DESCENDANTS OF Anne HUNT (to contribute information, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com)

Third Generation

13. John GORDON (Patrick GORDON , Anne ) was born about 15 Jun 1838 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 15 Jun 1838 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. He died 1895 in probably Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. John farmed in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. By the time of the 1911 census, however, despite the fact that John and his wife, Mary, had a large family, it appears there were no more Gordons left in Sheepwalk as no returns could be located for anyone with the surname of Gordon.

John married Mary O'CONNOR, daughter of Martin O'CONNOR, on 4 Feb 1869 in Elphin, Co. Roscommon. Mary was born 1843 in Elphin, Co. Roscommon. She died 1906 in probably Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. According to her marriage certificate Mary was from Tubbermulla. I have been unable to find Tubbermulla on any Roscommon map but I'm assuming it's a townland in the parish of Elphin where Mary was married (marriages normally took place in the bride's parish). Witnesses to the marriage were Pat Gordon and Bee Neary.   Mary was a relative of Major General Sir Luke O'Connor who was awarded a Victoria Cross for bravery at the battle of the Alma during the Crimean War (1854) and who was knighted in 1913. Originally we thought she was a sister but now it appears she may not have been as her father's name (Martin) and Luke's father's name (James) don't match. If anyone has any further information about Mary, or how her family might be connected to Sir Luke, I would be very grateful if you would get in touch by emailing Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com. Thank you. 1901 census records checked on www.leitrim-roscommon.com 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, indicating he may have died, which ties in with the fact that our Mary's huband died in 1895. 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:

	72	M	i	Patrick GORDON was born probably 6 Apr 1870 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. He died probably 14 Nov 1912 in New Ross, Co. Wexford. According to the family, Patrick was born in 1872. However there's an LDS birth record for a Patrick Gordon, born in Frenchpark on 6 April 1870 to John Gordon and Mary Connor. I think it likely this record relates to our Patrick above. According to a family source, Patrick married a Miss Flanagan. However an entry has been found in Jim Herlihy's 'Royal Irish Constabulary Officers: a Biographical Dictionary and Genealogical Guide 1816-1922' for a Patrick Gordon, born 6 April 1870, son of John Gordon of Sheepwalk, Co. Roscommon, and husband of Winifred Una Cassidy. "Gordon, Patrick; RIC 56624...born 6/4/1870, Co. Roscommon; son of John Gordon, Sheepwalk, Co. Roscommon; clerk of the Petty Sessions, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon; married on 30/1/1901...Winifred Una Cassidy, a native of the Graan, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh; 3rd DI 29/12/1894; pensioned 23/6/1911; died 14/11/1912 at 4 Rosemount Cottage, New Ross, Co. Wexford...Winifred Gordon went to Paris and joined the American Ambulance Service and returned to Dublin in 1916, nursed the wounded of the 1916 Rising as a nurse in the Royal City of Dublin Hospital in Baggot Street. She joined Cumann na mBan and sheltered Austin Stack (1879-1929), Deputy Chief of Staff of the IRA (1919-1922) during the War of Independence, whom she married in 1925 and he died in the Mater Hospital, Dublin on 27/4/1929." Based on the above, a search of 1911 census returns fo Co. Wexford turned up a record for Patrick who was indeed married to 31-year-old Winifred who was born in Co. Fermanagh. Patrick, whose age is given as 40, was a district inspector in the RIC. He and Winifred had been married for 10 years and had one child born alive who sadly had died by the time of the census.
				Patrick married Winifred Una CASSIDY in probably 30 Jan 1901. Winifred was born in probably the Graan, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. She died 1949.
	73	F	ii	Mary GORDON was born possibly 3 May 1871 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. There's a birth record in the LDS Vital Records Index for a Mary Gordon, born on 3 May 1871 in Frenchpark to John Gordon and Mary Connor. Since it's known that John Gordon and Mary Connor farmed in the townland of Sheepwalk which is in Frenchpark, and that he had a daughter, Mary, it's probable that the LDS record relates to this Mary Gordon.
				Mary married 'unknown' MATTHEWS.
	74	M	iii	John GORDON was born about 1873 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. He died after 1954. According to the family, John was born in 1873. However there's an LDS birth record for a John Gordon, born in Frenchpark on 11 June 1874 to John Gordon and Mary Connor. It's possible this relates to John above. John was a farmer and lived in Elphin, Co. Roscommon.
				John married 'UNKNOWN'.
	75	M	iv	Martin GORDON was born 1874 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. He died 1918.
	76	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 moved to Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, where he became a surgeon at the Sheil Hospital (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."
	77	F	vi	Catherine (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. Like James, she never married.
+	78	F	vii	Ellen (Helen) GORDON was born 24 Jun 1879 and died 10 May 1962.
	79	F	viii	Ann (Annie) GORDON was born 24 Jun 1879 in Sheepwalk, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. She died about 1979. Annie, who was Ellie's twin, worked as a nurse in Dublin. It's thought she never married.
+	80	M	ix	Thomas GORDON was born 1880 and died 1937.
	81	M	x	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.
	82	M	xi	Michael GORDON

They had the following children:

	83	F	i	'unknown' GORDON (female)
	84	F	ii	'unknown' GORDON (female)
	85	F	iii	'unknown' GORDON (female)
	86	F	iv	'unknown' GORDON (female)
	87	F	v	'unknown' GORDON (female)

They had the following children:

	88	M	i	Patrick GORDON was born about 1885 in probably Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon. There's a Patrick Gordon listed in Kelly's Directory of 1905 as a farmer living in Aughalustia.
+	89	M	ii	Michael GORDON was born about 1886.
	90	M	iii	John Joseph GORDON was born about 1888 in probably Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon.
	91	M	iv	Cormac GORDON was born about 1892 in probably Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon. He died in possibly U.S.. It's very likely that Cormac emigrated to the United States. There's an Ellis Island record for a Michael Gordon who arrived in New York on July 19 1912 and who was joining his brother, Cormac, in New York. Michael's nearest relative in Ireland was given as their father, Cormac Gordon, Aughalustia, Ballaghaderreen. An Ellis Island record was found for a Cormac Gordon from Co. Roscommon which may relate to this Cormac: on January 17 1912, a Cormac Gordon, aged 20, arrived in New York - his contact name on the ship manifest is a cousin or an uncle, William (waht looks like) Recole (it's very difficult to decipher the contact name) of Somerville, New Jersey. According to the ship manifest Cormac had been living in Liverpool and his nearest relative in his home country is given as his uncle, Patrick Gordon of Liverpool. Cormac's occupation is given as "grocer". Now our Cormac did have a second cousin once removed called Patrick (Pat) Gordon (born 1866) who lived in Liverpool. However it's believed that Pat died in 1899. Pat had a brother, Tom (born 1877, died 1946), who, it's believed, owned a grocery store in the Liverpool area. Did the Cormac who emigrated work at this store? And could it be that it was Pat, and not Tom, who had the grocery store and lived until 1946?
	92	M	v	Thomas Francis GORDON was born about 1894 in probably Aughalustia, Co. Roscommon.
+	93	F	vi	Dorothy (Dora) Mary GORDON was born 1896 and died 5 Jan 1978.

They had the following children:

	94	F	i	Ethel GORDON was born 1882 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 1978 and was buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin. Ethel and her sisters Laura, Freda and Ivy are buried in the same grave in Deansgrange.
				Ethel married Tom FEEHAN. Tom was born in Co. Carlow. He was buried in Balickmoyler, Co. Carlow. Ethel and Tom had no children.
	95	F	ii	Laura GORDON was born 1883 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 1961 in probably Dublin and was buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin. There's a Laura Gordon listed in the 1911 census of Ireland as a 22-year-old 'commercial clerk', born in Co. Roscommon, who was boarding at 10 Gardiners Place in Dublin. Although our Laura would have been about 27 years of age at the time of the 1911 census, it's very likely it's our Laura who's listed in the census. Laura owned property in flats at 11 Lower Hatch Street in Dublin. She never married.
+	96	F	iii	Josephine GORDON was born 1884 and died 1960s.
	97	M	iv	John GORDON was born 1889 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 1964 and was buried in Kilclooney Cemetery, Milltown, Tuam, Co. Galway. John and Freda were twins.
				John married Mary 'UNKNOWN' in U.S.. Mary was born in Navan. She died 1959 in U.S.. John and Mary emigrated to the United States. They had no children. When Mary died, John returned to live in Ireland.
	98	F	v	Winifred (Freda) GORDON was born 1889 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 1982 and was buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin. Freda and John were twins. Freda emigrated to the United States where she worked as a nurse. She later returned to Ireland where she had property in flats at 29 Lower Leeson St. in Dublin. She never married.
	99	M	vi	William Martin GORDON was born 1890 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 29 Aug 1918 in northern France and was buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, France. Amember of the 12th Battalion, Tank Corps of the British Army, William was killed in World War I. He was initially buried in northern France, close to where he died, but in the early 1920s he and others were reburied in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery in Mory (between Arras and Bapaume, about two kilometres east of the village of Ervillers). His grave number is V.D.29.
+	100	M	vii	Francis (Frank) GORDON was born 1891 and died 1983.
+	101	F	viii	Maude GORDON was born 23 Aug 1894 and died 11 Aug 1987.
+	102	F	ix	Gertrude (Gertie) GORDON was born 1895 and died 1977.
+	103	F	x	Mary Josephine (Ivy) GORDON was born 1897 and died 1960.
	104	M	xi	Patrick GORDON died at birth.
	105		xii	'unknown' GORDON died at birth.

They had the following children:

	106	M	i	Gordon CULLEN was born about 1881 in Frenchpark, Co . Roscommon.
	107	M	ii	Patrick CULLEN was born about 1884 in Frenchpark, Co . Roscommon.
	108	F	iii	Mary CULLEN was born about 1886 in Frenchpark, Co . Roscommon.
	109	F	iv	Queenie CULLEN

They had the following children:

	110	M	i	John (Johnny) GORDON died date unknown. Johnny never married.
	111	F	ii	Daphne or Anne GORDON died date unknown.
				Daphne married 'unknown' HYDE
	112	F	iii	Babe GORDON died date unknown. Babe never married.

They had the following children:

	113	M	i	Martin GORDON was born 6 Nov 1866 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 9 Nov 1866 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	114	M	ii	Charles GORDON was born about 2 Mar 1868 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 2 Mar 1868 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	115	F	iii	Maria GORDON was born about 6 Aug 1869 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 6 Aug 1869 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	116	M	iv	Bernard GORDON was born 13 May 1871 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon.
	117	F	v	Mary GORDON was born 21 Feb 1874 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 22 Feb 1874 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	118	F	vi	Bridget GORDON was born about 16 Oct 1876 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 16 Oct 1876 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	119	F	vii	Anne GORDON was born about 1 Mar 1878 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 1 Mar 1878 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	120	F	viii	Honor GORDON was born about 6 Feb 1881 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 6 Feb 1881 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
	121	F	ix	Margaret GORDON was born about 25 Jan 1886 in Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon and was christened 25 Jan 1886 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

They had the following children:

	122	M	i	Thomas GORDON was born 10 Dec 1870 in Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon.
	123	F	ii	Bridget GORDON was born 2 Mar 1872 in Frenchpark, Co . Roscommon.
	124	M	iii	Patrick GORDON was born 12 Mar 1874 in Frenchpark, Co . Roscommon.
	125	M	iv	Martin GORDON was born about 27 May 1876 and was christened 27 May 1876 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	126	M	v	William GORDON was born about 19 May 1878 and was christened 19 May 1878 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. It's a possibility that William was a great-grandfather of Anne Gleeson-Khan who lives in the UK. Anne's great-grandfather was a William Gordon, born about 1878 in Coolatinny, Co. Roscommon. Our William, above, was born in 1878 and his wife, Mary Concannon, was born in Coolatinny, which is why we think there may be a connection. Anne's great-grandfather emigrated to England where, in 1912, he married Mary Morris in Bolton, Lancashire. They had four children.
	127	M	vi	Bernard GORDON was born about 8 Dec 1879 and was christened 8 Dec 1879 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	128	F	vii	'unknown' GORDON (female) was born 26 Jan 1886. This daughter of Charles and Mary isn't listed in the 1901 census return for the household.
+	129	M	viii	John Charles GORDON was born about 20 Feb 1887.

They had the following children:

	130	M	i	Patrick GORDON was born about 12 Jul 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 12 Jul 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
+	131	F	ii	Mary Catherine (Kate) GORDON was born about 23 May 1893 and died 1958.
+	132	F	iii	Monica GORDON was born about 10 Feb 1895.
	133	M	iv	Thomas GORDON was born 5 Apr 1896 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	134	M	v	Martin GORDON was born 16 Nov 1898 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	135	F	vi	Annie Teresa GORDON was born about 1900 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	136	F	vii	Harriet A. GORDON

They had the following children:

	137	M	i	John GORDON was born about 13 Jun 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 13 Jun 1891 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	138	F	ii	Mary GORDON was born about 26 Mar 1893 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 26 Mar 1893 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	139	M	iii	Bernard GORDON was born about 23 Feb 1894 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 23 Feb 1894 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	140	M	iv	Patrick (Pat) GORDON was born 20 Feb 1897 in Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.
	141	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.
	142	F	vi	Bridget GORDON

They had the following children:

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Bedelia MORRIS was born about 30 Jul 1876 and was christened 30 Jul 1876 in Castlerea, Co . Roscommon.

They had the following children:

	144	M	i	John MORRIS was born 25 Apr 1879.
	145	F	ii	Catherine MORRIS was born 25 Jul 1880.
+	146	M	iii	Michael John MORRIS was born about 14 Jun 1882.

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