Hi, My name is will Rodgers, I am working on research for my father's side
of our family.  His mother left Ireland somewhere between 1920-25.  at
about age 20+.  She took an ocean liner from I believe Galway port.  She
was bound for New York.  She was to meet a family in the US who lived in
Patterson, New Jersey.  Next I found she met a Patrick O'Shaughanese in
Philadelphia.  Patrick had a hard time getting a job so he changed his last
name to Rodgers.  Susan, Mrs Rodgers somehow acquired a small business
deliverng Ice, and later coal.  She also renter out rooms in thieir house
to earn money.
Would know where I may find any surviving relatives in the Tyrone area?  I
moved from the US in 2019, and live in Lithuania. I could easily visit in
July if you find any information

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
Will Rodgers

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Will,
Was your Mother's maiden name Rodgers and that is why Patrick O'Shaughnessy changed his name to Rodgers?  I visited Tyrone last August and met several relatives, Rodgers and Maguire some of them ended up in Philadelphia.  Most of the my Rodgers' relatives ended up in Ohio.
Jim
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 01:48:40 PM CDT, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

Hi, My name is will Rodgers, I am working on research for my father's side of our family.  His mother left Ireland somewhere between 1920-25.  at about age 20+.  She took an ocean liner from I believe Galway port.  She was bound for New York.  She was to meet a family in the US who lived in Patterson, New Jersey.  Next I found she met a Patrick O'Shaughnessy in Philadelphia.  Patrick had a hard time getting a job so he changed his last name to Rodgers.  Susan, Mrs Rodgers somehow acquired a small business deliverng Ice, and later coal.  She also renter out rooms in thieir house to earn money.Would know where I may find any surviving relatives in the Tyrone area?  I moved from the US in 2019, and live in Lithuania. I could easily visit in July if you find any information
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.Will Rodgers
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Will,

Pomeroy is  a small village (popn 759)  in Co. Tyrone. Omagh is the county town (popn 20,000).

There are no private phone books in Ireland now. They were abolished as so few people use landlines these days.

I looked in the 1911 census for Co Tyrone. There are about 6 Susan Woods who were single. None had siblings with the names you have given. None lived in Pomeroy.

However this family in Moymore in the 1901 census does have 4 children whose names appear in your list. So it's a strong possibility. They were farmers and so reasonably likely to stay in the one place. Your Susan looks to have left home by 1911.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Pomeroy/Moymore/861112/

In 1901 there was a Susan there, so I’d say that is probably your family.

In 1901 there were 29 homes in Moymore and 106 people lived there. 2 Woods households. Here’s Susan’s birth certificate. She was born at Moymore. Her parents were John Woods and Mary Conway.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02684/1988507.pdf

Parents married in 1876:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1876/11174/8094114.pdf

The family farm is a couple of miles from Pomeroy. It was 18 acres (shown as plot 11 in Griffiths Valuation) and today is up a lane off the modern Loughbracken Rd. Near a firm called Architectural Timber Frames. The land remains farmland but the farm buildings all appear to have been demolished. There might be a few ruins still standing. Difficult to tell from a slightly fuzzy satellite image. Perhaps someone in that area might know if any Woods  still live nearby. You would probably need to knock on a few doors to find out.

Elwyn

On Thursday 13 June 2024 at 06:46:54 BST, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote:  

Hi Jim,Thanks for the response.I am looking for information on my father's mother.  My mother's maiden name was Ruehl. She was from a Prussian family, Schnabel.  Her great grandfather graduated medical school around 1950, and was recruited to come to America and take commission as a Field Doctor in the Union Army during the Civil war.   Her family had a falling out with my dad's folks, so No one will share any information on my Paternal grandparents, though both died back in the 1970's. My paternal grandmother was from the Tyrone area. the village was small and Woods still live in  Her maiden name was Woods, Susan Woods.  Her brothers were Patrick, James and Peter.  Sisters were Alice, Catherine, Mary Ann, Agnes,Rose and Brigid.  I believe some of the family still resides in Pomeroy County, Tyrone in Northern Ireland.  All I heard from my niece, Loren Rodgers who visited there in 2022 was the area is called Omagh. I do not know if that is  a village, city or county? Amy help will be appreciated.  Does Ireland have population detail records.  It seems very difficult to even get something like a telephone number by looking for a Phone book?I currently live in Lithuania, and I think it is less than 2 hours by air gfrom here to Belfast or Dublin.Blessings,Will Rodgers Author:
My Journey By FaithMissing Pieces'My Personal Garden [co-authored with Esther Scott]CURRENTLY WRITING:a 4 part series about WWII female spies of the British S.O.E.The series is titled More missing pieces;  the Reluctant Spies
Any help will be appreciated.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:02 AM Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

Well said Jim, Not everyone used the custom of sur-naming after the paternal line. Take our own granddaughter who, for professional reasons, retained her maiden name on marriage. Then, to compound the problem, her daughter (our great granddaughter) was given her mother's surname (better to call it family-name, I suppose, since 'sir' didn't convey his) and not her father's. Haven't asked why and it's not that her father had a strange name. So we continue to stumble along the family genealogy line in our searches. 😊
Gordon

On 12/06/2024 7:10 am, Jim Rodgers via CoTyroneList wrote:

Will,
Was your Mother's maiden name Rodgers and that is why Patrick O'Shaughnessy changed his name to Rodgers?  I visited Tyrone last August and met several relatives, Rodgers and Maguire some of them ended up in Philadelphia.  Most of the my Rodgers' relatives ended up in Ohio.
Jim
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 01:48:40 PM CDT, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

 Hi, My name is will Rodgers, I am working on research for my father's side of our family.  His mother left Ireland somewhere between 1920-25.  at about age 20+.  She took an ocean liner from I believe Galway port.  She was bound for New York.  She was to meet a family in the US who lived in Patterson, New Jersey.  Next I found she met a Patrick O'Shaughnessy in Philadelphia.  Patrick had a hard time getting a job so he changed his last name to Rodgers.  Susan, Mrs Rodgers somehow acquired a small business deliverng Ice, and later coal.  She also renter out rooms in thieir house to earn money. Would know where I may find any surviving relatives in the Tyrone area?  I moved from the US in 2019, and live in Lithuania. I could easily visit in July if you find any information 

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. Will Rodgers
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Hello,Is Omagh a townland as well as the county town?Peggy

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On Thursday, June 13, 2024, 2:56 AM, ECardwell via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

Hi Jim
You will find a telephone directory on the website -  thephonebook.com. Ignore the sign saying it's discontinued, and click on download A-Z directory.  The area you want is Northern Ireland South west.  The residential addresses are in the second part of the book so Woods is close to the end.

Omagh and Pomeroy are two different places about 15 miles apart in County Tyrone. 

Unfortunately I have no information relating to the Woods family, but hopefully the phone book is of some help.

Evelyn

Get BlueMail for Android On 13 Jun 2024, at 06:46, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:
Hi Jim,  Thanks for the response.  I am looking for information on my father's mother.  My mother's maiden name was Ruehl. She was from a Prussian family, Schnabel.  Her great grandfather graduated medical school around 1950, and was recruited to come to America and take commission as a Field Doctor in the Union Army during the Civil war.   Her family had a falling out with my dad's folks, so No one will share any information on my Paternal grandparents, though both died back in the 1970's. My paternal grandmother was from the Tyrone area. the village was small and Woods still live in  Her maiden name was Woods, Susan Woods.  Her brothers were Patrick, James and Peter.  Sisters were Alice, Catherine, Mary Ann, Agnes,Rose and Brigid.  I believe some of the family still resides in Pomeroy County, Tyrone in Northern Ireland.  All I heard from my niece, Loren Rodgers who visited there in 2022 was the area is called Omagh. I do not know if that is  a village, city or county?   Amy help will be appreciated.  Does Ireland have population detail records.  It seems very difficult to even get something like a telephone number by looking for a Phone book?  I currently live in Lithuania, and I think it is less than 2 hours by air gfrom here to Belfast or Dublin.  Blessings,  Will Rodgers   Author:
My Journey By Faith  Missing Pieces'  My Personal Garden [co-authored with Esther Scott]  CURRENTLY WRITING:  a 4 part series about WWII female spies of the British S.O.E.  The series is titled More missing pieces;  the Reluctant Spies
Any help will be appreciated.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:02 AM Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

Well said Jim, Not everyone used the custom of sur-naming after the paternal line. Take our own granddaughter who, for professional reasons, retained her maiden name on marriage. Then, to compound the problem, her daughter (our great granddaughter) was given her mother's surname (better to call it family-name, I suppose, since 'sir' didn't convey his) and not her father's. Haven't asked why and it's not that her father had a strange name. So we continue to stumble along the family genealogy line in our searches. 😊
Gordon

On 12/06/2024 7:10 am, Jim Rodgers via CoTyroneList wrote:

Will,
Was your Mother's maiden name Rodgers and that is why Patrick O'Shaughnessy changed his name to Rodgers?  I visited Tyrone last August and met several relatives, Rodgers and Maguire some of them ended up in Philadelphia.  Most of the my Rodgers' relatives ended up in Ohio.
Jim
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 01:48:40 PM CDT, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

  Hi, My name is will Rodgers, I am working on research for my father's side of our family.  His mother left Ireland somewhere between 1920-25.  at about age 20+.  She took an ocean liner from I believe Galway port.  She was bound for New York.  She was to meet a family in the US who lived in Patterson, New Jersey.  Next I found she met a Patrick O'Shaughnessy in Philadelphia.  Patrick had a hard time getting a job so he changed his last name to Rodgers.  Susan, Mrs Rodgers somehow acquired a small business deliverng Ice, and later coal.  She also renter out rooms in thieir house to earn money.   Would know where I may find any surviving relatives in the Tyrone area?  I moved from the US in 2019, and live in Lithuania. I could easily visit in July if you find any information   

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.  Will Rodgers
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Thank you Evelyn.Peggy

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On Thursday, June 13, 2024, 3:33 AM, ECardwell ecardwell@btinternet.com wrote:

To check on townland names and locations,  look on the website at www.townlands.ie.

Evelyn

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Hello, Is Omagh a townland as well as the county town? Peggy

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Hi Jim 

You will find a telephone directory on the website -  thephonebook.com. Ignore the sign saying it's discontinued, and click on download A-Z directory.  The area you want is Northern Ireland South west.  The residential addresses are in the second part of the book so Woods is close to the end.

Omagh and Pomeroy are two different places about 15 miles apart in County Tyrone. 

Unfortunately I have no information relating to the Woods family, but hopefully the phone book is of some help.

Evelyn

Get BlueMail for Android    On 13 Jun 2024, at 06:46, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:
Hi Jim,  Thanks for the response.  I am looking for information on my father's mother.  My mother's maiden name was Ruehl. She was from a Prussian family, Schnabel.  Her great grandfather graduated medical school around 1950, and was recruited to come to America and take commission as a Field Doctor in the Union Army during the Civil war.   Her family had a falling out with my dad's folks, so No one will share any information on my Paternal grandparents, though both died back in the 1970's. My paternal grandmother was from the Tyrone area. the village was small and Woods still live in  Her maiden name was Woods, Susan Woods.  Her brothers were Patrick, James and Peter.  Sisters were Alice, Catherine, Mary Ann, Agnes,Rose and Brigid.  I believe some of the family still resides in Pomeroy County, Tyrone in Northern Ireland.  All I heard from my niece, Loren Rodgers who visited there in 2022 was the area is called Omagh. I do not know if that is  a village, city or county?   Amy help will be appreciated.  Does Ireland have population detail records.  It seems very difficult to even get something like a telephone number by looking for a Phone book?  I currently live in Lithuania, and I think it is less than 2 hours by air gfrom here to Belfast or Dublin.  Blessings,  Will Rodgers   Author:
My Journey By Faith  Missing Pieces'  My Personal Garden [co-authored with Esther Scott]  CURRENTLY WRITING:  a 4 part series about WWII female spies of the British S.O.E.  The series is titled More missing pieces;  the Reluctant Spies
Any help will be appreciated.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:02 AM Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

Well said Jim, Not everyone used the custom of sur-naming after the paternal line. Take our own granddaughter who, for professional reasons, retained her maiden name on marriage. Then, to compound the problem, her daughter (our great granddaughter) was given her mother's surname (better to call it family-name, I suppose, since 'sir' didn't convey his) and not her father's. Haven't asked why and it's not that her father had a strange name. So we continue to stumble along the family genealogy line in our searches. 😊
Gordon

On 12/06/2024 7:10 am, Jim Rodgers via CoTyroneList wrote:

Will,
Was your Mother's maiden name Rodgers and that is why Patrick O'Shaughnessy changed his name to Rodgers?  I visited Tyrone last August and met several relatives, Rodgers and Maguire some of them ended up in Philadelphia.  Most of the my Rodgers' relatives ended up in Ohio.
Jim
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 01:48:40 PM CDT, William Rodgers via CoTyroneList cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com wrote:

  Hi, My name is will Rodgers, I am working on research for my father's side of our family.  His mother left Ireland somewhere between 1920-25.  at about age 20+.  She took an ocean liner from I believe Galway port.  She was bound for New York.  She was to meet a family in the US who lived in Patterson, New Jersey.  Next I found she met a Patrick O'Shaughnessy in Philadelphia.  Patrick had a hard time getting a job so he changed his last name to Rodgers.  Susan, Mrs Rodgers somehow acquired a small business deliverng Ice, and later coal.  She also renter out rooms in thieir house to earn money.   Would know where I may find any surviving relatives in the Tyrone area?  I moved from the US in 2019, and live in Lithuania. I could easily visit in July if you find any information   

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