Jim Could you retract the posting I just sent? The first link was incorrect. I fixed it in this one.
Tom From: Tom Chambers Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 11:37 AM To: tchamber...@gmail.com; CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Chambers family, Newtownstewart, Tyrone Len, Dave, Jim, Making more progress on my ancestors from Newtownstewart. Again thanks for all your help. Jim, I am getting close to being able to summarize things for the three children of John and Martha Chambers: George, Thomas, and Mary Ann. Thomas and Mary Ann, being the ones that emigrated to the USA. George stayed in Ireland. After doing more research on George, here is some interesting stuff. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/pioneer-in-the-demanding-skills-of-fashion-design-1.416725 Look at this article about Pauline Clotworthy, famous dress designer. She would be the grand-niece of the wife of my 3rd great-uncle, George. In the third paragraph it has a reference to Daniel Köhler who in 1741 moved to Tyrone along with the George (1824-1901) married Eliza Goodwin Keohler of Enniscorthy, Wexford (1827-1908) Her parents were Thomas Goodwin Keohler (1800-1879) and Martha Roberts His parents where Daniel Köhler (-1836) and Elizabeth Goodwin (1778-1823) Now, back to my family in the USA….. Looking at the baptismal records (NYC) I looked closely, and the names of Thomas’s (from Newtownstewart) children are: Thomas Maclear Chambers (Maclear being the maiden name of Martha whose brother was Sir Thomas Maclear) George Keohler Chambers (middle name later changed to Keller) He is my great grandfather. My grand father was also named George Keller Chambers Jr. Finally, one more divergence into the Keohler family……… http://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/thomas-keohler This artlcle from the James Joyce Online Notes, talks about Thomas Goodwin Keohler (1874-1942) <this is now the grand-son of the same name mentioned above> and James Joyce being good friends. Thomas also wrote poetry. Thomas eventually became Secretary for Hely’s in Dublin. This Thomas would be an uncle of Pauline. It is easier to just look at the ancestry tree!!!! Finally, this ties in with the recent post by Henry Bruns where he talked about his grandfather Robert Hely Thompson (alias Robert Blake). Another member of the family of Irish Poets. This sleuthing takes lots of time, but it is fun. Tom (Thomas Keller Chambers)
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