James Lyons 1821-1884
Born Newbliss, co. Monaghan later in life of Cavan
1821. James Lyons was born Newbliss on 14/2/1821 to Alexander Lyons - Chidgey family bible records
"James Lyons, Brookfield, Mount Nugent, born at Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Feby 14th 1821, died January 27th 1884."
and father is given as Alexander on his 1869 m.c.
1869 James Lyons, farmer ,address ?Falland, married Margaret Woods on 8/6/1869 at Castle Bellingham ( sub. reg. dist. Ardee in the parish of Gernonstown, ) County Louth. His father Alexander Lyons, farmer, and a witness was Wm Lyons . Margaret's address was Mt Nugent, Dundalk ( Mt Nugent is in present day Cavan)
1870-1882 . Cavan .6 daughters, no sons, born 1870-1879 - from ie site.: female 25/3/1870, address Tarin, Kilnalick; female 1873 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a commercial agent: female 1874 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a mercantile traveller; female 1875 address Brookfields, Turin, Kilnalack, James a commercial traveller; female 1877 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a comercial traveller; female 1879 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a mercantile traveller & farmer- could not write! ; also Eleanor b.1882: no image on ie site so I was not certain whether she belonged to this family
So, 6 daughters- maybe their names recorded in Lynne's family bible??
And .....-- one of the daughters of James Lyons and Margaret Woods was named "Jane Colvin Lyons." The Chidgeys have no idea where that name came from.
Annie sent me:
J ames Lyons & Margaret Woods' children are listed in several Ancestry.com family trees. I haven't checked out records and sources on all of them, but did find and add Jane Colvin Lyons Gordon's death record, which wasn't in the trees.
Alexander Lyons 1870 - Is the recorded birth an an Unnamed female on 25/3/1870 incorrect?: should read male??
George Lyons 1871-1939 . No such birth given on ie site
Sarah Elizabeth (Sadie) Lyons 1873-1954, died unmarried
Maude Lyons 23/8/1874-1941 : announcement in the Belfast Telegraph of her birth at Brookfield, Mt Nugent, Cavan
Jeanette Lyons 1877- [Jane Colvin / Jannette C. in some records]
Margaret (Daisy) Lyons 1878-1954 [Margaret Nitlock Lyons in some records: maybe NiblockNoblow, these N I names ]
Eleanor Lyons 1882-1973 [grandmother of the 3 Chidgey sisters: Joan, Lynne, Helen]
Edith Robertshaw Lyons 1879-1880 [died in Ireland before family emigrated- buried next to her father in Ballymachugh Church ]
The females born 1873, 1874, 1877, 1879 and Eleanor 1882 correspond with what I found on ie site . But I found no males, nor a female in 1878
1884. James Lyons, 63, corn merchant, traveller & farmer, died 21/1/1884 at Brookfields, Cavan. Cause of death: acute mania & eff???? on brain
Buried in
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH OF IRELAND GRAVEYARD, BALLYMACHUGH, CO. CAVAN, IRELAND- this ~4 k S of Kilnaleck
Photo 62:
In Memoriam | JAMES LYONS | of Brookfield | Died Jany 27th 1884 | Aged 63 years | Them also which sleep in Jesus | will God bring with him" | 1 Thess. 4.6.14.v. and Photo 61:Edith Robertshaw Lyons died 1880, aged 1
Did he leave a Will? Do I need PRONI for this?
His widow emigrated in 1888: an assisted passage, she down as Mrs M Lyons with Sarah Lyons 15, Maude Lyons 14, Jeanette Lyons 11, Margt Lyons 10 Ellen Lyons 6, in a ?Cabin 51 with a Mrs M. Dixon and 2 yr old child : and in ?Cabin 52 Alex Lyons 18, George Lyons 17 - doc. on an Ancestry tree
Investigative trail.
Three Chidgey sisters are descendants of James Lyons of Brookfield, Co. Cavan (born 1821 in Newbliss, son of Alexander Lyons). James married Margaret Woods, and after his death in 1884, she emigrated with her children to Australia.
1. Joan Chidgey Benecke
2. Lynne Chidgey Gilchrist
3. Helen Chidgey Kennedy
Annie has had replies from Joan & Lynne :
Joan has taken a DNA test, but she's not very interested in genealogy, replying every 6 months or so to Annie's questions.
"Our connection began when I noted a close DNA match with Joan Benecke in Australia, in our Ancestry.com DNA tests. I wrote to Joan, and she answered on 8/7/2018"
My great grandmother came out to Sydney, Australia from 'Mt. Nugent County Cavan Ireland with her children, her husband James Lyons died in Ireland, her maiden name was Woods and born around 1844. I don't have any further information. My mother's maiden name was Low, orginally from Scotland, the young Low brothers came out to Australia to find gold and ended up in country Victoria and then NSW on the land. I have no information on the Lows, where they came from in Scotland, etc. Cheers Joan
Starting with that brief bit of information, Annie researched and built up a family outline and found that Joan was a Chidgey, and her ancestor( a great grandfather) James Lyons was born in 1821 in Newbliss (per the other sister Lynne having their grandparents' family bible).
James' 1869 marriage gave his father's name as Alexander Lyons -- something the Chidgey sisters had not known. So there we have James Lyons born 1821 in Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, to father Alexander Lyons. And, a descendant is a close DNA match with me and several other descendants of the Calvins/Colvins who lived a short distance away in Clones parish. Somewhere, a Calvin married a Lyons. Either my Calvin male ancestor had a Lyons wife, or Alexander Lyons had a Calvin wife or mother.
6 daughters, no sons, born 1870-1879 - from ie site.: female 27/3/1870, address Tarin, Kilnalick; female 1873 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a commercial agent: female 1874 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a mercantile traveller; female 1875 address Brookfields, Turin, Kilnalack, James a commercial traveller; female 1877 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a comercial traveller; female 1879 address Tarin, Kilnalack, James a mercantile traveller & farmer- could not write! ;
So, 6 daughters- maybe their names recorded in Lynne's family bible??
And .....-- one of the daughters of James Lyons and Margaret Woods was named "Jane Colvin Lyons." The Chidgeys have no idea where that name came from.
1884. James Lyons, 63, corn merchant, traveller & farmer, died 21/1/1884 at Brookfields, Cavan
Did he leave a Will? Do I need PRONI for this?
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