Thomas Gill worked the coal mines of Tamaqua and returned to Ireland between 1864 and 1869. He had possible affiliations or conflicts with the Ancient Order of the Hibernians or the Molly Maguires known for organizing coal laborers in Central Pennsylvania.
Thomas Gill died in 1869 Ireland County of Roscommon, parish Killgavin (sp?) and when he died he was fifty years old.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1819 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1869 | |
| Place & Date of Marriage | Thomas Gill married Elizabeth Delany January 23, 1851 by the Rev W. Kelly parish priest of Tamaqua, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania, USA. | |
| Place of Death | As recorded by his wife, Elizabeth Delany Gill of Tamaqua, PA, Thomas Gill died in County Roscommon in 1869 parish Kilgavin (?) at fifty years old. The notebook recording the marriage, birth dates of their children and some of the deaths, along with receipts for payment of rent to the Company Store (mine owners of Tamaqua) is kept by great-great granddaughter Brenda Jane Trainor (living in California in. 2022). | |
Kilkeevin parish is on the boundary with Co. Galway and 1869 death record for Thomas Gill age 50 was recorded in Co Galway (possibly because he died in hospital there, or it was the nearest town to register the death.
So please join the parish of Kilkeevin (Roscommon) to discover more!
Rua: I can't fully express how thankful I am for your post with this information. It confirms the annotation of my g+grandmother and gives me yet another hint about the journey of the Gill family from County Roscommon to the coal mines of Pennsylvania and eventually to Providence, Rhode Island where Thomas Gill's widow Elizabeth and four children went on to contribute to several successful families in Rhode Island. Their eldest son married Hannah Corcoran who may have come from Boyle, County Roscommon, and the eldest daughter of Edward and Hannah married George Trainor whose g+grandparents may have come from Castlerea. I am now more motivated to figure out the connections of the families Gill, Corcoran, and Trainor, who all seem to have some connection to this area of County Roscommon and ended up interconnecting in Providence, Rhode Island.
With much gratitude, Brenda Trainor
