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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Thursday 08 March 12 10:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks so much for all of these details. The little bit that I know of his wife is that she lived in or was born in Bessbrook, near Newry.
One of her brothers was named Joseph, so having a father by that name os certaknly feasible. As you point out, she very well could have gone by any number of variations of Elizabeth.

Cheers,
Gordon

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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Thursday 08 March 12 04:08 GMT (UK)  »
Just curious - could  the 1911 census and the registered marriage you referenced be the same one ? 1911 said they had been married eight years.
Gordon

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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Wednesday 07 March 12 20:39 GMT (UK)  »
I see the marriage particulars of some of the siblings. Any chance that there is a marriage record for Thomas Gordon and Elizabeth Rodgers,c 1902 ?
Additionally, are the date notations in the earlier post mm/dd/year, or dd/mm/ year ?


Thanks,
Gordon Madill
U.S.A

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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Wednesday 07 March 12 20:29 GMT (UK)  »
Brendan,
Thanks for the information ! Thomas b. 1873 lines up perfectly with the census information for my great-grandfather. He was a blacksmith, so an iron moulder father makes sense as well.
Cheers, and thanks again,
Gordon

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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Wednesday 07 March 12 01:51 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, the familtsearch LDS sight is the source I was referring to.
It would be brilliant if there were a living relative that might be able to shed more light.
My grandmother never quite seemed to get over the shock of losing her family, so I never asked too many questions, for fear of upsetting her. I had never hoped to find any other direct links.
Thanks again,
Gordon

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Louth / Re: Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Tuesday 06 March 12 20:36 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the follow up. I have the 1901 & 1911 census information as well. That's how I have deduced some if the facts. I searched the on line birth records for Ireland 1661-1881, but can not find a Thomas Gordon, born in Louth. He filled out the census form with Louth as his birthplace, but it could be an error.
I have used the birth records, with great success, to track down other family members, but Thomas is a mystery.
I have my gran's birth certificate and it confirms everything on the census form. I am guessing that contacting the church and offering payment for a marriage or birth certificate may be necessary , in order to go any further.
My gran's oldest brother was Hugh, so a connection isn't out of the question. I would be interested to know more of Hugh, as Thomas and Margaret are the correct ages to perhaps be siblings.
Sadly my gran passed in 1991, long before I felt the urge to find out "who I am".

Cheers,
Gordon

P.S. I forgot to mention that my gran was born Margaret Rainey.


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Louth / Thomas Gordon, Dundalk & Belfast
« on: Tuesday 06 March 12 05:16 GMT (UK)  »
I'm at a loss in tracing my great grandfather's birth or parents. Thomas Gordon was married to Elizabeth Rodgers in St. Nicholas Church of Ireland, Dundalk, around 1902.
I can't find any birth records or census data for Thomas, other than the 1911 Ireland census.
I know he was a blacksmith, born in Dundalk and lived in 4 New Street. Married Elizabeth Rodgers in about 1902 and had six children.

The family moved to Belfast in 1920. Thomas took a job in Harland and Wolff. The entire family were killed in the Easter Monday blitz, 1941. One daughter and one granddaughter survived...my grandmother and mother.

I have their birth certs. 

Any advice on who to contact or proper protocol in asking the church to provide old record information would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Gordon
U.S.A.

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