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
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> 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) 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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