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Welcome to the Loftus Blog
My name is William Bernard Allen and John T Loftus is one of my third great grandfathers. I have been researching his family and have met many of my Loftus cousins over the past year. We sent a series of emails back and fourth discussing family history,swapping pictures and stories over several months. When we had finished I realised we had quite a bit of information within the emails. I wanted to get this information out on the web to help others in our family that descend from the Loftus family. So here I will post various things we discussed along with stories and pictures. I don't really have a format for what I will post, but I hope you will find the bits and pieces useful in your research. If you have anything else to add to the blog, email me and I will be happy to add it.
Mary Sullivan
Mary Loftus née Sullivan was married to John T. Loftus and was my third Great grandmother. She was born in County Kerry Ireland.
The picture of Mary below was sent to me by Leonard L.Loftus. Leonard writes:
"This picture of Mary (Sullivan) Loftus has her handwriting on the back as
follows: "Mrs. Mary Loftus, March 29th, 1902, To Maggie from Grandma"
Obviously she sent this copy to Margret Loftus who would have been about age 6 at the time."
Story submitted by Marilyn Glazier
Here is a bit of information about the Loftus family that I put on my other blog. Instead of reposting it all, I'll just supply the link: http://salabencher.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-t-loftus-and-mary-sullivan.html
It has pictures of the Loftus' along with a story submitted by a cousin Marilyn Glazier.
It has pictures of the Loftus' along with a story submitted by a cousin Marilyn Glazier.
Loftus Family Pictures
Here is a picture from John T. Loftus. John, can you provide the full names and I'll edit this post?
"Millard Turner is the tall guy on the left, John Irvin Loftus my granddad "Bub",Uncle Ed, Brother to John T. Jr
Leonard S. Loftus."
This photo also provided by John T. Loftus. This one seems to have the whole clan.
"Millard Turner is the tall guy on the left, John Irvin Loftus my granddad "Bub",Uncle Ed, Brother to John T. Jr
Leonard S. Loftus."
This photo also provided by John T. Loftus. This one seems to have the whole clan.
Stories of John Thomas Loftus and Mary (Sullivan) Loftus
Leonard Loftus sends these stories:
Attached are a couple stories my grandfather, John T. Loftus Jr, told to me about 1953.
John’s Hogs
John T. Loftus had a habit of not listening whenever anyone was talking about something he did not want to hear. He always told Mary that he was just hard of hearing. Mary knew he was just playing a game and could hear as well as anyone else.
John raised hogs and one year he had about 25 or 30 piglets that were often getting out of the hog confinement. That would mean he, Mary, and the kids would have to chase, round them up, and get them back in the confinement. As anyone who has had to round up loose hogs knows this is a job! When the piglets are about to be herded into the pen if any one of the bunch gets away there is no point in trying to get the rest into the pen. The entire operation must be started over! This chore of rounding up the pigs would often take an hour or more. As a result John bought the highest hog wire he could find plus barb wire and tall fence posts. He and his sons put up the higher hog wire with barb wire on top and staked the bottom every five feet or so.
One evening, a couple days later, Mary was knitting and John T. was snoozing in a chair nearby. Mary, in a very low voice said, “Dad those hogs are out again.” John T. leaped to his feet and ran out the door yelling and cussing. As the story goes old John never again said he was hard of hearing.
Mary’s Holidays
Mary liked beer. Every Thanksgiving John T. would buy Mary a keg of beer and keep it in the vegetable cellar. That keg would last until after New Year's. Many years later the story was confirmed by Ellen (Loftus) Meade – Mary’s granddaughter. Ellen said the family was embarrassed about this story and seldom mentioned it. Today this is a charming, cute, story and is an indicator of John’s love for Mary.
Wedding picture of John T. Loftus Jr and Ellen
Wedding picture of John T. Loftus Jr and Ellen (Pollard) Loftus on July 14th, 1894.
This photo was supplied by Leonard L. Loftus
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