Hello Jon, You may be interested in a little of the family background of Florrie. She was born March 5 1912 at Artigarvan to JOHN MCINTYRE and MATILDA MCMICHAEL and registered as MATILDA, but was subsequently given the additional name of FLORENCE at her baptism April 28, 1912 (as noted on her birth certificate) https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Her family are recorded in the 1911 census in the DED of Ballymagorry: JOHN (head) aged 35, born Co. Westmeath, general servant, Church of England; MATILDA his wife, aged 31, born Co. Tyrone; JANE aged 4, born Co Antrim and ANNIE, aged 2, also born Co. Antrim http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ Clearly a family on the move. A further child , GEORGINA was born 1915 at Artigarvan Looking further, it was possible to locate John and Matilda’s marriage at St Anne’s Church, Belfast and the connection to Artigarvan became evident; MATILDA stated her residence as Gortaleck, Dunmanagh [Donemana] and her father as SAMUEL MCMICHAEL, a farmer. Gortileck is a townland 3-4 kms from Artigarvan on the road towards Donemana. Re. the photo – Herbert Cooper of Strabane was a prolific photographer of people and events in ounties Tyrone and Donegal whose collection of in excess of 70,000 glass plate negatives are now housed in PRONI, Belfast. Perhaps the boys were billeted with local families during their stay in Artigarvan? I have checked the Derry papers for any reports of the boys’ sojourn, but there was none. You may have some success with locating Florrie and her fate if a member of the well-known McMichael family happens to read this. The McMichael’s of Gortileck are on my family tree, but I have no information on them post 1860. Wishing you every success, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jim McKane via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, 22 May 2020 8:34 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Cc: Jim McKane Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Lookingfor Florrie McIntyre, Artigarvan 1930 Looking for Florrie McIntyre, Artigarvan 1930 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/misc/mcintyre.html> Although this isn't really genealogy, I thought someone might be able to assist in this identification?? Jim Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
