Dear List, Family gossip has it that my paternal Grandfather's first wife was a close relation of the "Count", does any kind soul out there have any info on his family at all. Most of the info on the internet is concerned with his singing career. Many thanks in advance Sue Newman Sunny Cirencester in the Cotswolds England.
Here you go, try this one http://www.jump.net/~pwworth/biodex.html Just to whet your appetite: John McCormack was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland on June 14, 1884. The family was at that time living in a small row house in "The Bawn," a neighborhood in Athlone, east of the Shannon River. The river divides Athlone into two parts, with the west side being County Roscommon. John was the fourth of eleven children born to Hannah and Andrew McCormack, and one of the five to survive childhood. Both his parents were born in Galashiels, Scotland. Andrew's father was Irish and had originally hailed from Sligo. Mrs. McCormack's family was Scottish Presbyterian. McCormack's father came to Athlone to work in the woolen mills, employment that eventually led to managing a division of the firm he worked for. At age three in 1887 John's parents enrolled him in the school of the Marist brothers in Athlone. In 1896 he won a scholarship to the Diocesan College of the Immaculate Conception of Summerhill at Sligo. There he matriculated on October 15, 1896. He won two scholarships that ..............etc. etc. It's quite a big site Josephine Allen Kemper ----- Original Message ----- From: SUSAN NEWMAN <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:12 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Count John McCormack > Dear List, > > Family gossip has it that my paternal Grandfather's first wife was a close relation of the "Count", does any kind soul out there have any info on his family at all. Most of the info on the internet is concerned with his singing career. > > Many thanks in advance > > Sue Newman > Sunny Cirencester in the Cotswolds > England. > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please DO NOT send virus warnings to the list. > Send them to me at [email protected] and I will take > the appropriate action. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >