Thomas Brady. Went missing. Never located.

[City Hall]

Hi, Thomas Brady was born on 17/02/1898 at Killycloughan, County Fermanagh to Edward Brady and Rosetta Finnegan. He had 4 brothers, James, Edward, Charles and Barney, and 2 sisters, Molly and Aileen. He went missing, nobody remembers when, and as far as the current family members know, was never located. All they remember being told is that appeals were made on the radio and notices were put in the newspapers asking for help. The only other information they remember is that he was 'very intelligent' and 'was a lecturer in a university or college'.
Not much to go on, but I was wondering if anyone could locate one of the newspaper requests for help which may have contained some additional information, or indeed anything about Thomas.
Thanks.
Paul.

[Kiltaglassan]

His full name: Thomas Francis Brady
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1898/02093/1797948.pdf

In 1911 census as Thomas F Brady.
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Crum/Killycloghan/523397/

Do you know where he did his degree? Maybe check the alumnii lists.

[gc1]

Long shot did he go missing or did he die 
From family search site

Name   Thomas Brady
Age   20 years
Birth Year (Estimated)   1898
Event Type   Death Registration
Event Date   April 1918
Event Place   Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Event Place (Original)   Enniskillen, Ireland
Page Number   49
Volume Number   2

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR2X-P6G?lang=en

Note there is another Thomas Brady burial in County Fermanagh in1920 but no age so no DoB. There are more out there so this may not be him. Sorry

Hope you find him. Happy hunting 

[City Hall]

Kiltaglassan, No, sorry. It is the grand nephews and grand niece of Thomas who are searching. The generation between them and Thomas have all died and have taken whatever knowledge they had with them.
gc1, Thomas was from a large family so I hope the informant of his death would have been one of them and not someone from the workhouse in Enniskillen.
Thanks for the responses.   

[aghadowey]

The Thomas Brady who died in 1918 was from Belmore Street-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05187/4432341.pdf
Neither occupation nor age fit someone who had trained as a teacher.

The Thomas Brady who died in 1920 was aged 81 years so can clearly be ruled out-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1920/05111/4405065.pdf

Added-
My grandfather had a cousin who 'went missing' according to her nephew. He knew she married, moved to England and had a son but 'during the War' (WWII) she 'disappeared' and his father 'put ads in English papers looking for her at the time her mother died (1950s).' In reality, the mother wrote a long letter to her niece in Philadelphia during the War telling that she was working as a nurse again, house had been bombed, etc. and when mother died she was mentioned in obituary.

[shanreagh]

Yes Aghadowey I have a couple of Irish, 'no-one knew where they had gone stories'.  Not from my grandmother whose uncles they were but my mother's generation, though not my Mum.

When we looked at an album passed down/checked US Census'/immigration records we identified the 'missing' living in Philadelphia.

Just a tip 

  Often if a relation died unexpectedly children born around the time were given their name, this meant that some times the usual birth order naming conventions were ignored. 

Are there any nieces and nephews of Thomas Brady born and given the name Thomas?

[shanreagh]

Kiltaglassan, No, sorry. It is the grand nephews and grand niece of Thomas who are searching. The generation between them and Thomas have all died and have taken whatever knowledge they had with them.
gc1, Thomas was from a large family so I hope the informant of his death would have been one of them and not someone from the workhouse in Enniskillen.
Thanks for the responses.

If he had a degree then I would check with Belfast and Dublin to see if he is on their alumni lists. You might be lucky and find the kind of degree and whether it looks as though it was of a type to do further study.

Also is there a history of going for the priesthood in your family? Some joined orders that were missionary orders and would have spent much time overseas. 

In some families sons left to join the military to fight in WW1. Some would have left against the wishes of the families.  Have you checked military lists?  My uncle joined the Australian  Army aged 161/2 years by going to Aus from NZ to enlist.  Some joined using their mother's maiden name to avoid 'annoying' questions about their ages

[City Hall]

Shanreagh, thanks for the replies. Looks like I have a lot more research to do. I was hoping, perhaps naively, that someone would find the appeal printed in the newspapers (if indeed it ever was ) and it would contain additional information about Thomas that I could use to further my search.

Paul.

[aghadowey]

Doesn't help to track Thomas in later years but this might be of interest.

In 1911 here's the Brady family (as posted earlier)-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Crum/Killycloghan/523397/
Three sons born before 1901- Edward A. (17), Charles A. (15), Thomas F. (13). Says married 20 years & 7 children (all living)

Here's the marriage of Edward & Rosetta with a larger than usual set of witnesses-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10677/5891257.pdf

Ten years earlier-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Crum/Killycloghan/1357474/
Rosetta (married) with sons James 8, Edward 7, Charles 5.
So, where is husband Edward and son Thomas?

Think this might be three-year-old Thomas staying with mother's relatives in Cavan-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Moynhall/Corlurgan/1063724/

Both Edward and wife Rosetta born Co, Cavan- could Thomas have gone there to stay with relatives?

So, eldest son James is not home in 1911- where did he go? could Thomas later have joined him? (at least for a short while?