Alexander Gilmer, Crossmaglen, b. 1829

Dear Susannah

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I had a look on rootsireland.ie but couldn't see a baptism for Alexander or any other children born to George and Jane. Neither could I see a marriage record for the couple. I fear that they may have been born in a parish and at a time that predates the parish records. Presbyterian records for Creggan begin in 1835 and RC records somewhat earlier with many, many gaps. 

There is a George 'Gilmore' listed on the 1796 Flax Growers List, something to consider:

http://www.failteromhat.com/post1796.php

Rootsireland does list a civil death record for a George Gilmer in the Parish of Keady on 17th Jan 1868 where the informant was Thomas McWilliams. I wonder how this fits in (if at all)? There is no other George Gilmer death listed except for the late 1830s (none that fit 1835). There is no death record for Jane in 1832.

You can see from the link below that there are not very many Gilmer households in the 19th Century;

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&Use…

There is some info from an old ancestry.com thread in 2008 here that might fill in some gaps:

http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=36&p=localities.britis…

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Liscalgot House and there doesn't seem to be much wirtten about it, aside from the link you provided above.  This is all I could locate:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=silverbowl&id…

http://www.thepotteries.org/people/gilmore_thom.htm

http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.ie/2015/05/oral-history-jacksons-and-f…

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/adair/5975/

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thank you! I appreciate your help.