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Thank you Barrie Wright
Adelaide, South Australia
(Posted 07/10/02)
I am James Loftus who is the son of Edward Loftus who was born in county Mayo Ireland on 26 Nov 1905. Edward's parents were James Loftus and Catherine fitzmaurice. James was born 12 Jan 1875 while Catherine was born in 1878. Edward has siblings named Patrick, James, Maryellen, Anne, Catherine, Martin. Edward, Anne, & Catherine came to the USA, Maryellen, Patrick and Martin went to England. All started families in those countries. James Loftus' parents were Martin Loftus and Nancy Anne Loftus who were married on 15 Feb 1863. There were from curley/attymachugh/foxford county Mayo, Ireland.
James Loftus
(Posted 07/10/02)
(Posted 14/09/02)
Thank you 4 your time,
Kelly Crossman
Would
like you to put my search for great grandparents village in mulrany up
on bulletin board. I know quite a lot and have been over in mayo the last
couple of years but just cant quite pin down exactly which village in
mulraney they came from.
G/grandparents patrick loftus 1840-1923approx farmer wed mary loftus /nee
o:malley mulraney area.
Grandparents 1867-1945 patrick loftus (mulraney ) wed 1865-1925 mary loftus/nee
ruddy( currane) they were married in our lady star of the sea in saltcoats
in scotland where they came over for the tattie howking before moving
to glasgow and raising a family listed below.
helen loftus B 13/03/1894
mary loftus B7/10/1895 D20/10/1942
patrick loftus B 29/01/1898 D 28/08/1911
michael loftus B21/09/1899 D../09/1961
annie loftus B 01/02/1902 D../10/1964
john loftus B 12/06/1904 D ../051959
peter loftus (my dad) B ../../1907 D 04/26/1981
Now i realise this is the story of hundreds of irish familys who emigrated
to scotland and elsewhere but i am convinced that when patrick came over
to scotland he would have left his parents at home or at least a younger
brother or sister to look after things at home,so it is my quest to find
where his home was in mayo / mulraney. Now like a lot of you i should
have asked my parents when they were alive but dad never talked about
his dad due to his dad leaving the family home when his wife mary died
of the TB in 1935 and he was looked after by his older sisters and brothers.
Over the years i have managed to trace what happened to my grandfather
patrick and it is not a nice tale but quite typical of the times. The
family would see him from time to time when he was between jobs and not
drinking and he was living in a down and out hostel in pitt st in glasgow.
But he was to die in the poor house in edgfauld rd at the right old age
of 78. I have only recently found their graves and i go there to pray
for us all. I am a proud grandson of irish imigrants from co mayo and
i will never forget my roots, so if there is anyone out there who thinks
they can help me ,please get in touch.
The only other clue i have is that there was a very bad stutter among
the male members of the loftus clan,my father had it and my cousin patsy
in england has it.
My father peter was school jannie at holyrood in govanhill for thirty
years and he was brought up in anderson in lancefield st by his married
sister. I have my grandparents original wedding certificate from our lady
star of the sea chuch in saltcoats (which is still there)1889 and it makes
interesting reading. They are threatened on the certificate that for any
false declaration the penalty is seven years transportation to van diemans
land. Quite how they were expected to understand this as they couldnt
read or write to understand what was on the certificate is beyond me.
We were also related to the o'malleys from paisley.
Loftus
seems to be an old irish name from co mayo and translates into gaellic
as loughnain. It can be english as well as there is a village in yorkshire
called loftus and an earl of loftus and of course loftus road where queens
park rangers play Hope i havent gone on too long tom, please let me know
if you put this up on board for me.
Sincerely yours,
Gerald loftus b30/12/1945.
UPDATE
I am sending below latest information i have on finding my g,grandads
croft and reason why i couldnt find before.
As i stated i knew for a fact he had wed mary malley or o,malley, but
the trail had went cold and i now believe that mary died and patrick remaried
to bridgit mallowney and this is why nobody could help me at burrishoole
and mulraney, perhaps they dont know that their great grandad had married
again ,and as my grandfather patrick was allready away from home they
named their first son a patrick also.
Below is the result of search i had done by my good friend dianne who
found all this out for me.
Went thru the films ordered and think that I may have found the family.
In Newport parish register I find children born to Pat Loftus & Mary
Malley:
Anne b 14 July 1870
Mary 12 Jun 1866 born in Rossgaliv townland. This is a stones throw from
Mallaranny.
In 26 Jan 1877 Bridget is born to Pat & Br Mullowney - witnesses were
Thomas & Bridget Loftus. In 1881 there was a Patrick born to this
same couple. Both born in Rossgaliv.
In the 1901 census Rossgaliv:
Patrick Loftus 60yrs farmer
Bridget wife 50yrs
Mich son 22yrs
Patrick 20yrs
Maria 17yrs
John 15yrs
Peter 11yrs
Sarah 10yrs
Martin 8yrs (idiot, dumb)
Kate 5yrs
I believe Mary Malley died after 1870 (when Anne was born) and Patrick
remarried Bridget Mullowney. I have heard it said that when children still
lived in the home aft a parent remarried, they were sent away to live
with a relative. If true, that may explain why Pat & Br had another
Patrick living with them in 1901. I also note the name Peter in the family-
a name that seems to be passed down the line.
Hope to hear from any lofthuses from minnesota or wherever. i know i have dozens of cousins, but after my parents divorced, 1952, in auburn, ind. i lost contact, which was not very much to begin with.
My father, went by the name Olsen, Loftus, and Lofthus possibly. He was a marine in WW 2, served in the pacific, he was 27 years old, after the war he came home to Chicago, and worked I believe for the Buzza Co. a greeting card company. In 1950 or 51 we moved to Auburn, Ind. where we lived for three years, he was art director for the greeting card company whose name I cant recall. He painted murals commissioned for the Office of Procurement, Wash.D.C. I have pictures of them, and I would love to find out if they still exist. I think they were spectacular paintings, but you know some of the old murals were painted over or disposed of as time went on. They were for the Dept. of Treasury I believe. Many years later I lived with him in Glen Ellyn for a short time, having moved there from S.F. with my son David, Lurie. After that I lost touch with him, Im sorry to say there was a misunderstanding. I moved to Chicago and the last time I talked to him was in 1972, on the phone, to tell him of the birth of my son, Jonathan Kerr. He had a heart attack , although he was still working as art director, for a company in Chicago, cant recall the name. Im afraid he must have died not too long after the address I recall is Dawn Ave. In Glen Ellyn, he had some friends of the G.E. police force. His wifes name was Leslie.
I think my father died in 1973, in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He was an artist and worked as art director of a major greeting card co. in Chicago, Ill. Not sure of the name, his (third) wifes name was Leslie, they lived at 430 Dawn Ave. in Glen Ellyn. Hope to hear from somebody. Also he was a marine in WW2 stationed in the Pacific (Tokyo) he was then 27 years old , and was known as the old man.
I recently read that many Norwegian Lofthuses, came to Ireland and over the centuries became the Irish Loftuses. I never thought there was any connection, but that is going back many centuries. Did you ever get the feeling, from just looking at various people, that you had a gut feeling that they looked so familiar to you? Im talking about alot of people I have met here in Chicago, who are in that category. I really cant claim to be Irish descent. (catholic) my Grandfather was an Orangeman, from Castle Caulfield, his name was David Thornberry. He was Dean of the Cathedral in Laramie, Wyo. about 1910? I was told he went to Kenyon College. His children were David Ritchie, Elizabeth (Coughlin) and my Mother Margaret (Peggy) Loftus,(Olsen) who was my mother. My Uncle David Ritchie, was the Episcopal Bishop of Wyoming, and the arch deacon of s. ohio in the 1950's. My grandfather was a somewhat reticent person, who did not talk too much of his past, but as I have gotten older, I think his childhood , in County Mayo? must have been of such a nature that he did not want to talk about it. He did mention a favorite sister, Eliza or Elizabeth, but as for his family over there I have no idea. Ive been told he worked in the steel mills in Pennsylvania to save money to go school in this country. the best memory I have of him, His last house in Birmingham, Mich. was that he loved his garden and that it was so so beautiful that people would slow down, in their cars to take a look at it. It was at Southfield Rd. Birlmingham, Mich. His in laws the Hulberts lived across the street, at 680 Brown St. My grandmother, his wife, was Frances Odin Hulbert. I spent alot of time with them as a child.
Hope somebody can give me some news.
Elizabeth Kerr
Cheers,
Gavin loftus
Looking for any info. about the loftus family in Chicago or Illinois
And there is my Loftus connection.
Yours faithfully Shyrlee Ryder
My name is Clay Novak. My mother's maiden name is Loftus. Her father was Edward Lawrence Loftus. He was born in the USA (first generation) on 28 May 1918 in Chicago. I don't know much about his family history right now. Unfortunately, he passed away before I got interested in the family history. From what I have been told, his father (if not his mother also) came from somewhere around County Cork. Stories have also been told that he was run out of his town because of some illegal doings (I don't know that for sure). I do know that my grandfather's older sister Agnes is still alive and living outside of Chicago. He also had another sister named Katherine (everyone called her Kit) that was alive when I was growing up. My grandmother is also still alive (Clara Loftus) and my mother Patricia and her sister Katherine are also living in Illinois. If you have any leads for me to go with, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
All The Way! CPT Clay E. Novak
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