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J. SHERLOCK

Winnie GORDON [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Peter SHERLOCK
  F ii Margaret SHERLOCK
  F iii Susan SHERLOCK

Patrick GORDON [Parents] was born about 1807 in prob Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob. Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. Patrick married Mary FRENCH on 4 Feb 1833 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

Patrick Gordon farmed in Curreentorpan in Fairymount.

The year of Patrick's birth provided by the family (1817) doesn't fit in with the date of baptism of his sister, Bridget (12 July 1817), as provided by the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company. It also doesn't fit in with the births of his children as it's unlikely he was in his late teens when he had his first children. It's more likely therefore that he was born perhaps five to 10 years earlier.

Mary FRENCH was born about 1805 in Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. She died 1900 in prob. Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. Mary married Patrick GORDON on 4 Feb 1833 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

According to family sources, Mary was born in 1805, but this seems unlikely given that that she was still having children in the late 1850s. It's probable therefore that she was born perhaps 10 years later. However this doesn't tie in with family information that Mary was older than her husband.

Family notes state that Patrick and Mary were married in 1844. The Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company have records showing that a Patrick Gordon and a Mary French were married in Fairymount on 4 February 1833, which is more likely given the years of birth of their children.

Witnesses to the marriage of Mary and Patrick were Martin Gordon (Patrick's brother?) and Michael Dowd.

The christening dates given blow for nine of the children of Mary and Patrick come from the LDS Vital Records Index. These christenings were recorded in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

They had the following children:

  M i
Robert GORDON was born about 1 Jan 1834 and was christened 1 Jan 1834 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob Australia.

Robert emigrated to Australia, possibly with his cousin, Michael John Gordon.
  M ii
James GORDON was born about 28 Jul 1835 and was christened 28 Jul 1835 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. He died poss. bef. 1855.

Because another James was born to Patrick and Mary around 1855, it's being presumed that this James died before then.
  F iii
Anne GORDON was born about 23 Nov 1836 and was christened 23 Nov 1836 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. She died poss. bef. 1850.

A second Anne was born to Patrick and Mary in 1850 so it seems likely that this Anne died before then.
  M iv John GORDON was born about 15 Jun 1838.
  M v
Thomas GORDON was born about 17 Oct 1839 and was christened 17 Oct 1839 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. He died poss. bef. 1853.

A second Thomas was born to Patrick and Mary in 1853 so it seems likely that this Thomas died before then.
  F vi Eliza GORDON was born about 1841.
  M vii Patrick GORDON.
  M viii Cormac GORDON was born about 1848.
  F ix Anne GORDON was born about 3 Jul 1850.
  M x
Thomas GORDON was born about 14 Aug 1853 and was christened 14 Aug 1853 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

Thomas was parish priest of Ballinafad, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
  M xi James G. GORDON was born about 1855 and died about 1939.
  F xii Marie GORDON.
  F xiii Ellen or Eleanor GORDON was born about 10 Apr 1857 and died Bet. 1886 and 1897.
  M xiv Francis (Frank) GORDON was born about 31 Jul 1859.

Michael GORDON [Parents] was born 1818 in prob Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob. Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon. Michael married Anne FINN.

According to information from the family, Michael married a "Miss Finn" from Fairymount and they ran a farm in Aughalustia, Ballaghaderreen; they had three sons and four daughters, including Pat, Tom, Michael and Dora.

Based on this information, the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company came up with the following:

Miss Finn's first name was Anne, and records were found for four children born to Michael Gordon and Anne Finn - Thomas, Michael, Honoria and Ellen, which ties in with the family information.

Unfortunately the fourth daughter's name is not known. An Anne Gordon from Aughalustia, daughter of a Michael Gordon, married a Dominick Bligh from Castlerea in 1876 in Ballaghaderreen. According to Cormac Gordon, son of Cormac Gordon and Mary Morahan, the Blighs were somehow connected to the Gordons, so it's possible that Anne may have been a daughter of Michael Gordon and Anne Finn.

Update (12 January 2005): I have just received evidence of the existence of another daughter, Bridget, and I have added her name and details to the list below.  

Notes:

1. On the birth or baptism record found by the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company for Ellen Gordon, daughter of Michael and Anne, Ellen's mother's name was transcribed as Anne "Ferin" which, given the style of writing at the time, the head genealogist from the above company believes that it was actually "Finn".

2. There's a 1901 census record for England that gives details of a Patrick Gordon, a 22-year-old farm labourer who was born in Aughalustia. It's possible he's connected to the family of Michael above but I haven't been able to establish an exact relationship. The Patrick Gordon from the census was living in what looks like the village or hamlet of Woodham in the parish of Yoxall in Staffordshire.

3. A baptismal record has been located for a Cormac Gordon, son of Michael and Mary Gordon (Mary's maiden name is not given) who was baptised on 20 July 1852 in Ballaghaderreen. The sponsor was Michael Finn. Given the father's and  sponsor's names, there may be a connection between Cormac and our Michael above.

Anne FINN was born in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died in prob. Aughulastia, Co. Roscommon. Anne married Michael GORDON.

They had the following children:

  M i
Thomas (Tom) GORDON was born about 31 Jul 1839 in prob. Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon and was christened 31 Jul 1839 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

The year of baptism as transcribed by the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society (1839) doesn't fit in with the dates of baptism as transcribed for some other members of the family (1860-1867). The actual baptismal certificate would need to be checked.

There's a 1901 census record for the household of a Thomas Gordon of Aughalustia, which MAY relate to our Thomas above. Details of the return are as follows:

Thomas (aged 55)
Bridget (wife, aged 53)
Maggie (daughter, 19)
Bridget (daughter, 15)
Martin (son, 12)
  M ii
Patrick (Pat) GORDON was born in prob. Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon.

There's a 1901 census record for the household of a Patrick Gordon of Aughalustia, which MAY relate to our Patrick above. Details of the return are as follows:

Patrick (aged 49)
Bridget (wife, aged 38)
Annie (daughter, 6)
  F iii Bridget GORDON was born about 1849 and died about 1906.
  M iv
Michael GORDON was born about 23 Dec 1860 in prob. Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon and was christened 23 Dec 1860 in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

Sponsors at Michael's baptism were Patrick Gordon and Bridget Gordon.
  F v Anne? GORDON (Caution: name, husband and children not verified) was born about 1861 and died poss. 12 Feb 1937.
  F vi
Dora GORDON was born in prob. Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon.
  F vii Honoria GORDON was born about 3 Nov 1865.
  F viii Ellen GORDON was born Nov 1867.

Martin GORDON (Caution: wife and some children not verified) [Parents] was born in prob Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob. Clerragh, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. Martin married Bridget FINN (not verified) on 10 Feb 1836 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

The only information the family has for Martin is that he lived in Clerragh in Fairymount and that he was married (wife's name unknown) and had two sons (Barney and Martin) and one daughter named Maria.

The Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company came up with more information for a Martin Gordon which would seem to tie in with our Martin Gordon for the following reasons:

1. Although the genealogy company's Martin had four sons, two were named Bernard (Barney?) and Martin.

2. The genealogy company's Martin had one daughter (named  Mary) as did ours (Maria).

3. There's the Clerragh connection: our Martin farmed in Clerragh and according to information from the 1901 census returns and from the genealogy company, Martin, son of their Martin, farmed in Clerragh.

For the above reasons the family of Martin Gordon and Bridget Finn, as detailed by the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company, is being included in the family tree. But further checking would need to be carried out.

Bridget FINN (not verified) died 21 Dec 1900. She married Martin GORDON (Caution: wife and some children not verified) on 10 Feb 1836 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

They had the following children:

  M i Michael GORDON (not verified) was born about 5 Jul 1838.
  F ii
Mary GORDON was born about 24 Jul 1840 and was christened 24 Jul 1840 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

Sponsors at Mary's baptism were Robert Walsh and Anne Hunt.

A marriage record was located in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) for a Mary Gordon, daughter of Martin Gordon, who married Denis Donlon in Loughglynn on 24 January 1864. Could this relate to our Mary above?
  M iii Charles GORDON (not verified) died poss. bef. 1902.
  M iv Martin GORDON was born about 1850.
  M v Bernard (Barney) GORDON was born about 1850.

John FLANNERY died before 1902 in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. He married Catherine GORDON (Caution: some children not verified).

John ran "Flannery's", a well-known shop in Ballaghadereen.

It's being presumed that John died prior to the 1901 census because Catherine Gordon is listed as the head of the household.

Catherine GORDON (Caution: some children not verified) [Parents] was born about 1825 in prob Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Catherine married John FLANNERY.

They had the following children:

  M i 'unknown' FLANNERY (male).
  F ii
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  F iii
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  F iv
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  F v
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  F vi
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  F vii
'unknown' FLANNERY (female) was born in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
  M viii
Thomas FLANNERY (Caution: not verified) was born about 1860 in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

It's pure speculation that Thomas was one of the four sons of Catherine and John. According to the 1901 census, Thomas lived in the town of Ballaghaderreen and was a publican. For this reason, it's being assumed he was a member of the Flannery family that owned the big shop and pub in Ballaghaderreen.
  M ix Bernard FLANNERY (Caution: not verified) was born about 1862.
  M x
James FLANNERY (Caution: not verified) was born about 1862 in prob Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

It's pure speculation that James was one of Catherine and John's four sons. According to the 1901 census, James lived in the town of Ballaghaderreen and was a publican. Because of this it's being assumed he was a member of the Flannery family that owned the big shop and pub in Ballaghaderreen. His age is given as 38, the same age as Bernard; were they twins?

Tim MORRIS was born in Clerragh, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon?. He died prob. bef. 1902. Tim married Bridget GORDON.

The children born to Bridget and Tim, as listed by the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company, shows a gap of about 12 years where there were no children born to the couple. This would need to be checked out.

Bridget GORDON [Parents] was born about 12 Jul 1817 in prob Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She married Tim MORRIS.

There's a baptism record for a Bridget Gordon with the following details:
   Date of baptism: 12 Jul 1817
   Place of baptism: Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon
   Father: Cormac Gordon
   Mother: Anne Hunt
But the date of baptism differs from the year of birth provided by the family, which is "about 1830".
Sponsors at the 1817 baptism were Martin Gordon and Elizabeth Hunt.

They had the following children:

  M i Michael MORRIS was born about 4 Nov 1836.
  F ii
Bridget MORRIS was born about 30 Jan 1838 and was christened 30 Jan 1838 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.
  M iii Thady MORRIS was born about 1850.
  F iv Ellen MORRIS was born about 30 Mar 1851.
  M v
John MORRIS was born about 29 Mar 1853 and was christened 29 Mar 1853 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.
  F vi
Mary MORRIS was born about 29 Mar 1853 and was christened 29 Mar 1853 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.
  M vii
Thomas MORRIS was born about 16 Sep 1855 and was christened 16 Sep 1855 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.
  F viii Margaret MORRIS was born about 23 Sep 1858.
  M ix
Francis MORRIS was born about 15 Jun 1861 and was christened 15 Jun 1861 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

Thady MORRIS [Parents] was born about 1850 in Clerragh, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon?. He married Bridget HERBERT on 4 Mar 1878 in Loughglynn Church.

Bridget HERBERT was born about 1848. She married Thady MORRIS on 4 Mar 1878 in Loughglynn Church.

They had the following children:

  M i
John MORRIS was born 25 Apr 1879.
  F ii
Catherine MORRIS was born 25 Jul 1880.
  M iii Michael John MORRIS was born about 14 Jun 1882.

Martin GORDON [Parents] was born about 1850. He married Anne HANNELLY on 2 Jun 1890 in Castlerea Church.

Anne HANNELLY [Parents] was born about 1870 in prob. Brackloon, Tumna, Co. Roscommon. She married Martin GORDON on 2 Jun 1890 in Castlerea Church.

They had the following children:

  M i
Patrick GORDON was born about 12 Jul 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 12 Jul 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  F ii Mary Catherine (Kate) GORDON was born about 23 May 1893 and died 1958.
  F iii Monica GORDON was born about 10 Feb 1895.
  M iv
Thomas GORDON was born 5 Apr 1896 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  M v
Martin GORDON was born 16 Nov 1898 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

Bernard (Barney) GORDON [Parents] was born about 1850 in prob. Eden, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He married Mary MOFFITT on 29 Jun 1890 in Fairymount Church.

According to the 1901 census, Barney and his family lived in the townland of Eden (which adjoins Clerragh) in the parish of Tibohine (Tibohine is the old name for Fairymount).

Mary MOFFITT [Parents] was born about 1867 in prob. Cloonfinglas, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She married Bernard (Barney) GORDON on 29 Jun 1890 in Fairymount Church.

They had the following children:

  M i
John GORDON was born about 13 Jun 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 13 Jun 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  F ii
Mary GORDON was born about 26 Mar 1893 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 26 Mar 1893 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  M iii
Bernard GORDON was born about 23 Feb 1894 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 23 Feb 1894 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  M iv
Patrick GORDON was born 20 Feb 1897 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
  F v
Ann (Annie) GORDON "Annie" was born about 20 May 1899 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 20 May 1899 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died date unknown.

An Annie M. Gordon from Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon died in Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross in Dublin on 16 February 1975 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. Although our Annie above was born in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon, it's still a possibility she was the Annie who died in 1975.
  F vi Bridget GORDON

John GORDON [Parents] was born about 15 Jun 1838 and was christened 15 Jun 1838 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob. Sheepwalk, Co. Roscommon. John married Mary O'CONNOR.

John farmed in Sheepwalk, Co. Roscommon.

Mary O'CONNOR [Parents] was born 1843 in Elphin, Co. Roscommon. She died 1906 in prob. Sheepwalk, Co. Roscommon. Mary married John GORDON.

Mary's brother was Major General Sir Luke O'Connor who was awarded a Victoria Cross for bravery during the Crimean War.

Records from the 1901 census were checked to find more information on Mary and John and their family: the only Gordon household in Sheepwalk is that of a Mary Gordon, aged 55, which ties in roughly with the age our Mary would have been in 1901. The children listed in the census return for Mary Gordon are Mary (25), John (24), Winnie (21) and Annie (17). Her husband is not listed - perhaps he had died. Winnie is not included in the list of the children of John and Mary as provided by family sources, although Mary, John and Annie are listed. Although these three names are extremely common in Irish families, it is possible that the the Mary Gordon in the census return is our Mary Connor who married John Gordon.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary GORDON was born poss. 3 May 1871.
  M ii Patrick GORDON was born 1872.
  M iii John GORDON was born 1873 and died after 1954.
  M iv
Martin GORDON was born 1874 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. He died 1918.
  M v
James GORDON was born 1877 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. He died Jun 1955 in Carrickboy, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal and was buried in Shankhill Cemetery, Elphin, Co. Roscommon.

James became a doctor, having studied in Dublin and London. Between 1898 and 1902 he was Medical Officer in Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, after which he took up a similar appointment in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, where he became a surgeon at the Sheil Hospital there (he had become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1906). James remained in Ballyshannon for the remainder of his life.  He never married.

The following excerpts from  an evocative description of James are taken from an article on the Canadian Vindicator website (www.vindicator.ca). This site was developed by Ballyshannon-born newspaper editor John Ward who, in his youth, knew James, "at six foot six inches a compelling presence as he entered sick room or hospital ward. His tall frame carried a lean body, and his long legs were normally encased in stockings and knickerbockers...His house was kept by his sister in an immaculate state of cleanliness. In pre-telephone days, patients turned up at his doorstep without appointments...Such patients were, of course, in a minority. In actual practice, if someone was at all ambulatory, consulting a doctor was a rarity in those times. The vast bulk of people waited until they were bed-ridden before seeking medical assistance, and the good Dr. Gordon, for all his forbidding appearance, was regularly routed from his sleep at all hours of the night to make house calls on an emergency basis. During 'the Emergency', as the Second World War was known in Ireland, he was one of the very few who had a petrol allowance that enabled him to continue to drive his motor car in order to answer the innumerable emergency calls that were part and parcel of his daily and nightly practice. His car could be found all over town, all throughout the countryside, up mountainy lanes, parked outside the homes of sick people...He was, for years, the only surgeon attached to the Sheil Hospital...There he plied his trade with scalpel and suture, and there he left his trademark on many whose appendices were removed by him...In Ballyshannon people vied with each other to show their appendectomy scars, competing to see which was the largest, thanks to Dr. Gordon's ministering surgery. This is no snide comment on the good doctor's work. In the absence of x-rays he believed in seeing with his own eyes any other potential danger spots...What is today amazing in retrospect is Dr. Gordon's billing practices. Pre-state medicine, pre-hospitalization insurance plans, pre-regional health boards and bureaucracies, Dr. Gordon practised medicine the old-fashioned way. If you could pay, he billed you. If you couldn't pay, you never saw a bill from him. He had been so long in practice, in the town and surrounding country, that he knew who could, and who could not."
  F vi
Kate GORDON was born 7 Nov 1877 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. She died 22 Apr 1950 in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal and was buried in Shankhill Cemetery, Elphin, Co. Roscommon.

Kate, also called Katie, was a housekeeper for her brother, James. It's believed she never married.
  F vii Ellen GORDON was born 24 Jun 1879 and died after 1954.
  M viii Thomas GORDON was born 1880 and died 1937.
  M ix
Cormac GORDON was born about 2 Nov 1881 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon and was christened 2 Nov 1881 in Ballingare, Co. Roscommon. He died 1927.

Sponsors at Cormac's baptism were James Beirne and Elizabeth Gordon.

Cormac became a doctor and had a practice in Croghan, Co. Roscommon. He was killed in a car accident in his forties.
  F x
Annie GORDON was born in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. She died after 1954.

Annie was a nurse in Dublin. It's thought she never married.
  M xi Michael GORDON

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