[4qd-bannvalley] GILMORE, THOMPSON, from in or near Londonderry, NIR; 1750-1800

[4qd-bannvalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David B. Demeaux)]

Linde,

Thanks for that info. My wife has several related
families from that area of Ulster so i think we are on
the right track. She has GILMORE, THOMPSON, BOWMAN,
and ALEXANDER. All of these families tended to use
surnames as middle names for some of their children.

David
--- Lunney Family <family@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David, my ancestors were John Gilmour, d. 1847 aged
> 58 and his wife 
> Nancy Thompson, d. 1879 age 85; they lived and died,
> as far as I know 
> in co. Derry;  he was a Gilmour of Inchaleen, near
> Garvagh, and she was 
> apparently from the Camus, near Coleraine. I don't
> think these can be 
> your ancestors, since they didn't emigrate; it is
> likely that there 
> were other places where these two families lived
> close to each other. 
> It is possible however that there were other Gilmour
> Thompson marriages 
> within this same connection; once a marriage between
> families took 
> place, it increased the likelihood that there would
> be subsequent 
> connections. Keep in touch!
> 
> Linde Lunney