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Messages - Gerry Burroughs

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Devlin family connections.
« on: Today at 13:58 »
Yes apparently there was an attempt but unfortunately due to deaths any possible information wasn’t there. I am not sure if Milltown Cemetery would divulge who paid for the opening of the grave to inter John Devlin. The grave and very large headstone was purchased by Terence Devlin and has the names of his wife and young son of 18 months also his daughter in law Gallagher and the
Name Mary Ann Madden and lastly John Devlin June 1987.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Devlin family connections.
« on: Today at 09:32 »
Thank you for your reply I am not on Ancestry but if any family tree had the names Madden and Gallagher in the tree then that would certainly be right Devlin family tree. The Devlin tree of Terence Devlin who was a shoe maker appears to start in Cookstown then Antrim and ending in Belfast 14 Falls Road. I know some of the Devlins moved to America as we visited their family in Spinner St to see their movies of the new life they had started. Other names to see in their tree would be Kirk as Terence Devlin married at least twice. I just need a living family member who might have known about John Devlin and what happened that he and his wife at the time gave their baby away. The baby was baptised Elizabeth and I would love to give her the information she is looking for. Gerry

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Devlin family connections.
« on: Yesterday at 22:02 »
I was shown a photo of John Devlin with his wife Nora Devlin nee Savage  and a little girl called Mary who was about 3 yrs old. The reason for showing me the photo was to confirm it was John Devlin which I confirmed it was. I was also told John may not have been the child’s father?? So Elizabeth their second child ??who was born to them in 1940 was handed over to the Scanlons who brought her to England and back to Dublin. I have wondered if the girl of 3 had a birth certificate naming John as her father??

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Devlin family connections.
« on: Yesterday at 19:23 »
Hi Martin thank you for your reply. Problem I have is identifying a Devlin member who had family in the Spinner street area of the Falls Road. My granny Jane Devlin worked in her fathers Shoe Shop beside the Clonard picture house along with other members of the family. I am particulary interested in finding information on John Devlin who was my granny's younger brother who used to visit my mum and her sister in Broadway. John and his wife had a child adopted in 1939 and then they apparently parted company. I knew nothing about this until recently when I was contacted by a family member to know if I knew John Devlin which I conformed. I am trying to find some one in these families I listed who knew why John done this to the child.

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Family History Beginners Board / Devlin family connections.
« on: Yesterday at 16:32 »
Hi everyone I am trying to find out if there are any people out there who were connected to the Devlin family through marriage who were related to Mary Ann Madden. Laura Gallagher and John Devlin. Terence Devlin a shoe maker on the Falls Road was the head of the Devlin  family and all the people mentioned here are buried in the same grave. Terence Devlins daughter was my granny. If anyone knows of a connection please can you message me. Gerry

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Antrim / Re: Devlin Family Falls Road
« on: Wednesday 23 July 25 12:44 BST (UK)  »
What I know is the center of Plymouth destroyed in the Bombing along with the documents and when they returned to Dublin that problem was never resolved. A priest considered that because of the childs treatment by this couple recommended she should be removed from them and so she was. Infact they wrote several letters to the effect they lost the documents in a fire in Plymouth. Apparently this couple thought they couldnt have their own children which they did later on  and thats the reason they tried to parent the child. This lady appeared to be a wealthy american who used her money to purchase everything.   

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Antrim / Re: Devlin Family Falls Road
« on: Wednesday 23 July 25 10:11 BST (UK)  »
The information I have is Peter Scanlon was already married to this lady and they brought a child from a couple in Belfast ( The father was my Grannies Brother) to Plymouth in 1940 to have it officially adopted but the documents they left   with the City Hall which was bombed and these were lost. Peter Scanlon was about 23 yrs old then when he was marrried to this lady who appears to have been very wealthy and was incapaciated and was in a wheel chair. There isa suggestion he may have been in the Royal Navy but I doubt this as his wife needed care and it may have he worked in the Dock Yards there. They later bought house in Dublin.

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Antrim / Re: Devlin Family Falls Road
« on: Sunday 20 July 25 15:34 BST (UK)  »
Still searching for information !! I am looking for details of Peter Scanlon who married an American lady called Katherine Graham possibly in Dublin prewar. Is it possible to obtain from Irish records.??

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Antrim / Re: Devlin Family Falls Road
« on: Friday 18 July 25 17:13 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks I will do that. Cheers Gerry

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