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Information will be kept here for a short period then
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20/06/04
20/06/04
Our family came from Yatesville, PA and later Pittston. Our paternal grandfather was Anthony Francis Loftus, DOB 13 March 1869. Father: Anthony Loftus, Mother: Ann Barrett. Grandfather Anthony Loftus married Katherine McManus of Hudson, PA. Do any of these names ring a bell. Anthony was a railroad man for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in Hudson, PA. We have very little information on his family and ancestry.
Thanks for any assistance.
20/06/04
Miggie Olsson
20/06/04
I was just talking to some friends of mine in England and they told me that they ran into some Loftus' in Co. Mayo Ireland and so I thought I would get on the net and see if I could find some ancestry and I came across your site.
My name is Thomas Joseph Loftus and I was born in Waterloo Iowa. There are a lot of Loftus' in that area but they all originally came down from the Rochester Minnesota area.
My grandparents were Alaoucious "Thomas" Loftus (Died in 1991) and Eunice Loftus (living in Waterloo) and they had the following Children
Ed Loftus
Mike Loftus Deceased
Kay Loftus (Knebel)
Patricia Loftus (Philips) Deceased
Kenny Loftus
Larry Loftus (My Dad)
Terry Loftus
Nancy Loftus (Jungen)
All of which still live in the Waterloo area and most of their extended families also live in that area. I live in Anamosa Iowa now. I served four years in the USAF in England from 1984 to 1988 were I met my wife Theresa who is English, so it is interesting for me to see the heritage behind the Loftus name. I know that there is a small town in northern England called Loftus too.
I will get some more information on my grandfathers brothers and one sister and add it to the list. He had 11 brothers and 1 sister.
23/05/04
i was taking a break from my college studies,really just chancing my arm on google by typing in loftus too see what happened!little did i know that i would come accross a well organised wealth of information!
Firstly i must congradulate you on the site,i cant get over the amount of loftus's there are,and who all seem to have originated from where i was born and bread.i think our family is linked to a ''sean mor loftus'' he was supposed to be the first loftus to come to the area of crossmolina.
My grandad made an audio tape before he died explaining where the family originated,and i have a booklet at home from lofthus in norway where we are all supposed to have originated from.
You might
find the websites of www.deelrovers.com and www.crossmolina.ie very
interesting, thats if you have not come accross them already.
Well done again, and feel free to e mail me
Regards,
Barry Loftus.
23/05/04
I am a Loftus from Scranton, Pennsylvania. My older sister, Lindajo has registered. In addition to her previous listing there is one more Loftus in our family, my father, William George Loftus's sister, Jean Loftus Goginsky. Jean and husband Tom currently reside in Madison, New Jersey.
My name is Carol Lee Loftus Miller, I was born in Scranton in 1960.
Anyone who is a Loftus from Scranton please email, as I have questions.
Carol Lee Loftus Miller
23/05/04
23/05/04
Thankyou
Sincerely
Karen M. Loftus
23/05/04
I have been putting my family tree up on Genes connected and was trying to find dates of birth on the web when I found your site!
My great great great great Grandfather Sir Robert Wigram Bt. Great Grandmother was Margaret Loftus 3rd Daughter of Henry Loftus. Father of 1st Viscount Loftus.
Margaret married Hygatt Boyd M.P. , of Rosslare Co. Wexford.
Further down the family tree we married back in to the Tottenhams!
I still have a paper weight made from Grape Shot and Gun carriage captured by C.G. Tottenham that he captured at Sevastapol.
I have various other bits of information on both families, if it is of interest.
I will have to put more accurate dates on the tree with the help of your great site when time allows!
Best regards
Christopher de Vere
23/05/04
My grandfather is Harry A. LOFTUS, born 1869 in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England. He married Emily Eliza ATKINS in Heath Town in 1891 and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Emily died in 1938 while visiting Sydney, Australia. Harry's parents are Michael & Joanna (?) LOFTUS of Wolverhampton. I would like to make contact with Staffordshire LOFTUS's.
Paul Lang Loftus
AmEmbassy Montevideo
23/05/04
My mother was Helen Patricia Loftus. She married my father, George Fanning in 1935 and had three children, James, Judith, and me, Kathleen Fanning. We all grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey. James now lives in Cleveland and Judith and I live in Berryville, Virginia. I am the only one of the three who married, and I had two children, Elizabeth and Victoria McDaniel. Elizabeth is now Elizabeth Campbell and she has four children, Ethan, Julia, Luke, and Annaleah, just born three months ago.
22/02/04
Sincerely,
Dave H. Funk (Galadriel's husband)
22/02/04
My great grandfather Albert married Alice Critchley 05/08/1917 in Liverpool and had 7 children.
Albert jnr
Ronald 09/03/1921.He died 07/19/1944 in Belgium while serving with 9th Battalion The Cameronians[scottish rifles].
Veronica 09/04/1923
Kenneth 1924
My nana Sheila Catherine 08/02/1927
Milldred 1930
Bernard 1933
I was wondering whether anyone had a connection to my Loftus family and be able to help me to continue my research.
Thank-you,
Camille Bailey
22/02/04
This is just a little bit of information passed down through our family, i hope it will help you and if you have any information please pass it on to me. My ancestor travelled over to England from Ireland during the potato fammine, jumped off the boat in Garston Docks in Liverpool and settled in the first street he got to. I dont know who he married but I know his son (my grandfather) married a Winifred Larkin. Apparently our family had a big estate in Ireland but my ancestor passed it on to his cousin instead of through the family. I dont know how much of this is true.
If you find any information on this please contact me and I will you as soon as i find any. Thank you
Sarah.
Ps, i have just been on the internet and translated the writing on the crest. ' loyal au mort' is french for 'loyal to the death' and 'prend moi tel que je suis' is also french for 'take me such as i am'.
11/01/04
Jim Wilmot
11/01/04
I am the granddaughter of Mary Louise Loftus, her father was James Loftus. My grandmother has 4 surviving sisters and a brother. They all reside in Williamsport PA. They are Irene Loftus (Shrimp) Lois , Genevieve and Jimmy Loftus. Sister Margaret Loftus as of last date is located in a convent in DE.
I know nothing about my granmother's parents, she is deceased and rarely spoke of them. I know very little about her immediate family.
I don't know if this helps or if you've come across and information that would help me but I wanted to write.
Sincerely,
Kami Young
11/01/04
My knowledge of his family is mainly of my husband's father's family. My husband's grandfather had Joseph Patrick, Eleanor, Veronica, Charles, and James. I am not sure, I may have forgotten someone.
No, of course all these children had children. I'm sorry, but I can't provide all their names because I don't know them. Of the few I do know, Charles's children were Eugene, Mary Beth, and young Charles. Veronica had children, but I know only the one, Joseph Gallagher who is married to Joan (?). James had children, but I only recall that one was named Bernadette.
My husband's siblings include Mary Teresa, then my husband Joseph Thomas, then Thomas James, then Francis.
Mary Teresa Loftus (deceased) had one daughter, Sandra Michelle who lives in KY.
Joe and I have four children, Joseph Thomas, Jr., Cynthia Jean Loftus, Susan Elise Loftus, and Patricia Loftus. We have ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. We live in Maryland.
Thomas James Loftus had three children, Thomas, David, and Karen. They all have children.
Francis Loftus had three children, Timothy, Christine Marie, and Pamela. They all have children.
My husband just came home and told me that the uncle (his
father's brother) I missed was Frank (Francis) Loftus. Uncle Frank sent
to school to be a priest, but changed his mind, later married a woman
by the name of Hope (last name?) from the Northeast. They had one son,
Michael. Michael is married and has children.
Jean Loftus
11/01/04
I hope I'm doing this right. My husband is James Aloysius Loftus, his father was James also, both born in Akron, Ohio. His grandfather was John Thomas Loftus, born in Steubenville, Ohio and his great grandfather was James Loftus, born in County Clare, Ireland. James came to the US at the age of 10 in 1851 with his mother Catherine Garry Loftus. Her children were Mary (Michael Clairy) Johanna (Michael Roach) Margaret (Michael Scanlon) Simon (Margaret Bolander) Bridget (William Brew) and James Loftus. James married Catherine Carmody who died the following year and there were no children. He married Bridget Flannigan in 1864. They had five children John Thomas Loftus (Catherine Forster), my husbands grandparents. We are planning a trip to Ireland in May 2004 and would love to hear from anyone who might have information about these people.
Thank you,
Lynn Loftus
11/11/03
The family gets bigger as me and Wayne have three children, Alex, Lucy and Jack Loftus. Mark has 2 children, Sarah and Christopher Loftus. Marie has 2 children, Andrew and Gary (not Loftus).
30/11/03
Sharon Davidson
09/10/03
Ted Loftus
09/10/03
Descendants of Thomas Loftus
Generation No. 1
1. Thomas Loftus was born March 1824, and died February 05, 1910 in Scott Co., MN. He married Ann Cuff 1855. She was born 1828 in County Sligo, Ireland, and died December 28, 1895.
More About Thomas
Loftus:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
Immigration: 1849, Census 1900 states he was NA
More About Ann Cuff:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, L 205, Savage, Minnesota
Immigration: 1851
Children of Thomas
Loftus and Ann Cuff are:
2. i. THOMAS J. LOFTUS, b. February 1864, Savage, MN; d. May 19, 1922.
3. ii. JOHN P. LOFTUS, b. June 1860; d. December 09, 1953, Scott Co.,
MN.
iii. MATTHEW LOFTUS, b. 1858.
Generation No. 2
2. Thomas J. Loftus (Thomas1) was born February 1864 in Savage, MN, and died May 19, 1922. He married Margaret M. Brennan, daughter of Michael Brennan and Mary Robinson. She was born December 01, 1870 in County Cork, Ireland, and died February 23, 1956 in St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee, Scott Co., MN6.
More About Thomas
J. Loftus:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
More About Margaret
M. Brennan:
Burial: February 25, 1956, St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
Cause of Death: cerebrovascular accident, due to Hypertension due to arteriosclerosis
generalize
Immigration: 1895, U. S. Census 1900
Children of Thomas
Loftus and Margaret Brennan are:
i. THOMAS PATRICK LOFTUS, b. March 11, 1901; d. December 29, 1942, Scott
Co., MN; m. EMILY C. MUELKEN, October 1938; b. March 14, 1907, MN; d.
February 24, 1990, Mala Strana Nursing Home, New Prague, Scott Co., MN.
More About THOMAS
PATRICK LOFTUS:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
More About EMILY C.
MUELKEN:
Burial: St. Michael's Cem, Prior Lake, Scott Co., MN
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
Residence: 4251 Colorado St., Prior Lake, MN 55372
ii. MARY G. LOFTUS, b. 1903.
4. iii. AGNES THERESA LOFTUS, b. February 28, 1904, MN; d. August 16,
1995, Scott Co., MN.
5. iv. MATTHEW J. LOFTUS, b. July 08, 1905, Glendale Township, Scott County,
Minnesota; d. September 28, 1998, Shakopee, Scott Co., Minnesota.
v. BERNARD J. LOFTUS, b. June 20, 1909, Savage, Minnesota; d. April 17,
1990, St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee, Scott Co., MN9,10.
More About BERNARD
J. LOFTUS:
Burial: St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Savage, MN
6. vi. MICHAEL T.
LOFTUS, b. November 28, 1910, Savage, MN; d. October 09, 1978, Shakopee
Hosp, Shakopee, MN.
vii. BABY CHILD LOFTUS, b. 1912; d. 1912.
3. John P.2 Loftus (Thomas1)11,12 was born June 1860, and died December
09, 1953 in Scott Co., MN13. He married Bridget M. Kneafsey14 Abt. 1891,
daughter of Patrick Kneafsey. She was born 1867, and died September 20,
1945 in Ramsey Co., MN15.
Notes for John P.
Loftus:
Minnesota, Scott County, Roll 788 Book 2, Page 139 states married 9 years,
2 children
More About John P.
Loftus:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
More About Bridget
M. Kneafsey:
Burial: St. John the Baptist, Savage, Minnesota
Children of John Loftus
and Bridget Kneafsey are:
7. i. ANNE H.3 LOFTUS, b. September 11, 1897; d. January 17, 1957.
ii. ELIZABETH LOFTUS, b. July 1893.
Any of this sound familiar or can add to, would love to hear from you, other family surnames, McNearney, Welsh, Walsh, Powers, Slattery/Slater, general locations, Limerick, Cork, Tipperary, Calway, Sligo, Ennis and Mayo Counties.
You can contact me
at wts340@aol.com
Bill Slater
22/02/04
They had several children, the second eldest of whom was my father, John McGrain Loftus born in Edinburgh on 9 November 1926
On June 30 1956 in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Scotland he married Isobel Dick Findlay (born 16 October 1932). Both still alive and well as at 3 November 2003 and living in Edinburgh, Scotland.
On 18 May 1957 in Edinburgh they were delivered of a bouncing
baby daughter (me)
They named me Diane Isobel Loftus.
On 22 April 1959 in Edinburgh they were delivered of a second bouncing baby daughter. They named her Yvonne Elizabeth Loftus.
On 21 October 1961 they were delivered of a bouncing baby boy. He was named Stuart John Loftus.
On 7 July 1984 Yvonne Elizabeth Loftus married Dennis Coleman (born 13 December 1953.) at South Leith Parish Church, Edinburgh. They have two daughters, Nicola Louise Coleman (born 12 August 1986) and Jenifer Carolyn Coleman (born 15 December 1988) both in Edinburgh, Scotland where the family still live
On 11 March 1985 Stuart John Loftus married Pamela Janet Sneddon in Fareham in England.
They have two sons, Neil Stuart Loftus born in England on 9 March 1994 and Scott James Loftus born in England on 23 October 1995. They now live in Worcester, England. Stuart has recently retired from the Army after twenty two years as an electronics engineer.
On 24 May 1986 Diane Isobel Loftus married Alistair Scott Thomas (born 6 November 1962) at St Michael’s Parish Church, Slateford Road, Edinburgh. They were separated seven years later and then divorced.
On 2 November 1999 Diane Isobel Thomas (nee Loftus) married Stephen Broughton (born 14 November 1963) in Bally’s Hotel Chapel, Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. They presently live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I hope that this is a useful addition to the Loftus web. I have countless cousins in Scotland and three somewhere in Canada (their mother was Cecilia Loftus, one of my father’s many sisters).
18/09/03
They had a son, Thadeus and others. A daughter Honor (born March 28 1867) and others, a total of 8 children.
Honor married Owen Clarke of Ballina (not related) and had eight children - (2 died young) Mary, James, Owen, Bridget, Martin, and Margaret (my mother).
Margaret married Denis Ryan of Kilcommon Tipperary, and had 2 sons Peter and Terence, and a daughter Margaret Mary (ME).
Maggie Ryan
01 /09/03
Their son Hellick Nilson Lofthus was born on this farm in about 1805. There son Hellick Nilson Lofthus, Jr married Bergette Nilsdatter in 1850.
The son of this marriage was Niels Nilson Lofthus, born July 28, 1852 at Kjarre Mumedal, Norway. As a small boy, he and his parents and sisters migrated to Wisconsin, USA. As a young man there he married the daughter of Claus Henderson( Margarethe) who was born in Lake Mills, Iowa on Nov. 25, 1860.
Margarethe was my great grandmother, and a few years after her and Niels were married, they moved in a wagon to Minnesota, where they homesteaded near Winger, just south of Fosston. There, my Great grandfather Niels Nilson Lofthus saw the need for a creamery so he opened one in Winger, he died in 1909 at the age of 57.
They had 10 children, and now they dropped the H out of Lofthus. The children were Helmer, Bernhardt (Ben), Martin and twin sister Nellie, Tina, Albert, Nellie, Mabel, George and Edwin. Martin's ( my grandfather), twin sister Nellie died of burns at 3 years old, so their next daughter was named Nellie.
In 1906 my grandpa Martin and his brother Helmer went to Saskatchewan to file for homesteads in Brockington which is north of Melfort about 18 miles.
Two years later Helmer froze to death while hunting Moose in the wilds of northern Saskatchewan so Martin wrote for brother Ben to come and join him.
In 1911 Margarethe with the rest of the Family moved by covered wagon to the homestead in Brockington, which is in the Carrot River Valley, very good farm land.
This strong Matriarch lived until March 17, 1921. She is buried at the Carrot River Valley Lutheran Church on the family plot, she lived to be 60 years old. Margarethe Lofthus”s headstone was the last of the (H”s) From now on it is Loftus only.
My father was Mervin Ingolf Loftus, and mom Evelyn Alice Brody.
Please advise if you have knowledge of this family.
Thank you.
Gary Loftus(garyloftus@shaw.ca), Calgary, Alberta
PS
Tina Loftus (Lofthus) we have never heard from, I believe she stayed behind when my great grandmother, with the rest of the family, moved to the Melfort, Saskatchewan area.
She would have been born about 1888, in Winger, Minnesota, and the only info I have is she married William Farmer of St Paul.
Mn and they had one son only??? he being Lawrence, so the offspring of Lawrence and etc I would like to contact.
Info on them would be great.
16/08/03
My name is Lynn Loftus and I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada. We just had a family reunion last weekend and it was evident that my generation is interested in finding out more about our ancestory. We have a family tree that dates back to the early 1700s, with family moving hither and yon in England. My great grandfather emigrated to Canada circa 1885. My great-great grandfather was William Kennett Loftus, who is noted for being an archeologist who discovered the brithplace of Abraham in the Persia in the early 1800s. Anyone interested in knowing more about this branch of the family is welcome to contact me at lloftus@pei.sympatico.ca. (By the way, I note a couple of artists in the listing on this site. I have a daughter who is a noted artist in this area. Her name is Michelle Ridgway.)
Thanks.
06/08/03
Michael had served 1858-1862 enlistment Royal Engineers, 10th Company in China. He was tax collector for British Government in Shanghai 1862-c.1865, then returned home. He emigrated c. 1868, his wife and child followed (possibly) with his brother Thomas 1868-1870.
Thomas married Catherine Golden in New York and their son Thomas Joseph Loftus was born in New York. Michael, Bridget show up in East St. Louis, IL. in 1880 census. My grandfather Thomas Joseph Loftus was born in 1874 in East St. Louis.
I am named after him. This Loftus Family (Michael and Thomas branches) ended up in or near St. Louis, and the brothers are buried in Calvary Cemetery there.
I have been told by South Mayo Family Centre that the brothers are sons of Anthony Loftus and Maria McNamara.
I am interested in establishing /verifying this link to County Mayo. My ggf thought enough of his ancestry to have his t/s inscription state "Born in County Mayo."
I am interested in making Loftus/Hughes connections. Michael and Bridget were both born c. 1840.
Tom
26/06/03
My Name is Julie Car and I live in East Bolton Tyne and Wear England. My Maiden Name was Loftus, and its been wonderful to read your website. My grandfathers name was Thomas Loftus and he was Born in 1895 in Hartlepool, England to John and Jane Ann Loftus. He had a sister Louisa brothers George and William.
It would be lovely to hear from anyone who might be slighly related as we don't know much about him as he died when my father was 9 years old. He died on HMS Kurdistan in 1942. He Married my grandmother Kathleen Hayes nee McCarthy, and had 4 sons, 2 of which are alive today.
Thankyou so much
Julie
25/06/03
I am Michael Loftus from Scotland, I have a brother named Tom who now lives in Austin, Texas. I lost touch with him a couple of years ago, so maybe he will see this and get in touch.
Regards
Michael
13/04/03
They are
Gwendolyn Joyce Todd
Levina Mae Ugolina
Susan Elizebeth Flemming
Karen Edith Bennet
Robert Alexander Loftus(deceased)
Ronald John Loftus
I will try and get more Info from my parents and pass it on.
If any one would like to email me my address is
wcloftus@hotmail.com or metroman0072002@yahoo.ca
13/04/03
According to my mother, her aunt Mariah, died in the mid to late 1940s, after which Martin Loftus, married a woman from county Sligo, Ireland, and fathered at least 3 more children, one of whom he named Declan, now a physician in Drumshambo, County Leitrim.
Although I have met Doctors Vinny and Mickey, my mother's first cousins, I don't know very much about their children and the other cousins of my generation. I would love to hear from them!
My name is Deborah McGee, age 30. I am the oldest of 3 children: Colleen, age 26, and Rory, age 22, born to Mary (Mullarkey) and Noel McGee of Flushing, Queens, NY. (My father is originally from County Leitrim, Ireland).
Going further back on my mother's side: Her aunt, Mariah, wife of Martin Loftus, was one of 6 children born to James Conmy and Anne Cleary: Hannah (Conmy) Prendergast of NJ; Margaret Conmy of Manhattan, NY; John of County Mayo; Mariah (Conmy) Loftus; Cecilia (Conmy) Winters of County Mayo; and Rose Anne (Conmy) Mullarkey, my grandmother.
Please feel free to post as much of this as you choose on your site. I look forward to hearing from any of my relatives!
Thanks,
Deb McGee
10/03/03
I am from Fitzmaurice family line in Roscommon. who is connected to Loftus as follows:
Mary Fitzmaurice born 1863 daughter of Thomas Fitzmaurice and Catherine Flanagan. She Married Michael Loftus and they lived at Henry Street Roscommon, Roscommon.They are on the 1901 cenus and show a son James aged 15.
Mary Fitzmaurice was a much older sister to my grandmother Nora Fitzmaurice who was born 1882 in Fuerty Roscommon, and Marys son James aged 15 was sponsor to Nora when she married Thomas Fahey in 1901.
Thomas Faheys mothers maiden Name was Reynolds and I see connections to this family also on this site.
If anyone can connect with my info. please contact me.
Sheila
10/03/03
My fathers name is Mitchell G. Dwyer, Jr, born in Los Angeles, California, his mothers name was Margaret Evelyn Lofthus Dwyer (she died about 1953 in Oregon, near the Vancouver Canadian border, with the name Olsen – evidently she married her cousin, Kearney Olsen and had, I think, 2 boys). She had two siblings: Dorothy Lofthus and Bud Lofthus. Their father’s name was Einer Lofthus and he had a sister named Marguerite Lofthus who never married, but was some type of a Christian in California. She also wrote the book “Rinda, Daughter of Rin Tin Tin” in about 1970.
My name is Melissa Oprendek, I live in Maine and can be reached: mojo@airolink.net
Thank you for any information! I would love to make contact and learn about my Norwegian family.
10/03/03
I have a sister called Nicola Loftus who lives in Kingston, England, and my parents names are Janet and Greg Loftus.
My father was adopted by his aunt (his mum's sister)which is how we became Loftus's!! (before that he was a Verciani!!) His mothers name is Myrna and his father was called Ken.
Ken was from Ireland as far as I'm aware but I'm not sure where or any of his other relatives as he wasn't with my dad's family for long.
I would be interested to know of any other Loftus's that may know/be related to Ken?
Regards
Jo
10/03/03
CATHERINE LOFTUS – who would be my great great grandmother – was born in Missouri. We don’t have any information on her date of birth or her parents, but she must have been born between 1850 and 1865. Apparently, her family had traveled west in a covered wagon – we don’t know why – does anyone know what led the Loftus’s to Missouri in the early 1800’s? Somehow when she was a young child, her parents were killed or died. The rumor is that they were killed by Indians, but I don’t know how true that is.
She was sent back east to New Jersey – possibly in the Bloomfield/Kearny/Orange area. We don’t know if she was sent to live with family or friends – we are guessing family, but we don’t know who raised her and we don’t know if there are any other siblings.
She married a JAMES BUSILL in New Jersey, born 1852 – died 1922. We know nothing about his parents either, though he had a sister, HANNAH BUSILL, who married into the TULLY family. Catherine and James had two children – FRANCES and ALICIA. Frances is my great grandmother and she married FREDERICK WILLIAM CORDING and they moved to Brooklyn, NY.
No other Loftus’s appear in the family tree information that I have so far.
There is another connection to the story that I am trying to explore. We have long heard that we are related to MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP KEARNEY, who died in the war of Chantilly in 1862 – we don’t know how. But now according to Michael Nichol’s family story there is a connection between the names Kearney and Loftus in Missouri. And our Catherine Loftus was sent back to live in New Jersey, in the area many generations of Kearney’s lived in.
I am hoping that if someone still has older Loftus relatives in Missouri or New Jersey, this story might ring a bell?
Thanks for all your help,
Luanne Houck in Maryland
23/02/03
My Grandmother was Elizabeth LOFTUS, daughter of William LOFTUS and Sarah ? from Ireland. They settled in New York state.
I am still working on this, but this is all I have:
William Loftus and Sarah (unknown) came from Ireland, County (unknown).
They emigrated from Ireland in year (unknown).
Their eldest child, Elizabeth Loftus (my grandmother) was born in the
state of New York in 1854. She had a brother John, also born in New York
state.
William, Sarah, Elizabeth and John moved to Hubbardston, MI before April,
1873.
William and Sarah had seven more children (Mary, James, Maggie, Michael,
Peter, Catherine, and Jane) in Hubbardston.
Elizabeth Loftus married James Herald on April 28, 1873. She was 19.
Elizabeth died on December 22, 1884.
James Herald married Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Mahar, on November 26,1885.
Mary Mahar was born in Carnew, Ireland, County Wicklow on July 25, 1862
Mary's parents were John Mahar and Eliz Peiepheir.
The first hypothesis for me to test is that William and Sarah also came
from County Wicklow.
Bob
22/02/03
She had step-siblings who went to North Dakota according to her obit. Possibly Patrick died young and she was raised by a step father.
I have a photo of her from a newspaper clipping. She looks like a sweet
little dumpling of a woman.
Was a devout Roman Catholic and had about 14 children.
Marilynn Masten
30/01/03
Tommy Loftus don’t know his age or birthplace just that he was
older brother of William
Sister Nelly Loftus don’t know anything about her other than sister
of William
Son of William is Stuart Loftus born Leeds , England 5th May 1941 married
Moira Kelly born 3rd Mar 1942
Children of stuart and moira
Phillip
Loftus born 22nd Sep 1961
Pamela Loftus 25th Oct 1962
Paula Loftus 18th Oct 1963
Christopher Loftus born 5th Dec 1964
Darren Loftus 4th April 1966
Andrew Loftus 26th Feb 1971
Phillip now lives in Prague and Christopher died 5th April 2000
Andy Loftus
30/01/03
Do
you have any knowledge of Andrew Loftus (Coachman) who was transported
to Australia in 1818 after a trial in Co Mayo. He lived in Ballina but
his wife Elizabeth Murphy, later lived in Crossmalina.
Peter Kenny
Sydney, Australia
Posted
10/11/02
I am trying to trace any descendants of my grandfather's family. He was Nicholas Mason Loftus from Drawen or Blackburn,Lancashire. He was one of 16 brothers and sisters. I only know a few of their names: Margaret, Frances, Mathias. My grandfather worked in the cotton mills in and around Blackburn and Darwen and before the Great War lived for a number of years in India establishing mills. He married Mary Jane Rigby. She died in the early twenties and Nicholas remarried - don't know the lady's name. He died in about 1944.
10/11/02
13/10/02
Nancy
07/10/02
Regards, Charmaine Perth, Australia
07/10/02
Gail Zimmerman Kingston (great granddaughter of Bridget Loftus)