Tom, Happy to be of help. For the sake of accuracy (and not to be “nit picky”), Robert Hely Thompson (pen name: Robert Blake) was my great grandfather. I’m excited to be visiting his homeland soon! Henry Bruns
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Tom Chambers <tchamber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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) > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com
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