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Galway / Re: Anyone live near Portumna, Co. Galway?
« on: Wednesday 03 August 16 08:21 BST (UK) »
Cousin, I have PM'd you with some detail 
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Galway / Re: Anyone live near Portumna, Co. Galway?
« on: Tuesday 02 August 16 19:02 BST (UK) »
Hi Springer 62! that means you & I are second cousins, since I am a grandchild of Elizabeth's brother John Henry! Pleased to 'meet' you
Yes, Robert Thompson did marry again late 1901 to a widow lady (Mary) who appeared to have no children of her own. They had 16 years together til he died (I think after a stroke) up in Dublin in 1917 & then Mary died in 1919 back up in her native Fermanagh. My granda John H Thompson, did move up North when he married in 1913 to Margaret Pogue (whose family had moved to Portumna from Belturbet in Co Cavan towards the end of 1800's) .
I use 'ancestry' website for quite good info, & your grandmother Elizabeth's mother, Eliza (nee Crowe) had a HUGE Crowe connection in Gortletteragh, Mohill area, Co Leitrim. It's been fun! We also have a lot of family history on paper, carefully written down by an interested soul some time back! Kind of satisfying to match it up online. VRM
Yes, Robert Thompson did marry again late 1901 to a widow lady (Mary) who appeared to have no children of her own. They had 16 years together til he died (I think after a stroke) up in Dublin in 1917 & then Mary died in 1919 back up in her native Fermanagh. My granda John H Thompson, did move up North when he married in 1913 to Margaret Pogue (whose family had moved to Portumna from Belturbet in Co Cavan towards the end of 1800's) .
I use 'ancestry' website for quite good info, & your grandmother Elizabeth's mother, Eliza (nee Crowe) had a HUGE Crowe connection in Gortletteragh, Mohill area, Co Leitrim. It's been fun! We also have a lot of family history on paper, carefully written down by an interested soul some time back! Kind of satisfying to match it up online. VRM
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Galway / Re: Anyone live near Portumna, Co. Galway?
« on: Saturday 25 June 16 09:19 BST (UK) »
That's very interesting Gaffy... I guess i'm not long into the ancestor search (although I have pages & pages of detail from others!) & hadn't got around to looking into the wider connection of Gordons. The heritage centre in Woodford near Portumna are good for info. They told us that many families left Cavan & Leitrim (& likely other areas too) to come down to Galway to farm etc.
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Galway / Re: Anyone live near Portumna, Co. Galway?
« on: Friday 24 June 16 22:14 BST (UK) »
Hi Giraffe! I am from Northern Ireland & also related to Joseph Gordon's wife Elizabeth. She was my Granda Thompson's sister. Her mother, also called Elizabeth, (maiden name Crowe) was born in Gortletteragh, Mohill Co Leitrim & (aged about 18) married Robert Thompson (from Farnaught, Mohill area,) on August 5th 1867 in Cloone, Co Leitrim (the church there no longer exists, only a bell tower). They had 11 children, 8 of whom survived to adulthood. . Sometime after 1890 but prior to 1900 the family all moved (now 8 kids surviving) to Portumna area, possibly Gorteenphadden. Sadly Elizabeth senior died 4 Feb 1900, aged only 50, cause of death I do not know. One of these 8 children was Mary Elizabeth May Thompson! She & Joseph Gordon had 7 children , 6 boys & one girl , Willie, Joe, Leslie, Louis, Frank, Bertie (Robert?) & Alison. These were my Mum's cousins. Some of these children are also buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard in Portumna as well as their mother & grandmother. The church was previously called Lickmolassy, now called Christ Church. I and a few cousins were actually there yesterday in Portumna area checking out the ancestors ourselves ! I have some hard to read notes which have been around for a while & photocopied to within an inch of their lives! but Leslie Gordon may have gone to live in England? Sorry I have no info on Eliz Gordon's husband, Joseph's family. Hope this is some help!
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