Margaret - Any idea of an Irish county? Did they meet in Ireland? Marry there? Did they meet and marry in England? USA? Mid 1800s -- If you check at the Irish Times ireland.com website and click on "ancestor" search, you will find a map and additional information on where in Ireland the surnames FOY and GORMAN appeared either separately or together in the same location. In the latter case, look for "enter the second surname" field for GORMAN after initially bringing up information on FOY. For what seems to be a small, one-time fee, you can inquire for more specifics on parishes, etc., right at the website. It looked to me on the map (although my monitor is getting pretty dark), that in the mid 1800s those two surnames were found together in Cos. Galway, Kerry, Longford, Kildare, Waterford and Armagh, but you can check and see if there were others. . Per the Matheson survey of 1890 (distribution of surnames in Ireland computed by five or more births), there were 38 FOY births, principally in Cos. Mayo, Cavan and Dublin, with 14 in Ulster, 14 Connaught, 8 Leinster and 2 Munster. GORMAN births numbered 140, principally in Cos. Antrim, Dublin, Tipperary, but generally distributed in counties of Leinster and Munster - 57 Leinster, 40 Munster, 33 Ulster, 10 Connaught. So, they were pretty much everywhere. And some related surnames included FEE, etc. If any members of these families immigrated to the USA, you could check with the county historical society in the USA county in which that family resided. Likely, they can come up with some documents/Federal Census info. to help you pin down the Irish county, last placed lived, when emigrated to the USA, marriage applications (which sometimes gave name of parents of bride and groom), cemetery records, newspapers announcements, etc., etc. Don't forget to contact your living relatives, to see what they know. I found out a great deal from my cousins, aunts and uncles. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret ward" <tootsfoyward@yahoo.com> To: <IRISH-IN-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:21 AM Subject: [UK-Irish] FOY-GORMAN- > Still searching for my ancestors. Would appreciate any information on > Richard FOY [var.sp.] b IRELAND 1816 approx. and Margaret GORMAN > b IRELAND 1811 approx. > Regards with thanks. Margaret NJ USA tootsfoyward@yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== > To unsub or change your subscription: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/IRISH-IN-UK.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >
their were foys in longford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRISH-IN-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [UK-Irish] FOY-GORMAN > Margaret - Any idea of an Irish county? Did they meet in Ireland? Marry > there? Did they meet and marry in England? USA? > > Mid 1800s -- If you check at the Irish Times ireland.com website and click > on "ancestor" search, you will find a map and additional information on > where in Ireland the surnames FOY and GORMAN appeared either separately or > together in the same location. In the latter case, look for "enter the > second surname" field for GORMAN after initially bringing up information on > FOY. For what seems to be a small, one-time fee, you can inquire for more > specifics on parishes, etc., right at the website. It looked to me on the > map (although my monitor is getting pretty dark), that in the mid 1800s > those two surnames were found together in Cos. Galway, Kerry, Longford, > Kildare, Waterford and Armagh, but you can check and see if there were > others. . > > Per the Matheson survey of 1890 (distribution of surnames in Ireland > computed by five or more births), there were 38 FOY births, principally in > Cos. Mayo, Cavan and Dublin, with 14 in Ulster, 14 Connaught, 8 Leinster and > 2 Munster. GORMAN births numbered 140, principally in Cos. Antrim, Dublin, > Tipperary, but generally distributed in counties of Leinster and Munster - > 57 Leinster, 40 Munster, 33 Ulster, 10 Connaught. > > So, they were pretty much everywhere. And some related surnames included > FEE, etc. > > If any members of these families immigrated to the USA, you could check with > the county historical society in the USA county in which that family > resided. Likely, they can come up with some documents/Federal Census info. > to help you pin down the Irish county, last placed lived, when emigrated to > the USA, marriage applications (which sometimes gave name of parents of > bride and groom), cemetery records, newspapers announcements, etc., etc. > > Don't forget to contact your living relatives, to see what they know. I > found out a great deal from my cousins, aunts and uncles. > > Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "margaret ward" <tootsfoyward@yahoo.com> > To: <IRISH-IN-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:21 AM > Subject: [UK-Irish] FOY-GORMAN- > > > > Still searching for my ancestors. Would appreciate any information on > > Richard FOY [var.sp.] b IRELAND 1816 approx. and Margaret GORMAN > > b IRELAND 1811 approx. > > Regards with thanks. Margaret NJ USA tootsfoyward@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== > > To unsub or change your subscription: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/IRISH-IN-UK.html > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== > The Irish-In-UK Mailing List Website: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishUK/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >