Gavin Family Website
This website is dedicated to providing information and resources to anyone searching for families who originated in Islandeady or Castlebar, County Mayo.
We are currently involved in searching for the ancestors of Martin Gavin and
Margaret Bourke who were married 4th December 1857 in Islandeady.
We have traced their descendants from Islandeady to Chester,Liverpool, Chicago and Canada, New York and Japan, along with Arizona and San Francisco. The information we have uncovered is contained in the following
pages. If you have any connections or leads, no matter how small, please
contact us. We also have found numerous details of other
families living in these areas during the course of this search.
CAN YOU HELP US CLIMB THIS BRICK WALL? Does anyone have any information
on John Kelly, son of John Kelly and Lilias Davidson, born between 1904 and
1909 in Ayr, Scotland. John Kelly, Sr died in 1908, and Lilias
married Martin Gavin, in 1909 and they moved to Liverpool. John left Liverpool,
possibly for Canada, circa 1929. We have no further information about John,
and would greatly appreciate any leads. For more details, email Chris
Purcell.
*last updated 30 Jun 03*
American Christenings and Weddings
Pictures of Margaret's trip to England