SCANLON & GILMORE

I have been doing genealogy for 40 years. I teach genealogy. I have written to ireland for help several times to be told there are no records past a certain year. I got my greatest and THE answer from going to www.sligoheritage.com owned by Joe McGowan. My family is McGowan and HE does not know if we are related.. If you prowl around his excellent website you will find that he collects stories from older residents and publishes them. On this website is your answer for SLIGO. The British burned out a lot of residents. There were also coffin ships - read - and weep. There is no heritage there for our kinfolk. He also has some excellent books on his collective stories but there is MUCH heritage and understanding of why  on his website. 

Hello!

I, too, am seeking information regarding these two people! I will check my records to see where they fit into my lineage. My great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Gilmore (Elizabeth), and I remember the Scanlon name. Sorry to be of little help at the moment, but I will be back!

Thanks! Jane

Laura:

I checked the Roots Ireland indexes and found an 1848 marriage record for a Thomas Scanlon and Mary Gilmore in the Kilshalvey Kilturra RC church. This is likely the correct record. Kilshalvey and Kilturra civil parishes are just below Emlaghfad civil parish where Ballymote is located.

Roger mcDonnell

Thank you deedeetee123! Am looking forward to exploring that one. While "in" Sligo area I will keep an eye out for your McGowan's.

Hi jasmyth-- look fwd to hearing back, see if there's a connection! Thanks.

Roger,

Thank you for this lead! Will get an account set up on RootsIreland... 

Would you think I should repost my query in those parishes as well, or is that not neccessary?

Thanks,

Laura

Laura:

I would say--not necessary. 

By the way, the National Library of Ireland plans to put RC parish registers online for free searching sometime this summer. That is an alternative to paying for Roots.

Roger

R. McDonnell-- thanks again for this lead... it's hard to know which genealogy websites are worth the fee and won't spam you. I have been having good luck on the RootsIreland site! That marriage record got me searching in a whole other part of the county, indeed even over the border into Mayo... and possibly have found the grouping of townlands where they lived-- Lvz

I, too, am researching "Gilmor" in County Sligo. My husband's ancestors, Thomas Gilmor/Gilmore and wife Mary Read/Reid/Reed were married in the diocese of Killala and Achonry in 1828 [existing index of marriage bonds, though the bonds themselves were destroyed in the 1922 fire]. Their first 6 children, who included James (1829), George W. (abt 1837), and Maria/Mary (1839) were born in Ireland, probably County Sligo. They immigrated in 1840-1841 and settled in Ontario, Canada. He was a farmer and they moved around. I know that Thomas Gilmore had a sister Eliza Gilmore, born abt 1806, who married James Kidney. The Kidneys, too, immigrated--year unknown--and ran a small hotel in Campbellville, Ontario. Thomas and Mary Gilmore had four more children in Ontario: Thomas (1842), Jane Ann (1844), Charles Wallace (1846), and Joseph (1848). Thomas's sister Eliza (Gilmore) Kidney had only one known child, William James Kidney, born 1850 in Campbellville.

Thomas Gilmore and Mary Reid worshipped in the Church of England or Methodist churches in Canada--Protestant.

As Ballymote appears not to be in the diocese of Killala and Achonry, and as Thomas Scanlon and Mary Gilmore (above) were married in the RC church, this would seem to be an unlikely fit. However, since it involved the name Gilmore, I thought I would post my scanty knowledge of our line.

I suspect the Gilmore and Read families were found further to the west in County Sligo.

Janis Walker Gilmore

Hello Janis! I've not been on this site for a long time, so am sorry for the delay in responding to you.

Yes, many Gilmores that I've found in my research are indeed C of I.

From some records (immigration and marriage) it seems that my Gilmores may have been Kilmores (slight pronunciation & spelling difference), and a number of those are found circa 1850 in the Curry area of Achonry parish. My G/Kilmore ancestor was married in Kilshalvey-Kilturra RC parish. Achonry is just to the west. Probably I need more information on the family from the States though before I'll get much further in Sligo.

Have you had much luck looking into the Candadian records? Also a thought is that Thomas was RC and married into the Protestant church via Mary Reid.

Thanks and best to you,

Laura

Hello All!
​I found these messages while searching for my elusive Gilmore family. John Gilmore born about 1830 in ? Flamboro Waterdown Ontario. From DNA matches I found John had a sister Agnes (Burns) born 1828 also in Wentworth. According to marriage/death information both list their father as John Gilmore b. about 1805 & mother as Mary Rainey/Boney.

​For Ivz- I am looking for John Gilmore near the Buffalo area. I tried to find your Thomas Scanlon & found one living in Dunkirk, N.Y.  Is this your family? The son of my John b 1830 had a son John Henry Gilmore living near the Scanlon's.

For Janis- I have seen several posts of yours and am thinking there is a connection...somewhere. I have also see your name on GEDmatch & although I don't match, my matches match. Ha!

​I know I am related to the Gilmore family from Rockbridge, Va. but my family went from Ireland to Canada. I am also related to the GIlmore's from Rochester, N.Y. and Hants, Nova Scotia.

​Hoping to find a connection here!

Donna

Hello Donna

My John Gilmore, Mary' s brother, was born in Ireland abt 1841-1845; and he came to Buffalo in 1865. So far in my research, it does not seem that their father John emigrated to join them. My Scanlons & Gilmores settled in the Cheektowaga area, near Buffalo, so I have not searched for Gilmores outside of this area.

Do you know what kind of work your John did in Erie Co area, and during what period of time? The First Ward Buffalo, near the Lake and docks was a very busy place in mid 1800's, lots of work. You might be interested in the Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society (BIGS), via Facebook or their website.

If in my searching around I come across any information for your John Gilmore, I'll post here...

Laura

Laura,
Thank you for the tip! I will try on facebook.
​Donna