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From: "Irene" <>
Subject: IGOE family in London 1872 - present day
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:56:19 -0800


Dear Listers,
My Gt-grf JOHN IGOE came to London and m. MARY JANE WATTS of Stillorgan, nr. Dublin, in 1872. They lived in Hackney and had 6 children. Eldest was my grmother Eleanor Susan b. 1873, then Isabella who m Mr.EDWARDS
an electrician of Hendon and had Tommy and Eileen(please where are they).
John James and his brother Thomas Henry went to the Brentwood Boys Home Orphanage after their father died in 1886. John James joined the Nottingham Sherwood Foresters Regiment as a bandboy and served for 16 years. He died 2 years after being discharged in 1908, of TB. His brother Thomas Henry joined the Navy at aged 18 and served in many ships (I have his record) he left Navy in around 1922 and I have no knowledge whether he married,
emigrated or what. Have not found a marriage or death record in England. In 1881 English census John states his birthplace as Sandyford, Dublin, and on marriage licence says his father is Lawrence a builder contractor. No town mentioned. Have been wrestling with this problem for over
40 YEARS please somebody help me. Irene of Seattle.

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