Elizabeth Verdon

Hi Lesley, 
Did Elizabeth have a sister Mary born in 1911?
(Parents William and Bridget nee Pollard, lived in the townland of Glen, Ardagh, County Longford)
 Margot

Hi Margot

No, her parents were William and Katherine residing in Allenagh

 

regards 

Lesleu

Ok Thanks, what was Katherins' maiden name please.
Can you ive the names of any older siblings to Elizabeth, I would need to pick up the Katherine's maiden name.

Thanks
Margot

 

 

Hi Margot
Katherine's maiden name was Hogan, and my mum (Elizabeth) had 2 younger brothers Thomas and John and 2 older sisters Anne and Katherinesiste

Is this Thomas?

Name:Thomas J Verdon
Birth Date:Jul - Sep 1928
Birthplace:Mullingar, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year:Jul - Sep 1928
Registration District:Mullingar
Mother's Maiden Name:Hogan
Volume Number:3

Hi Margot yes that's my mum's brother

Hi Lesley, The births of these children are in bertween records that you can find.  Some are up to 1920, then another 1958.
Thomas was the only one with Hogan as it was about 1925 when you can find the Mothers Maiden Name entered, try familysearch.org.
I cannot find other information on Thomas J as there are so many Thomas J's.
This is the link for the Library in Longford town.  Email them and see if they have any books or information.
Library - Longford (longfordlibrary.ie)

I have been in the Library a few times, searching records as far back as 1837. 

Margot

Dear Margot 

thanks so much for your info. I got as far as actually tracing Thomas' son Terry who contacted me through a median call "Irelands Calling"  . It was a message board and I had left a message a little while after my Mum passed away. We met up and discovered that our parents were siblings and Terry told me that his father (Thomas) was very secretive about his childhood so he was unable to give any other information other than the fact that the other brother was killed in a car crash in the 1960's.

 

It is very sad knowing that Mum endured a childhood in a "notorious" Industrial school, and I am currently reading the book "Annies Girl" written by Maureen Coppinger and documents her time in the same "School" as Mum and I was rather hoping to come across maybe a reference to Mum in her book, but sadly as yet not. Unfortunately Maureen sadly passed away a few years ago so that line of information has ended.