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Patrick GOONAN

Sheila GORDON [Parents] was born 1908 in New Zealand. She died 2002. Sheila married Patrick GOONAN.

They had the following children:

  M i
Terry GOONAN was born 1950 in New Zealand. He died 1974.
  M ii Tony GOONAN

Donald (Don) GORDON [Parents]

Audrey FELTS

Other marriages:
'UNKNOWN',

They had the following children:

  M i Peter GORDON
  F ii Kathleen GORDON
  F iii Nancy GORDON
  F iv Helen GORDON

John Desmond Joseph GORDON [Parents]

Patricia Helen DONOVAN

They had the following children:

  F i Deborah Mary Anne GORDON
  M ii Gerard GORDON
  M iii Timothy (Tim) GORDON
  F iv Bridget GORDON
  M v David GORDON
  F vi Megan GORDON
  F vii Cushla GORDON

Peter GORDON [Parents] was born 30 Apr 1932 in New Zealand. He died 14 Aug 1993. Peter married Maureen FLETCHER in New Zealand.

Maureen FLETCHER

They had the following children:

  F i Susan (Sue) GORDON
  M ii Michael GORDON
  M iii Simon GORDON
  F iv Maria GORDON
  F v Lisa GORDON

Sid TONKS was born 10 Jul 1911. He died date unknown. Sid married Patsy GORDON.

Patsy GORDON [Parents] was born 13 Dec 1923 in New Zealand. She died 2007. Patsy married Sid TONKS.

They had the following children:

  M i David TONKS
  M ii Brian TONKS
  M iii Paul TONKS
  M iv Kevin TONKS

William CLARKE was born about 1851 in Co. Roscommon. He died 28 Jul 1928 in probably Dublin and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. William married Kathleen J. GORDON on 22 Aug 1883 in Fairymount Church.

William was a farmer, a miller and a justice of the peace. He and Kathleen lived in Castlemore House in Castlemore, near Ballagherreen, Co. Roscommon for a number of years before moving sometime after 1910 to Dublin where they lived at 6 Elgin Road in Ballsbridge.

According to the 1911 census, William and Kathleen had been married for 27 years and had nine children born alive, eight of whom were alive at the time of the census (Gordon having died in 1897).

Kathleen J. GORDON [Parents] was born 15 Apr 1858 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 18 Apr 1858 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. She died 26 Feb 1927 in Dublin and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Kathleen married William CLARKE on 22 Aug 1883 in Fairymount Church.

They had the following children:

  M i
Thomas Gordon (Gordon) CLARKE was born 2 Jun 1884 in Castlemore, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 28 Dec 1884 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. He died 1897 in Co. Sligo.

Gordon died in a drowning accident while at school in Co. Sligo.
  M ii John Joseph CLARKE was born 31 Jul 1885 and died 1975.
  M iii Herbert Eustace (Bertie) CLARKE was born 24 Apr 1887 and died 28 Jun 1945.
  F iv
Anne Clare CLARKE was born about 9 Dec 1888 in Castlemore, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 9 Dec 1888 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. She died possibly 1926.

It's known that Anne died as a young woman. A death record has been located on the FamilySearch website for an Annie Clare Clarke who died aged 35 in 1926 in the Castlereagh registration district of Co. Roscommon, which may relate to our Anne above.
  F v Gertrude (Gertie) CLARKE was born 16 Nov 1890 and died 1960.
  F vi
Mary (May) Christina CLARKE was born 17 Apr 1892 in Castlemore, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 7 May 1892 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. She died 1981 in Brighton, England.

May was a doctor and lived in England. She never married.
  F vii
Kathleen CLARKE was born 23 Jun 1895 in Castlemore, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. She died 1987 in England.

Kathleen was a nurse in the south of England.
  F viii Margaret Mary (Rita) CLARKE was born 13 Jun 1897 and died 1972.
  F ix
Edith (Edie, Nuala) CLARKE was born 14 Jan 1899 in Castlemore, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 20 Jan 1899 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. She died possibly 1989 in Hampshire, England.

Edie was also called Nuala, and in fact insisted on being called Nuala in her latter years. She lived in England and never married.

Maurice RODGERS [Parents] was born in Australia. He died 11 Nov 1990 in Sydney. Maurice married Mary O'SULLIVAN on 1952.

Maurice was a dentist in Sydney. He and Mary and their family lived in the suburb of Wahroonga.

Mary O'SULLIVAN [Parents] was born in probably Queensland. She died late 1990s in Sydney. Mary married Maurice RODGERS on 1952.

Mary was an only child.

They had the following children:

  M i James RODGERS
  M ii Gerard RODGERS
  M iii Patrick RODGERS
  F iv Mary-Jane RODGERS

Wilfred (Wilf) RODGERS died 1968. He married Martha CUSACK on 1919.

Martha CUSACK died 1959. She married Wilfred (Wilf) RODGERS on 1919.

It's thought Martha's family came from Co. Clare.

They had the following children:

  F i Margaret RODGERS
  M ii Maurice RODGERS died 11 Nov 1990.

Eugene O'SULLIVAN [Parents] was born about 3 Apr 1893 in Glynn, Mourneabbey, Co. Cork and was christened 3 Apr 1893 in Analeentha Church, Mourneabbey, Co. Cork. He died 31 Dec 1988 in Wahroonga, NSW. Eugene married Jane MCCLELLAND on 1925 in Queensland.

According to Eugene's birth certificate, a Bridget Connell was present at his birth. Eugene was born on 6 April 1893, but according to baptismal information from the Mallow Heritage Centre, he was christened on 3 April. Sponsors at Eugene's baptism were John Doody and Ellen Cashman. The given name on Eugene's baptism certificate is "Owen" ("Owen" is an equivalent of "Eugene"). In the 1901 census, Eugene is listed as "Ewen".

Eugene went to Australia on assisted passage as a young man. Because he worked on board ship, unlike a lot of the other men, he was fit when he arrived in Australia and consequently got a job quickly as a farm labourer (sugar cane farm?) in Queensland. After a number of years in Innisfail, near Cairns, in Queensland, he moved to the Sydney area and lived in the suburb of Wahroonga with his wife, Jane, their daughter, Mary, and Mary's family. He never returned to Ireland.

Jane MCCLELLAND was born in Belfast. She died 22 Sep 1994 in Sydney. Jane married Eugene O'SULLIVAN on 1925 in Queensland.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary O'SULLIVAN died late 1990s.

Stephen COURT [Parents]

Carmen 'UNKNOWN'

They had the following children:

  M i Ben COURT
  F ii Gemma COURT
  M iii 'unknown' COURT (male)
  M iv 'unknown' COURT (male)
  M v 'unknown' COURT (male)

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