262. Josephine (Jo) GORDON (Mary MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) 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.

264. Linda GORDON (Mary MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) 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.

265. Thomas (Tom) GORDON (Mary MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) 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.

267. Patrick (Paddy) GORDON (Mary MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) 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.

268. Cormac GORDON (Mary MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) 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'.

270. Emily Maurine (Patricia) MORAHAN (Michael Joseph MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) was born 23 Jan 1914 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She died 14 Oct 1996 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in Fort Logan Cemetery, Sheridan, Colorado.

Emily went by the name Patricia, or Em, Patricia probably having been a Confirmation name.

Emily married Edward Heinriech KERBER on 19 Aug 1936 in Denver, Colorado. Edward was born 15 Mar 1910 in Hannaford, North Dakota. He died 8 Nov 1994 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in Fort Logan Cemetery, Sheridan, Colorado.

Edward's background was German. Following the death of his father in North Dakota in 1912, Edward travelled to Rattenhaz in Germany (presumably where his father was from) and stayed 12 years. In 1924 he returned to the United States.

272. Lawrence (Larry) Patrick MORAHAN (Michael Joseph MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) was born 2 May 1921 in West Byron Place, Denver, Colorado. He died 22 Feb 1987 in Westminster, Colorado and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Golden, Colorado.

Prior to World War II Larry worked as a clerk for Union Pacific Railroad. From 1945 to 1946 he served in the Military Police with the 3rd Infantry Division, and in 1947 he joined the Denver Police Department. In 1968 he was taken hostage in a foiled stick-up which culminated in a police chase of more than 300 miles. Larry  retired from the force in 1984 as a lieutenant.

Lawrence married (1) Rae Marie GIESLER, daughter of Raymond Richard GIESLER and Marta Mae DURAND, on 14 Aug 1940 in Denver, Colorado. Rae was born 16 Feb 1922 in Laramie, Wyoming. She died 26 Oct 1982 in Grand Junction, Colorado and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Golden, Colorado.

Rae's family background was French, German, Irish and English.

Lawrence also married (2) Rita Anne CORESSEL, daughter of Carl A. CORESSEL and Clara J. 'UNKNOWN', in May 1983 in Arvada, Colorado. Rita was born 3 Feb 1923 in Denver, Colorado. She died 15 Jun 1996 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

283. Vera MORAHAN (Thomas (Tom) J. MORAHAN , Margaret O'HARA , Laurence , Laurence ) was born about 1921 in possibly Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon. She died Jul 1998 in Dublin and was buried in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.