He was born in 1870

by Jack , Friday, May 01, 2026, 11:46 (24 days ago) @ San Pedro
edited by Jack, Friday, May 01, 2026, 11:50

The family (including his parents and his 2 sisters) emigrated to Chicago in 1887. They were from a farm only about a mile east of town. It is very, very possible your family and mine knew each other, I would say even likely, especially if your ancestors were shopkeepers or publicans, in which case it's a certainty. The family name is Gibbons, and I must have about 80 second cousins named Gibbons because my grandmother had 6 brothers. One of my second cousins went to ND, two years behind me, and lived in Morrissey.

As an aside, I think Mayo is the undiscovered part of Ireland in terms of tourism. The guidebooks skip over it, and miss some truly spectacular scenery. Maybe that's a good thing. And Westport has become a rocking town with great pubs.