210. Alfred James GORDON (Michael John , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 1890 in New Zealand. He died 1918.

Alfred was a wheelright. He was only in his late twenties when he died in the flu epidemic of 1918, leaving behind a wife and baby daughter.

Alfred married Elizabeth FALLON, daughter of 'unknown' FALLON and Catherine (Kate) KEOHANE. Elizabeth was born 1890 in New Zealand. She died 1970 in New Zealand.

Elizabeth remarried (possibly a Mr. Hancock) after Alfred's death and had more children.

211. Albert Joseph GORDON (Michael John , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 1892 in New Zealand. He died 1972.

212. Monica (Mona) GORDON (Michael John , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 1895 in New Zealand. She died 1984.

Monica married William BAIN. William died date unknown.

214. Sheila GORDON (Michael John , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 1908 in New Zealand. She died 2002.

217. Thomas (Tom) Francis MCDONNELL (Eliza Ellen (Lizzie) GORDON , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 17 or 18 June 1897 in Corgarriff, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo and was christened 30 Jun 1897 in Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He died 14 Feb 1963 in Swinford, Co. Mayo and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

Tom emigrated to the United States as a young man. According to Ellis Island records, he arrived in New York from Liverpool on October 30, 1922. On the ship manifest it's difficult to make out his occupation but it looks like hardware assistant.

Tom's emigration was unplanned. The exact circumstances of his departure aren't known but his possible association with Free State governnment sympathisers (i.e., those who were pro-Treaty) may have led him to flee, even though he himself wasn't known by family to have been a supporter of either the pro- or anti-Treaty camp. In the course of her research, Kathleen Hegarty Thorne, author of They Put The Flag a-Flyin’, an account of the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War as they impacted on Co. Roscommon, came across a report of an incident involving a Treaty supporter whose brother appears to have accompanied Tom to the States a few weeks later. According to Kathleen, a Peter Sharkey who was a pro-Treaty activist from Edmondstown (Kilcolman parish), Ballaghadereen, was shot and badly wounded by anti-Treaty forces in September 1922 for apparently not having complied with an order to leave the area. Ellis Island records list Tom and a Bernard Sharkey together, Bernard giving as his nearest relative at home a brother, Peter Sharkey from Tobracken (in Kilcolman parish), Ballaghadereen. This may well have been the Peter Sharkey who was shot, and it may well be that Tom's possible association with him and/or his brother led to his sudden departure. It would be 20 years before Tom would see Ireland again.

Thomas married Mary (Mamie) LYNCH, daughter of Patrick LYNCH and Catherine MORRISON, in New York. Mary was born 14 Feb 1901 in Binion, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. She died 28 Jan 1970 in Dublin and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

Mamie emigrated to the United States in 1919. Around the late 1950s she and Tom moved back to Ireland.

218. Michael George MCDONNELL (Eliza Ellen (Lizzie) GORDON , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born about 3 Aug 1900 in Corgarriff, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo and was christened 5 Aug 1900 in Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He died mid-1990s.

Michael, who lived with his wife and family at Woodlawn House, Kilmovee, ran the family farm in Kilmovee.

224. Josephine (Jo) GORDON (Cormac , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 18 May 1908 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died Jun 1985 in Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin and was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.

Jo was a domestic science teacher.

Josephine married Gerald COLLEARY on 26 Jul 1939 in St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin. Gerald was born 1910 in Ballina, Co. Mayo. He died 11 Sep 1968 in Tuam, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.

Gerald was headmaster of Tuam Vocational School.

226. Linda GORDON (Cormac , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born Jul 1912 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 11 Aug 1986 in Mount Merrion, Dublin and was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Linda was a domestic science teacher.

Linda married James (Jim) B. RUANE. James was born about 1915 in Monivea, Athenry, Co. Galway. He died Sep 1976 in Dublin and was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Jim was professor of agriculture in University College Dublin.

227. Thomas (Tom) GORDON (Cormac , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 9 Jul 1914 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 28 Apr 2001 in Roscommon and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.

Tom ran the Gordon family farm in Kilgarriff.

Thomas married Frances MORRIS, daughter of Michael John MORRIS and 'UNKNOWN', in 1947. Frances was born 1918 in Co. Roscommon. She died 2 Jun 2001 in Dublin and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.

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.

229. Patrick (Paddy) GORDON (Cormac , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 6 Jul 1919 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 9 Jan 1984 in Dublin and was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Paddy was a bank manager in Lucan, Co. Dublin.

230. Cormac GORDON (Cormac , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 20 May 1921 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 8 Nov 2009 in Leopardstown, Dublin and was buried 11 Nov 2009 in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.

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.

Cormac and Maureen lived with their family at 56 South Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin.

Cormac married Maureen HUSSEY, daughter of Stephen HUSSEY and Mary RYAN, on 4 Sep 1951 in Dundrum, Dublin. Maureen was born 5 Jul 1924 in East Acton, London. She died 19 Mar 1995 in Mount Merrion, Dublin and was buried in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

231. Winifred (Winnie) Mary GORDON (Thomas (Tom) , Thomas , Cormac or Thomas , John ) was born 1908 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She died date unknown.

During World War II Winnie was evacuated to Dublin where she lived with her aunt Emma (Sr. Jerome) Gordon.

Prior to her marriage Winnie lived at 58 Watson St. in Birkenhead.

Winifred married Joseph SHERLOCK, 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 date unknown.

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.

Marriage Notes:

Witnesses to the marriage of Winnie and Joseph were Joseph Gordon (probably Winnie's brother) and Dorothy Houghton.