Forde connection to Robbins Familes of Hollyhill/Brooklawn (Gortdrishagh)
I am interested in finding any living member of the Forde family or other families that are related to the Robbins families of Hollyhill/Brooklawn (Townland of Gortdrishagh).
I am researching all of the Robbins families of County Galway in an attempt to connect my family with them. Two Robbins families were living in the townland of Gortdrishagh in the 1850s: Nicholas Robbins and Margaret Robbins. I do not know much about Margaret or her family, but I have been able to find quite a bit of information about Nicholas and his family. Nicholas Robbins married Mary McDonough of Tynagh in 1827, and they raised a large family in Gortdrishagh. The majority of their children emigrated to England or the United States in the 1860s, but at least two stayed in Ireland. The first was Anne Robbins who married John Forde in 1867 in the chapel at Mullagh. Anne and John moved to Clonrush where four children were born: William Forde (b. 1867, d. 1872), John Forde (b. 1869), Patrick Forde (b. 1871), and Bridget Forde (b. 1873). Anne was widowed, and the family returned to Gortdrishagh by 1882 when she married John Murphy. They had at least one daughter together, Annie Murphy (b.1883, d. 1909). Anne Robbins Forde Murphy died before the 1911 Census, and at whichtime her son, John Forde, had married Bridget Costelloe and was the head of the household.Patrick Robbins, an uncle, was living with them, and a nephew, Patrick Connaughton, the likely son of Bridget Forde, was also in the home. Together John Forde and Bridget Costelloe had at least three children: Mary Anne (b. 1911), Bridget Forde (b. 1913), and John Stephen Forde (b. 1915).
I am interested in getting in contact with any descendants of this family. I have been in contact with other descendants of this family and they have completed DNA testing. We are interested to find other Robbins descendants from this area to test to confirm our findingsand find new directions for research.
Looking forward to any responses.
Brady Robbins
Children of NicholasRobbins and Mary McDonagh/McDonough:
-Martin Robbins, b. Abt.1834, emigrated to Derbyshire, Englandabout 1860, married Anne Lomas in 1861 in Yorkshire, England, d. 1915
-Bridget Robbins, b. Abt. 1835, emigrated to Yorkshire, England about 1860, married Edward P. McLoughlin in 1863 in York, emigrated to Jersey City, New Jersey, USA in 1870, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA about1874, d. 1889
-Patrick Robbins, b. Abt. 1835, servant in home of John Smyth of Cooleeny, Kilmeen in 1901, living with nephew John Forde in Gortdrishagh in 1911.
-Mary Robbins, b. Abt 1842, emigrated to Derbyshire, England about 1860, married PatrickDooley of County Galway in 1863 in York, England, died 1909 in Wheldrake, Yorkshire, England.
-Anne Robbins, b. Abt 1843, married John Fordeof Gortdrishagh in 1867, family lived in Dromaane, Clonrush, Galway until about 1882, family returned to Gortdrishagh and Anne Married John Murphy of Gortdrishagh, she died before 1911.
-Nicholas Robbins, b. Abt 1844, emigrated to Manhattan, New York, USA abt. 1868, married Winnifred McDonough of Galway in 1869, moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, USA abt. 1869, married Catherine Laura Lawless in 1872, d. 1919 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
-Catherine Robbins, possible daughter. Registered the death of Nicholas Robbins, Sr. in 1868. Appears as baptismal sponsor for John Forde, son of Anne Robbins, in 1869 in Clonrush, Galway. Appears as baptismal sponsor for Patrick J. Robbins, son of Nicholas Robbins Jr., in 1873 in Jersey City, New Jersey.