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My Father had no sisters.
Great grandfather had a sister! (don't know if he had sisters) who married a Brogan, GG William Thomas Gates married Susannah Laroche (she had sisters)
Grandfather had a sister who married a Brogan, G William Robert Gates b 1893 (don't know if he had sisters)
not sure about either of these!
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This is my previous mails on the same subject.
***Carol In Dulwich (London)***
17/09/2007 11:18:31
My Father died in 1974, he told me he had a relative/uncle/cousin who was a Fr Bernard Bogan at St George's Cathedral, I have looked on google and found his name mentioned as joining in 1949 as an administrator!
I want to know how we are connected, I have found a Bernard Joseph Bogan born 1904 in Lewisham who died in 1984 in Bexley, I have also found a Robert Bogan married a La roche in lewisham in 1919 was Bernard and Robert Related!, Laroche was the name (single) of my dad's grandmother (Susannah Laroche b 1866) who bought him up from age 2years, when my dad's mum was found murdered. Where to next!!
please any help would be great.
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West Country Lass
17/09/2007 11:22:38
You would need to get the birth certificates of Bernard and Robert to see if they were brothers.
Have you got a father's name for your father? If you have he could be found on the census records.
Sophie
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***Carol In Dulwich (London)***
17/09/2007 11:43:36
My Father was William Leslie Gates, his Father was William Robert, and his Father was William Thomas who married Susannah Helen Laroche.
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West Country Lass
17/09/2007 11:51:35
In that case if your father's surname was Gates then the Brogan surname has to come from the female line.
So..
1. Great grandfather had a sister who married a Brogan
2. Grandfather had a sister who married a Brogan
0r 3. Father had a sister who married a Brogan
It doesn't seem from your remarks that it is option three.
Do you know where your grandfather and great grandfather were born and approx. when?
If you can tell me that I can do a census search to see what appears.
Sophie
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St. George's Cathedral London.
Disaster came during the massive air-raids on London during World War 11. On 16 April 1941 an incendiary bomb set light to the roof and in minutes the cathedral was ablaze from end to end, to become the next day a smouldering ruin. For some years the Amigo Hall became the pro-cathedral.
In the early 1950s, under Bishop Cowderoy and Administrator Fr Bernard Bogan, plans for a new cathedral were completed. Romilly Bernard Craze was chosen as the architect. It was only when restoration work commenced in 1953 that the full extent of the fire damage became apparent. Only a few parts of the original building were sound enough to be incorporated in the reconstructed cathedral. In the reconstruction, a clerestory over the nave was introduced, vastly improving the lighting of the new building.
A grant came from the War Damage Commission, but extra money was needed as the plan went beyond mere restoration. Appeals were made far beyond the diocese, notably in Ireland and the USA. On 4 July 1958 the new building was solemnly opened by Bishop Cowderoy. The Lady Chapel was added in 1963 and the Baptistry in 1966. Click here for a plan of the new cathedral.
In 1994 the cathedral's centenary was marked by a weekend of celebrations involving the Papal Nuncio, the Archbishop of Southwark and more than 40 priests who had served the cathedral over the years.
Fr Bernard Bogan was an ancestor of mine! don't know how for sure we are related, but I am trying to find anything I can about him, I have been in contact with the cathedral's historian (who hasn't been of any help) and don't know where to go from here!
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