Leitrim-Roscommon

my family of gilhoolys came over from ireland to scotland during the famine, circa 1848. they had two children in ireland ; mary, born,circa 1845, and john, my g. grandfather, born circa 1846. the first definite knowledge of them being in scotland is the baptism of elizabeth, 1849, in dumfries, then james 1851, anne 1854, margaret 1856, catherine 1859, all maxwelltown , dumfries. mary,born 1845, married a george richardson,b1845 in longtown,england. they have 2 children; georgina,b, 1867 and john, b, 1870. john my grandfather ,b, 1846, married a georgina neisham in dumfries in 1871,they had 12 children,no telly in those days! jane,b, 1871 in glasgow st,maxwelltown ,married david gardiner 1894 , she died 1899. robert,b, 1873 same place. married jessie howie in 1894, he died 1929. george,b, 1875,died 1876, both in round cl, hawick. james and eliz were twins born 1877,in dumfries, james died 1894 and eliz died 1878. mary,b, high st dumfries married george barnie in 1903 in dalmarnock,glasgow. catherine,b and d 1881 in spurr inn close, dumfries. janet,b, 1882 in 12 queensberry sq, dumfries, died 1888, issabella,b, 1885 in queensberry sq, she married james prow in 1903. john ,b, 1887 in queensberry sq, married mary miller in 1910 in tollcross, glasgow. william b, 1888 in queensberry sq, married eliz west in calton, glasgow in 1911. willamena, b, 1891 in 10 malvern pl, glasgow, married francis mc court in 1913 in glasgow
elizabeth,b, 1849. married john allison in 1872 in dumfries ,b, england 1848. they have 5 children; ann,b,1873. mary,b,1875. eliz,b, 1877. cath,b, 1879. eliz,b,1880, all king st,dumfries.
james, b, 1851 married robina cochrane in hawick 1873, they had 7 children; patrick,b, 1873 in hawick married mary barrett in hawick 1900, they had 3 children; james,b, 1904 in hawick. edward,b, 1907 in hawick. helen,b, 1909 in hawick. elizabeth,b, 1875 in hawick. john,b, 1878. james,b,? married margaret lamb in hawick 1913. william,b, 1882 married issabella irvine in hawick 1909, child james,b, hawick 1906. agnes,b, 1893 in hawick.
anne,b, 1855 died 1855. margaret, b, 1856 died 1859 in dumfries. catherine,b, 1859 in dumfries never married and died in the crichton, dumfries 1923.
if any body can connect with these generations please get in contact . i will post further generation later .

john gilhooly erskine, scotland

dear john i am williamina neisham maxwell gilhooly mccourts
grand-daughter, my mum is the youngest and last mccourt
isabella gilhooly mccourt mckay,she has great grandad and
grans marriage cert. stating that johns fathers name was patrick and his mothers name as catherine mcmanus yet on
great-grandads death cert. her name is catherine kernochan
i dont know if she re-married.i found a family tree yesterdayon
ancestry.com for isabella gilhooly prow and james prow they
emigrated to pittsburgh penn. in 1910 and had two daughters before they left georgina and elizabeth.i dont know if you already know this info. i hope it helps and finds you well;your great cousin jean, iam am taking it that you are Bobs son,I,m
eagerly awaiting your next gen. search.
yours sincerley.jean jennings.

hello jean, its good to hear from you.i have a lot of info on the john gilhooly and georgina neisham brood .i have followed mostly the male lines and do not have a lot on the mccourts and prows.i have spent a lot of time about 6 years trying to find out where patrick and his wife who i believe to be cath mcmanus came from in ireland. cath died 1893 in dumfries as the widow of patrick, and annoyingly it did not mention her parents.i am currently looking at catholic parish records of leitrim and the surrounding areas.they do say its not the destination that matters but the journey. i would like to know how far you have got and if we can exchange information. i have been in contact with one of the decendants of the dumfries neishams who lives in auckland, she has given me loads of info that you are welcome to have, and anything else that interests you. you can if you wish contact me at my email address. look forward to hearing from you, john gilhooly. ps my father is robert gilhooly born 1916 in glasgow.

dear john, thanks for your reply,im not to good on the computer
and i just got my emil address from my son last night after much
begging,therefore this is all trial and error for me, i have some
cert. from my cousin margaret shields on the mccourts and
the gilhoolys as she had breast cancer and wanted to know
if it was hereditory as she has three sisters,she is one of 10,i
am the oldest of nine,i was speaking to my mother and she
knew your gran auntie jess,cousin sarah,your dad robbie and
josie,she said they were all very musical and john was a conductor in england some where,i dont have a scanner but
i have asked my neice lee mcmanus to scan the certs and send
them to you. will get back to you later.jean.