?


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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 20:52 GMT (UK)  »
This is the “other” Thomas

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Mayo/Kilgarvan/Rathreedaun/1572912/

John and Bridget being parents but also has a brother Pat /  Patrick

So I’m not sure which one the RD Fusilier record belongs to . . . .

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 20:45 GMT (UK)  »
So Thomas Loftus Snr married Mary Egan in1870 in sligo.

They had 10 children 8 living - one of which was Thomas Loftus who married Philomena Robbins 29 Aug 1923 inTullamore or kilkenny. It is this Thomas who died in 1958 who is listed as being army pensioner . . . . .

I did find an army record for RD Fusilers May 1916 reg no. 26983 but not sure if it is him - he did have a brother Patrick but as I say there was another Thomas Loftus . . . . So I don’t want to mix them up.
The other Thomas Loftus is mentioned in the below site

https://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/bonniconlon/history/thomas-loftus-irish-volunteer.html


But this is my Thomas Loftus in 1901 and 1911 census

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Kilgarvin/Bunnyconnellan_West/700547/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Mayo/Kilgarvan/Bunnyconnellan/1572628/

Hope this helps clarify  :)






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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
Really helpful Heywood - its amazing how a little nudge in the right direction can get you going again  ;)

Sometimes when you are too close to and going round in circles someone looking from the outside in makes it all seem obvious.

Its a fantastic tool - we'd be lost without it.

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 10:35 GMT (UK)  »
So on ancestry i have found a Thomas Loftus with a brother patrick who enlisted his Reg number in RD fusilers was 26983.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1219/images/30971_172284-00929?treeid=113834766&personid=220142446203&hintid=1018628402762&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qMg19&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.76735510.2047386366.1609928113-818731067.1609928113&_gac=1.250881714.1609928131.EAIaIQobChMIwfLuxImH7gIVkb7tCh1BfQzPEAAYASAAEgLU8vD_BwE&pId=1187886

but how can i be sure its him?

There was another Thomas loftus from Bonniconlon at the same time who had quite a colourful career in volunteers so i don't want to confuse the two - its possible that the other Thomas Loftus joined army to get experience to bring to volunteers??

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Tuesday 05 January 21 22:06 GMT (UK)  »
Why would patrick Loftus with a father John Loftus and a mother Margaret gallagher have “Dalton” included in surname....

http://censussearchforms.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246700/007246700_00162.pdf

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Mayo / Re: Thomas loftus & Mary Egan Bonniconlon
« on: Tuesday 05 January 21 20:52 GMT (UK)  »
http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/norecs.aspx?error=

This is typical search result

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