GAMMELLS OF BRUFF

Hi Philip

My name is Doreen and I am working with the Ballyhoura area on the Ireland Reaching Out Project.  I will pass your message on to the Local Community Group in Bruff who may be able to help you with your query. 

Regards Doreen

Hi Philip,

I am helping the descendants of Gammell's from Co. Limerick, and I believe specifically from Bruff.  I would not be surprised if their Gammell family and your family were connected.  They too have   They have done extensive DNA testing and I'm curous to know if you know of anyone in your Gammell line has done any DNA testing as well.

Also, you might be interested to know that your John and Catherine Bennett Gammell had an additional child named "Catherine" in Limerick in 1826.  Catherine was baptised on 4 June 1826.  Let me know if you would like more information about this.

Regards,  Adam

Hello Adam. Sorry but no contact I know of has done a DNA test. Gammell is my mother's family, but I am not in touch with any family members at the moment. I am happy to share research results. I have a tree on Tribal Pages, and have written on family members at my blog, phillipkay.wordpress.com, a site called bestquest. If it seems relevant I can send you a pdf of relevant areas of my tree, or a gedcom if further details would be of interest. At Bruff I have parish register entries of the marriage of John and Catherine Bennett and of four children. A witness to some of these is a William Gammell who could be a brother of John. Of the children three, Bridgeet, James and John emigrated to Australia. I am interested that you have found a fifth child, Catherine. Regards, Phillip 

Hi I have connections with gammell especially from bruff!! Mary gammell married Michael Kelly they had sons Michael & Edmond, edmond Kelly was born on the 24th septemer 1911 who moved to Dublin in later life for work related reasons, he was in the army , lived in finglas dublin later on ballymun. Sadly passed away of 92 years old of tubercelousis in 2003 he'd children my father john Kelly born in 1961 October, living, Kathleen Kelly living, Damien Kelly recently deceased, eamon Kelly G Joseph Kelly deceased, Martin Kelly living Thomas Kelly (Lodon based) deceased early 1990s. Michael Kelly deceased, . They had a gang of grandchildren. And great grandchildren of today please don't hesitate to get in touch I believe Bridget gammell was Mary gammells mother I'm not sure if this is correct there parish was bruff co limerick I'm presuming there's cousins and ancestors alive still in limerick! 

Bridget Gammell emigrated to Australia with her brother James in 1840. She was 27. She was a dressmaker from Limerick, but I don't know if that was town or county. I don't know of any marriage in Ireland, though that would have been usual. She married in Australia in 1842. There seems to have been several Gammell families in Bruff, all slightly later than the one I know of, but I don't know what the connection is.