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Hi Bill! I've been re-reading our various posts, and I am once again struck by the similiarities between our families, particularly in the given names. It bothers me like an itch that needs to be scratched, but just can't be reached from any direction. I thought I'd add a couple of new points, however. I have uncovered several cousins about whom I had previously known nothing. There's an Edward Lawrence of Fitchburg, MA, who is 80 years old and as bright and spry as they come. He and his sisters are the only survivors of his family, and he's frantically trying to discover which of Robert GAVAGAN's sons was his grandfather. We call back and forth once in a while. The other two cousins also share Robert as their immigrant gr-grandfather and Ellen LYNCH as their immigrant grandmother in South Boston. Have you any knowledge of a Timothy Gavaghan, who died of typhoid aboard the "famine ship" AJAX while sailing from Ireland to Quebec in May of 1847? It was the same ship as my gr-gfr., Robert, sailed on when he was 17 years old. To answer your earlier question, I found the original information about the marriage of Elizabeth BERN & Thomas GAVIKAN in 1812, (included among the spellings of this surname were: GAVIKIN, GAVIKEN, GAVICAN & GAVAGHAN) through the kindness and persistance of the Sacristan of St. Joseph's Church in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, which was this family's church. He also gave me the names and baptismal dates of the five of their sons whom he was able to find in the church archives, although I'm sure that there were many other children. Once again, Thomas & Elizabeth's sons were: Richard, Thomas, Edward, James and Robert. Except for Richard, those names have continued in my family down the generations to today - 190 years to date. Because of the Irish naming patterns, I'm betting that they go back further than 1812, too.
I'm beginning to believe that if there is a connection between our families, it was either through the original Thomas or one of his sons, taking us back to either the end of the 18th Century of the beginning of the 19th. What do you think? Oh - one other thing in case I haven't mentioned it to you - one of the godparents at the christening of one of Thomas & Elizabeth's sons was Anna NOON. Considering the spelling deviations of spelling in Ireland at that time, could there be a relationship between NOON and NOONAN? I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Fran
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