I was taking a very wild guess about the family name of Trainor! I recently saw my Great Grandparents marriage record and learned their father's names and where my Great grandmother lived at that time...in Aghinlig. I did a search on that area and a site came up that had Traynor/ Trainor's Pub in it.
My Grandfather was born in 1881 in Drumgrannon, Tyrone. In the 1901 census he was in the Army and headed off to the Boer War. He desserted at some point, changed his name from Taylor to Trainor, ended up in or near Simonstown, South Africa, met my Grandmother (she lived there with her family), around 1909 her Mother brought all 8 children back to Clydebank, Scotland...minus her husband, my Grandfather eventually followed and they married in March of 1910. By the time the Queen pardoned everyone it was too expensive to change 5 people's last names...so it stayed Trainor.
So not knowing why he picked the name "Trainor" my wild guessing was if the pub had been around when he was a young lad in Ireland (his family moved to England about mid 1890's) and he went to that town maybe to visit his Grandparents, maybe knew the "Trainor's....etc etc
But since you said the pub was not around at that time...there goes my guess!
Sounds like interesting history for you though and if you think about it at a later date after you have been there..sure I would love to hear and see what you found! Seems the Armagh and Tyrone areas there are close by. I know my Grandfather's sister (the third child) was born at St James, Moy, Tyrone/Armagh..they had both counties on the baptism record. I have found a photo of that old church...no longer used. I am going to assume my Grandfather and his brother were also baptized there. The address on both records for where they lived was Drumgrannon. I know they were on a farm. My Great Grandparents were William Thomas and Mary Ann Simpson Taylor. She was a School Teacher, he was a Farmer and Land Bailiff for Lord Charlemont...a whole other story there and why they left for England! Seems William's father, Robert Taylor, was also a Bailiff. Mary Ann's father was a John Simpson and a Farmer.
If you happen to run across the Drumgrannon area and could take some photos that would be awesome.
Keep in touch,
Karen
Glendora, CA
