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 Albert
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11, 1996 HI, My name Albert J.Wardwell, I am the grandson of one PATRICK J. LOFTUS born in Charlestown MA in 1899. His family was large (4 boys 4 girls) I remember MATTY,SADIE,MARGARET,MAMIE. He was a Colonel in the tranportation corp. (Army) out of south Boston. He married VERA E. HAMILTON in 1935 in Brookline. They had three Children, (Patricia ann, John Martin and Sarah M. who is my mother). My grandfather and his brother Matty operated Matty's Horseshoe tavern in Charlestown for many years and loaned their back room to John F.Kennedy for his campaign headquarters while running for congress. They are both noted in the book "Johnny we hardly knew ye" by Dave Powers and another fellow who I don't remember. Dave Powers was the original curator (or whatever) of the J.F.K. Library. My grandfather passed away in 1982 in Medway Ma., he is buried in the old calvary cemetary in West Roxbury ma. Just thought I'd add my two cents!!! ALBERT J. WARDWELL |
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| Kathy
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1, 1996 My name is Kathy Hoeglmeier and I live in NY. I'm not sure if this is of any interest to you but my grandmother Agnes (walsh)McLaughlin was from county Mayo Ireland. I know she had cousins with the name of Loftus. I am looking at a simple family tree diagram of her geneology. I see a Catherine Loftus listed. This looks as though it is her married name and that her maiden name was Golden (father John, mother Kate Deane. I am pretty sure there were other Loftus' that were closer in relation to my grandmother, I'll have to check my notes that I took a couple of years ago before my grandmother passed away. I was very interested in doing a family tree also. If you find that you show any connection to the Walsh family in Ireland I would appreciate if you would pass it on to me. I'm sorry I don't have more at this time but if I come upon more I'll fill you in. Good Luck! Kathy |
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| Peter
Joseph Loftus |
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6, 1996 My name is Peter Joseph Loftus. I now live in Boston, but I'm from Liverpool, England and recently discovered, through research conducted at St. Catherine's House in London and with the English census records, that my branch of the Lofti have been in Liverpool since at least the 1830s. The earliest Loftus I managed to find was another Peter Loftus, occupation teacher, listed as the father of William Loftus on the certificate for William's 1838 marriage in Liverpool to Mary Lynch. William was born in 1808 in Ireland (family legend says we're from Ballina, but I haven't found any documentary evidence of this), and I assume that Peter was a teacher in Ireland, not Liverpool. Records list William as a laborer in 1838 but as a policeman in 1841 and 1849. William's and Mary's children (or at least some of them) were: Margaret (b. 1839), James (b. 1841) (family legend says he was a priest who married), John, Maria, and Richard (born April 11, 1849, died 1907). Richard Loftus was a sailmaker. On October 16, 1883, he married Margaret Humphrey (who was born in 1859 in Bristol but whose family seems to have been Welsh). Their children were: Joseph (my grandfather, born Aug. 11, 1884, d. 1958), William, Edith, John, Richard, Margaret, and James. Joseph Loftus was a plumber. In 1923, he married Agnes Mary Olsen (b. 1885 in Liverpool). They had my aunt Marie in 1924 and my father, Joseph Neville Loftus, in 1926. My father married my mother, Joan Harraghy, in 1956 and I was born in 1957, the oldest of seven children. Other surnames we're connected to are Power, Foley, and Neville. I hope to track down William Loftus and Peter Loftus in Ireland someday. If anyone thinks they're related to any of the Lofti I've listed here, I can provide more detail. Click to Email: {loftus.p@adlittle.com} |
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| Jay
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| May
13, 1996 |
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| Guy
William Ferrars Loftus |
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10, 1996 Hi Duane!! I logged onto the 'net for the first time yesterday. Taking my initial tentative steps, I somewhat gratuitously typed in my name into the search box. Imagine my surprise when I discovered you!! I read your contributions with growing fascination and believe that perhaps I may have something to offer y'all: 1) My name is Guy William Ferrars Loftus and as far as I know, one of only 3 remaining households in England directly descended from Edward Loftus outlined by Beth Smarr and elucidated by Peter Loftus (March 1996). It is my fervent hope that we are not all that remains of that gene pool and that we can indeed trace you to the States..... 2) A few years ago, when I was working in the Arabian Gulf, my father gave me a bunch of papers concerning the family and said " Here you are, you're in the desert, you've got a Mac', get on with it!". So after a few days sorting through turgid Lofti, things started to take shape. I constructed the family tree (do you want a GIF file Peter? - does not include the Tottenham line who changed their name to Loftus in lieu of most of the family titles and estates), built a FileMaker Pro database relating all those on the tree (all 360 of them), and started putting some flesh on the bones of individuals whose names echo down the centuries. I have to admit that I have been pretty sexist about this and confined my research to patrilineal Lofti only, otherwise the database would have spiralled exponentially. I am not a genealogist but was co-opted by the disapproving gazes of family portraits. I perceive their demeanour softening now that I am unfolding lives, opinions and characters: real people are starting to fill those dusty frames. Before I knew it, I began collecting Lofti in the same way that others (let's face it, NERDS) collect stamps. My current research interests are in pushing back Edward's ancestry (I am employing a real genealogist to do this) and tracing elusive American citizens. 3) I do have a fair amount of information and biographies gleaned from the family bible, letters, unpublished accounts and much published but only that pertaining to Edward's branch of the family. The Lofti originally came from Denmark or Norway as family Lofthus, marauding Vikings. They raided the shore of England and Ireland and mostly settled in Yorkshire ca. 800AD, although some may well have settled in Ireland at around the same time. The Loftus family became wealthy Saxon Landlords (Thanes of Yorkshire) and gave much of their wealth to the Church. The only people who could write at this time were the monks, who inscribed the name phonetically, corrupting the spelling to Lofthouse, Loftis, Loftos etc.. The earliest coherent Loftus record I have is 1130 in the North Riding of Yorkshire England. Swineside, the domicile of Edward Loftus was built in 1275 by his ancestors. Edward's two sons moved to Ireland in 1560, where a rich and varied involvement in Irelands history began: as many Lofti were imprisoned in 1640 for supporting the Irish rebellion as were killed in opposition to it!! The family picked up a string of honours and titles in Ireland before returning to England in 1798. 4) My "monolineal" ancestry runs as follows (it goes without saying that if any of you intercept it, let me know!!!): 1) Edward Loftus of Swineside (England), liv. 1480 2) Archbishop Adam Loftus of Rathfarnham Castle (et al) (Ireland) Lord Chancellor, founder of Trinity College Dublin etc.. b. 1533, d. 1605 married to Jane Purdon. 3) Sir Thomas Loftus of Killyan (Ireland) b. ca 1570 d. 1635 married to Ellen Hartpole 4) Sir Dudley Loftus of Killyan (Ireland) b. ca. 1600 d. 1648 married to Cecilia Ware 5) Thomas Loftus of Killyan (Ireland) b. ca. 1630 married to Anne Digby (2nd) 6) Colonel Simon Loftus of Killyan (Ireland) b. ca 1670 d. 1741 married to Hanna Johnson 7) Captain Henry Loftus of Killyan (Ireland) b. 1725 d. 1792 married Diana Bullock 8) General William Loftus of Kilbride (Ireland) b. 1752 d. 1831 married to Lady Elizabeth Townshend 9) Colonel Ferrers Loftus of Tipwood Hall (England) b. 1798 d. 1877 married to Louisa Bastard 10) Captain Douglas Loftus of Tyringham House (England) b. 1837 d. 1891 married to Laura Mildmay 11) Dudley Loftus of The Red House (England) b. 1864 d. ca 1910 married to Alice Bolton 12) Ferrars Loftus of Tingewick Hall (England) b. 1893 d. 1960 married to Elizabeth Winterbottom 13) Geoffrey Loftus of Tingewick Hall (England) b. 1926 married to Dione Gordon-Finlay, still living 14) Dr. Guy Loftus b. 1956, unmarried but thinking about it..... 5) The only record I have in my family of a Loftus moving to America was a Doctor (John?) Loftus who was a member of the Irish Parliament convened at "Westminster for the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland" which he held 27th Jan 1658. He married and had issue, but eventually suffered like his father for being a supporter of the Parliament (during a difference of opinion between Parliament and the Crown at the time) and was forced to leave Ireland and seek asylum in USA, where his descendants reside until at least 1783 (the date of that particular chronicler). I have his pedigree tied in to my family tree; the only other reference I have is to a John Loftus who arrived in Philadelphia in 1682. I would be particularly interested to pick up on any of you who may have had a Great Grandfather (or so) who was born in Ireland in 1822 or 1823 whose names were William James Loftus and Henry Loftus respectively. Their father was William Francis Loftus (b. 1784), not unlike Albert's father... but anyone with those names in their ancestry may prove to be the link that I am searching for; any candidates?? 6) If any of you are interested, I have a reasonable volume of data on the database and hunger for more. Handling the information in this way has yielded some interesting statistical surprises. For example, the average age that a male Loftus lived to since 1480 (having expired through natural causes) is 70 years and 9 days. This indicates to me that modern medicine has done nothing whatever to increase individual longevity. Radical social reform over the centuries has increased the opportunity for a population as a whole to achieve an advanced age by improving diet and reducing poverty. I ignore infant mortality, which was rampant across the social spectrum, but the claims we hear from medical experts today clearly average across population and have nothing to do with longevity itself....... I'll be watching this space..... |
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| James
Pat Loftus, Jr. |
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14, 1996 Hello to all of US, I'm just getting started researching my family tree looks pretty big so far. A little about me, my name is James Pat Loftus Jr. I live in Akron, Ohio. I have two sons their names are Owen James Loftus & Patrick James Loftus they are both 4 years old , I have a brother and his name is Robert Allen Loftus he also has two son Jason Loftus & Josh Loftus. All of the above were born and still live in Akron. Mine and Robert's father's name was James Pat Loftus he was born in Copperhill, Tennessee February--01--1918 died March-18-1970. My grandfather died in March of 1952 a year before I was born so I didn't get to know him. His name was Steven Joseph Loftus he was born some were in Ireland on December-26-1878. he was brought to the United State as a baby some time in 1879. My dad use to tell us how lucky we are to be here at all because on the ship coming Steven got sick and the other people on the ship wanted to throw him overboard but his mother wouldn't let them. People use to do those kind of things! Steven was a boiler-maker in Tennessee, before moving to Akron. Steven also served in the Spanish American War. Well that is all I have so far anything that anybody can add or any help they can give would be greatly appreciated. JAMES email Jimloftus@msn.com |
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| Catherine
Louise Loftus |
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12, 1996 Yo Duane- What kind of an Irish name is Duane? Okay, Okay, at least your relatives share the names that I've seen all over an old cemetary full of Loftus'. I think they only knew how to spell Edward, Patrick, John and Mike! Toss in a few Francis' and Thomas' for good measure. My brother John and I have started our own little encampment of Loftus in the Seattle area. Elizabeth Loftus is the only other famous one out here. She says her name is her husbands fault. Have you read her writings (University of Washington memory study expert), I may have, but I've forgotten them! My name is Catherine Louise Loftus (10/10/59). Born in Minnesota, youngest of 5 children. My father was raised in a small town that claims to be the only Kilkenny in the US. That was where I tromped through that old cemetary,listening to my Dad's anecdotes about the brawls his uncles had with the local sheriff. His dad got that sheriff's daughter in a family way, thus my branch of the family! We're not horribly into breeding, so we're not leaving any male children to carry on the name. But it always was a tough one to spell over the phone anyway... "F like in Frank, S like in Sam." Sound familiar? Good luck on your mission to learn more about us. John actually is one of those "cousins into geneology." Maybe he'll type at you if he's in the mood. Writing is a hobby we all share. Cathy |
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| Michael
William Loftus |
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16, 1996 Hello. My name is Michael William Loftus (Son of William Owen Loftus). Here are some of my stats: I am a Mechanical Engineer in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. I am 25 years old. I am married to Patricia (Trish) Ann Bishop Loftus. I graduated from Texas A&M University. My ancestry (although, I'm not sure about the specifics) is from Ireland. My grandparents on my father's side are Mary and Leo (now deceased) Loftus from Lawton, Iowa. My web page (if you want to add to the links) is: http://www.su.okstate.edu/pages/business/business.htm |
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| Mark
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16, 1996 Greetings! Though I'm not technically a Loftus, I do have Loftus blood, and I was happy to see this page. I started to trace my family history a few months ago, and I've run into a couple of apparent dead-ends and mysteries, including some on the Loftus branch of the family tree. Perhaps some of my potential distant relatives can fill in some of the missing pieces. My Loftus link comes through my paternal grandmother, Kathryn H. Loftus, b. 10/9/1894, d. 4/7/1963 in Joliet, Ill. Kathryn married John L. Masek and had three sons - Jack, Ray and Glenn (my father). Kathryn had one brother, Martin Loftus, and one sister, Anna F. Loftus McCoy (b. 1889, d. 1985). Their parents were Richard Loftus and Margaret Crowe Loftus. Their details are a little sketchy at this point, and include one of the family mysteries. We know Margaret Crowe was born in County Mayo, Ireland. She married Richard Loftus in Chicago, Ill.; moved to Troy, New York; and had three children. When Margaret died at 27, her husband was faced with raising three young children by himself. The family story is that he took his son, Martin, and moved to Canada, and put his two daughters, Kathryn and Anna, up for adoption. Kathryn and Anna were adopted and moved back to the Chicago area, where they both married and started families. (In a strange case of history repeating, Anna had two sons, Raymond and Gordon. After Gordon married and had a child of his own, he also decided he couldn't face the parental pressure, and he also ran off.) The mystery is what happened to Richard and Martin Loftus. As I said, they moved to Canada, probably somewhere in the 1895-1905 range. I guess this was before delinquent fathers and child support payments, and no one ever tried to track them down in Canada, or has any good idea where they moved. If anyone can help me with these missing puzzle pieces, I'd be deeply grateful, and would certainly invite you to the next family reunion (but only if you promise to do the same). Mark Masek Joliet, Ill. Email: mmasek@anl.gov |
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| Sarah
Rose Loftus |
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20, 1996 Hello there... Browsing through your site, I did not come across any of my immediate family, so I figured I would respond on their behalf. I will encourage my aunt (the one with the most information on our Loftus') to check out the page if she can. My dad's life as a Loftus started in Buffalo, New York and the family has moved around quite a bit since then - Ohio, California, Switzerland, etc. - but we are fairly sure of my Grandfather, Eugene Loftus, having an Irish background. Currently I represent part of the California group. As for myself, I have just graduated from Alma College (96loftus@alma.edu) with my Bachelor's in Psychology. In fact, I was quite flattered when another Psychology major asked me if I was related to Elizabeth Loftus. Imagine my surprise to see that she too had found the Loftus page. Previously I had thought that the name Loftus came from Lofthouse, as Barbara M. Loftus mentioned, but I am curious if an Irish background rules out Lofthouse as the origin. I will try and check back to see if anyone knows. Sarah Loftus |
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| John
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31, 1996 Hi! I'm John Loftus from Seattle, Washington, great-great grandson of Patrick Loftus of County Mayo. Which Patrick Loftus was that?, you may ask, and well you may. I'd like to know more, if possible. This I can tell you: According to his grave marker in St. Michael's Cemetery, near Kilkenny, Minnesota, Patrick Loftus was born in Co. Mayo in 1830. He arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1850; there he met and married Susanna Monaghan (b. Co. Down, 1832)and the two relocated to the Minnesota frontier in 1857, some five years before the well-known Sioux Uprising of 1862. They established a farm at Dora Lake, near the budding Irish enclave of Kilkenny, in a region of rolling green hills that is possibly reminiscent of Eire. None of this branch of the Loftus family still reside in the Kilkenny area (population 175), but the remains of the farmstead along the shore of Lake Dora still stand, overgrown like a Mayan ruin. The descendents are scattered throughout the country. I can trace our subsequent direct line for any who are interested. Mainly, like many other American Loftus's, I am interested in learning more of our roots in Co. Mayo. I can be e-mailed at: jloftus2@ix.netcom.com |
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