ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Family Tree Heritage"> <title>Helen's Family Trees - FOLEY - fol05.htm</title> </head> <body background="images/wider version of airbrushed background for HelensFamilyTrees.jpg"> <h3 align=center>DESCENDANTS OF Michael? FOLEY (to contribute information, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com)</h3> <h2 align=center>Fourth Generation</h2> <h4 align=center>(Continued)</h4> <hr> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>45. <b><a name="545"></a><a href="folg03.htm#545C">Michael George MCDONNELL</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#388">Eliza Ellen (Lizzie) GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born about 3 Aug 1900 in Corgarriff, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He was christened on 5 Aug 1900 in Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He died in mid-1990s.</p> <blockquote><p>Michael, who lived with his wife and family at Woodlawn House, Kilmovee, ran the family farm in Kilmovee.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>Michael married <b><a name="548"></a>Mary LAFFERTY</b>.</p> <p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>94</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><b><a name="549"></a>Mary MCDONNELL</b> was born in 1941. She died in 2001 in Swinford, Co. Mayo.<br> <br>Mary became a nun. She was a member of the Mercy order.</td> </tr></table></td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>95</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="550C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#550"><b>Ann (Annie) MCDONNELL</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>96</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><a name="553C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#553"><b>Bridget (Bridie) MCDONNELL</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>97</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><a name="551C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#551"><b>Alexander (Alex) MCDONNELL</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>98</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><b><a name="552"></a>Evelyn MCDONNELL</b>.</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>51. <b><a name="41"></a><a href="folg03.htm#41C">Josephine (Jo) GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#38">Cormac GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born on 18 May 1908 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died in Jun 1985 in Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin. She was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.</p> <blockquote><p>Jo was a domestic science teacher.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>Josephine married <b><a name="47"></a>Gerald COLLEARY</b> on 26 Jul 1939 in St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin. Gerald was born in 1910 in Ballina, Co. Mayo. He died on 11 Sep 1968 in Tuam, Co. Galway. He was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.</p> <blockquote><p>Gerald, who was a business studies graduate, was headmaster of Tuam Vocational School.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>99</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="48C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#48"><b>Gordon COLLEARY</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>100</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><b><a name="49"></a>Mary COLLEARY</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>101</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><b><a name="50"></a>Ann COLLEARY</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td>Ann married <b><a name="137"></a>George KELLS</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>102</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><a name="51C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#51"><b>Brendan COLLEARY</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>103</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><a name="52C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#52"><b>Gearoid COLLEARY</b></a>.</table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>53. <b><a name="43"></a><a href="folg03.htm#43C">Linda GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#38">Cormac GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born in Jul 1912 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died on 11 Aug 1986 in Mount Merrion, Dublin. She was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.</p> <blockquote><p>Linda was a domestic science teacher.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>Linda married <b><a name="104"></a>James (Jim) B. RUANE</b>. James was born about 1915 in Monivea, Athenry, Co. Galway. He died in Sep 1976 in Dublin. He was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.</p> <blockquote><p>Jim was professor of agriculture in University College Dublin.<br> <br> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>104</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="138C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#138"><b>Dermot RUANE</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>105</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="139C"></a> <a href="folg07.htm#139"><b>James (Jim) RUANE</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>106</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><a name="140C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#140"><b>Joseph (Joe) RUANE</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>107</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><b><a name="141"></a>Mary RUANE</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>108</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><a name="142C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#142"><b>Frances RUANE</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>109</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>vi</td> <td><a name="143C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#143"><b>Peter RUANE</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>110</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>vii</td> <td><a name="4437C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#4437"><b>[private]</b></a>.</table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>54. <b><a name="44"></a><a href="folg03.htm#44C">Thomas (Tom) GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#38">Cormac GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born on 9 Jul 1914 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died on 28 Apr 2001 in Roscommon. He was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.</p> <blockquote><p>Tom ran the Gordon family farm in Kilgarriff.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>Thomas married <b><a name="153"></a>Frances MORRIS</b>, daughter of Michael John MORRIS and Hanora HESTER, in 1947. Frances was born in 1918 in Co. Roscommon. She died on 2 Jun 2001 in Dublin. She was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.</p> <blockquote><p>Frances and her husband, Tom, were second cousins once removed: Frances's great-grandmother Bridget Gordon was a sister of Tom's grandfather Thomas Gordon.<br> <br> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>111</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="154C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#154"><b>Cormac GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>112</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="155C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#155"><b>Mary GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>113</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><a name="156C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#156"><b>Michael GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>114</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><a name="157C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#157"><b>Irene GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>115</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><b><a name="158"></a>Maurice GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>116</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>vi</td> <td><a name="160C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#160"><b>Thomas GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>117</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>vii</td> <td><b><a name="159"></a>Clare GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td>Clare married <b><a name="358"></a>Ray ALLEN</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>118</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>viii</td> <td><a name="161C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#161"><b>Brendan GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>119</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ix</td> <td><a name="162C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#162"><b>Concepta (Connie) GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>120</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>x</td> <td><a name="163C"></a> <a href="folg08.htm#163"><b>Niall GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>121</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>xi</td> <td><a name="164C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#164"><b>Carmel GORDON</b></a>.</table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>56. <b><a name="45"></a><a href="folg03.htm#45C">Patrick (Paddy) GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#38">Cormac GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born on 6 Jul 1919 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died on 9 Jan 1984 in Dublin. He was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.</p> <blockquote><p>Paddy was a bank manager in Lucan, Co. Dublin.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>Patrick married <b><a name="105"></a>Nora HARRINGTON</b> in 1959.</p> <p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>122</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><b><a name="106"></a>David GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>123</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><b><a name="107"></a>Cormac GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>124</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><a name="108C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#108"><b>Corona GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>125</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><b><a name="109"></a>Brian GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td>Brian married <b><a name="350"></a>Angela GAYNOR</b>.</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td> <a href="images/1d00.jpg" > <img SRC="images/1d00.jpg" BORDER=0 height=106 width=100></a></td> <td><p>57. <b><a name="29"></a><a href="folg03.htm#29C">Cormac GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#38">Cormac GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born on 20 May 1921 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died on 8 Nov 2009 in Leopardstown, Dublin. He was buried on 11 Nov 2009 in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.</p> <blockquote><p>Cormac received his secondary school education at Blackrock College in Dublin, where he was a boarder. After leaving school, he joined the army and was stationed in Athlone, Co. Westmeath during 'The Emergency' (as the situation in Ireland was known during World War II). After the war, Cormac joined the civil service and was posted to the Irish Passport Office at the Irish embassy in London. While in London he met his future wife, Maureen Hussey, through Maureen's sister Sheila, who also worked at the Passport Office. Around 1948 he returned to Dublin to work in the Department of Foreign Affairs, by which time Maureen had moved to Dublin from London with her sisters. He later moved to the Department of Labour where he spent the rest of his career, mainly as a negotiator in industrial disputes. <br> <br> Cormac and Maureen lived with their family at 56 South Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. <br> <br> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td> <a href="images/600.JPG" > <img SRC="images/600.JPG" BORDER=0 height=108 width=100></a></td> <td><p>Cormac married <b><a name="6"></a>Maureen HUSSEY</b>, daughter of Stephen HUSSEY and Mary RYAN, on 4 Sep 1951 in Dundrum, Dublin. Maureen was born on 5 Jul 1924 in East Acton, London. She died on 19 Mar 1995 in Mount Merrion, Dublin. She was buried in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.</p> <blockquote><p>Maureen grew up in Barnes in London. She attended school at a small French convent in Barnes and later went to the Sacred Heart Convent in Hammersmith. <br> <br> By the time Maureen left school (during World War II), she had decided she wanted to be a nurse. After six months of basic training in a hospital in the Hammersmith area, she was assigned to the Navy and spent most, if not all, of her service-time at a naval base in Sherborne in Dorset.<br> <br> Maureen's parents, having an Irish background, felt that their children would have a much better life if they were to settle in Ireland, so in 1947 Maureen and her sisters moved to Dublin. Within a short time, Cormac Gordon, a friend of hers whom she had first met in London when he worked in the Irish Passport Office, was back in Dublin, working in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Maureen and Cormac would later marry.<br> <br> After her arrival in Dublin, Maureen began training as a medical laboratory assistant, and after qualifying, worked mainly in Trinity College and also in Dr. Steeven's Hospital. When her mother became ill, Maureen resigned from her job to care for her.<br> <br> In her later years, Maureen became an active member of the Labour party; she also devoted more time to writing, a passion of hers since childhood. After her death, family members published two books of her work: a collection of poetry, 'The Tug of the Undertow', and a collection of prose and poetry, 'Into the Wind'.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>126</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="14C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#14"><b>Stephen GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>127</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="32C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#32"><b>Mary GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>128</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><b><a name="13"></a>Donal GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>129</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><b><a name="15"></a>Cormac GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td>Cormac married <b><a name="327"></a>Heather BOX</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>130</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><b><a name="35"></a>Thomas Laurence (Larry) GORDON</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td>Thomas married <b><a name="113"></a>Maria del Carmen (Mari Carmen) GUÎZAR</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>131</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>vi</td> <td><a name="2C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#2"><b>Joseph (Joe) GORDON</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>132</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>vii</td> <td><a name="37C"></a> <a href="folg09.htm#37"><b>Jerome (Jerry) GORDON</b></a>.</table> </blockquote> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>58. <b><a name="567"></a><a href="folg03.htm#567C">Winifred (Winnie) Mary GORDON</a></b> (<a href="folg03.htm#447">Thomas (Tom) GORDON</a> , <a href="folg02.htm#397">Anne FOLEY</a> , <a href="folg01.htm#3331">Michael?</a> ) was born in 1908 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She died in date unknown.</p> <blockquote><p>During World War II Winnie was evacuated to Dublin where she lived with her aunt Emma (Sr. Jerome) Gordon.<br> <br> Prior to her marriage Winnie lived at 58 Watson St. in Birkenhead.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>Winifred married <b><a name="572"></a>Joseph SHERLOCK</b>, son of Thomas SHERLOCK, on 28 Sep 1928 in Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Joseph was born about 1907. He died in date unknown.</p> <blockquote><p>According to his marriage certificate, Joseph was a time clerk for a shipping company. His address at the time of his marriage was 3 Massey St. in Birkenhead.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><b>Marriage Notes:</b></p> <p>Witnesses to the marriage of Winnie and Joseph were Joseph Gordon (probably Winnie's brother) and Dorothy Houghton. </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p> Winifred and Joseph had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>133</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><b><a name="573"></a>Peter SHERLOCK</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>134</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><b><a name="574"></a>Margaret SHERLOCK</b>.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top>&nbsp;</td> <td valign=top>135</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><b><a name="575"></a>Susan SHERLOCK</b>.</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <p align=center> <a href="folx.htm#TOC"><img src="images/home.jpg" border=0 ALT="Home"></a> <a href="folg01.htm"><img src="images/start.jpg" border=0 ALT="First"></a> <a href="folg04.htm"><img src="images/prev.jpg" border=0 ALT="Previous"></a> <a href="folg06.htm"><img src="images/next.jpg" border=0 ALT="Next"></a> <a href="folg12.htm"><img src="images/end.jpg" border=0 ALT="Last"></a> </p> <p align=center><a href="folx2.htm">Surname List</a> | <a href="folx31.htm">Name Index</a> </p> </body> </html>