Timothy Gilroy's Inventory from Probate Records

Timothy Gilroy's Civil War Draft Information

Timothy Gilroy was designated Class II in the 1863 Civil War draft. My research indicates that he did not serve in the Civil War. He is listed on Line 20, at the bottom of the page.

TImothy Gilroy's Algebra Book

 

In the late 1990's I established contact with my cousin, Jack Gilbert through a Gilroy message board. It had been decades since I had seen him. He shared an image of what Timothy used to record his marriage and births. Instead of a bible, it is his algebra book.

 

 

"Timothy Gilroy was married
to Eliza Boyle on the 18th
of January 1855 by Father Fitton
Mary Born October 25th 1855
Anne Born January 12th 1857
Catherine Born April 12th 1858
Thomas Born October 14th 1859
   Bernard born April 28th 1861
James Born August 22nd, 1862
Timothy Born January 29 1864
Charles Born February 10th 1866
Elizabeth Agnes Dec 12 1867
Sarah  July 23rd 1869
Mary Jane Sept 19th 1871
John, Born June 8th 1873"

Timothy Gilroy married Eliza Boyle on 18 Jan 1855.

Here is a copy of the record from St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI.

It also contains a copy of my Great-Grandfather, John George Gilroy's, Baptismal Record.

Timothy Gilroy's Naturalization

Our line of Gilroys in the US began with Timothy Gilroy.

His Naturalization Papers yielded this data:

Birthdate: 10 May 1818

Birthplace: Sligo, Ireland

Arrived: New York 30 June 1851

Date of Naturalization: 18 Oct 1864

He had resided in RI last 13 years (since 1851)

 

 

I have not yet found the passenger manifest for his entry into the United States.

 

Family lore was that he left Ireland after publishing seditious material, and went to Holland. When he was there he realized that his children would not speak English, so he left for America. There was also a story that he attended Trinity University and studied math in Dublin, but I was unable to verify that when I contacted archivists in the mid-1990's.