Hello Mary, The following John McGowans lived in Londonderry circa 1860-1864 Parish of Templemore (West Bank) John McGowan Wapping Lane Londonderry John McGowan Anne Street, Londonderry Parish of Clondermott (East Bank) John McGowan Workhouse Road (now Glendermott Road) Waterside Londonderry John McGowan Craigtown New Buildings Londonderry (This is approx 6 miles outside the City) John McGowan Sistrokill Tamlagh Finlaghen Londonderry (This is approx 8 miles outside the City) This may help you in your search My regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.copm >From: "Mary Szewczyk" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Derry] MC GOWAN FAMILY in Mid 1800's Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 >19:57:11 -0500 > > >Hi Everyone! > >I am looking for information on where my McGowan family came from in >Londonderry! I have several references on a tombstone, children's >baptismal records and obituaries in the US saying that they were "Of >Londonderry", but I have not been able to locate them there. > >If anyone can help me, I would really appreciate it. I am hoping to get to >Ireland this June and I would love to know where they are from so that I >could go to the area while I am in Ireland. > >My Great grandfather and his siblings are: > >1. John Aloysius born 1848 in Ireland, > married 1877 in Liverpool to Catherine McCarthy > came to the US in 1883 >2. Alexander born in 1842 in Ireland > came to the US in 1868 >3. Elizabeth (Bessie) born in 1844 in Ireland > came to the US in 1889 after 5 years in England >4. William born in 1848 in Ireland > came to the US in 1859 >5. Joseph born in 1855 in Ireland > came to the US in 1869 > >Their parents were JOHN MC GOWAN and ? GRAHAM. > >I would love to figure out how to find the family in the 1840's and 1850's >in Londonderry. Any ideas? Do any of these people sound familiar to >anyone? > >Thank you for any help that you can offer me! > >Sincerely, >Mary Szewczyk >Delaware, USA > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== >NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this >list! Okay? Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times >of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail