Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel. Registrar's District: Rostrevor. County Down

Births
December 3, 1874 Ballincurry
Thomas [son of] James Sloan a farmer of Ballincurry, and Mary Sloan, formerly Brennan. informant: Kate Brennan, of Ballincurry, present at birth

 

Kilbroney Parish Registers
December 3, 1874, Baptism
Thomas, of James Sloan and Mary Brennan. Sponsors: Peter Murney and Alice Murphy

 

 

National Archives, UK
Records of Admiralty, Royal Marine Artillery

Thomas Sloan
Royal Marine Artillery
Reference: ADM 159/28/5683
Register Number: 5683
enlisted: 29 October 1895
date of birth: 28 December 1875
born: Killowen, Rostrevor, Co. Down
enlisted 29 October 1895, Liverpool
5' 8 1/4", fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes
marks: tattoo of ship [...] arm
woman Cross [...]
Next of Kin (Brother) David Sloan, Ballincurry, Killowen, Co Down

various ships or stations
character: very good, all entries
19 Jan 1898 certificate granted fracture of left elbow
invalided out 9 Jun 1898

Died 30 October 1960
DNA 8/DD 5 September 1960

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7756287

 

Susan Sloan is head of the household in 1901, but Francis is the tenant of record in the Valuation Revision Books.
1901 Census - Down - Killowen - Ballinacurry

Residents of a house 2 in Ballinacurry (Killowen, Down)
Sloan Susan 30 Female Head, Farmer and Housekeeper
Sloan Thomas 26 Male Brother, Gunner R.M.A.
Sloan Francis 23 Male Brother, Farmers Son
Sloan Peter 6 Male Nephew, Scholar

All were Roman Catholic, single, born in County Down, and could read and write.

According to email from a correspondent in NI, the young boy Peter Sloan who is in this household inherited his great-aunt Bridget Brennan's farm. He sold it and went to Dundalk, Co. Louth, where he bought the Century Bar.

Thomas was the informant on his sister Susan's death record.

Donaghmore Parish
1911 Census of Ireland
Residents of a house 1.2 in Ballylough (Glen [Electoral District], Co Down)
2 April 1911

Sloan Thomas 36 Male, Head, Wood Cutter
Sloan Sarah 32 Female Wife, Married 6 years, 3 children, 2 alive
Sloan James 4 Male Son, born in Armagh
Sloan Patrick 2 Male Son, born in Co Down

Thomas and Sarah were born in Co. Down and could read and write. All were Roman Catholic.

Source for location: Sloan Family Tree at ancestry.com, maintained by the Sloan relative in Enniskillen.
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Catholic Memory Card, photocopy
Thomas Sloan, of Water Street, Rostrevor
died 30 October 1960, aged 86

emailed from the same relative

photocopy emailed from a Sloan relative in Enniskillen, October 2019.

ROSTREVOR'S GRAND OLD MAN
Death of 'Gunner' Thomas Sloan

The passing of Gunner Thomas Sloan, Water Street, Rostrevor, has caused great sorrow in Rostrevor and surrounding districts.

Born at Killowen in 1875, he joined the Royal Marines and after serving a few years was discharged owing to an injury. Sometime later he joined the firm of James Jones & Sons, Timber Merchants, Larbert, where under the management of the late James Shiells, Warrenpoint, in 1905, he became an expert axe man and remained with the firm until 1922.

In the same year he commenced with the firm of A Shills and Co. Ltd., and Haldane & Shills later, and worked in many of the large estates in this district—Mourne Park, Ravensdale Park, and Gosford Demesne.

No doubt the Gunner, as he was commonly called, will be missed in Rostrevor, especially by the children, to whom he was most devoted.

An old woodsman who loved the beauty of the woods and the trees and the birds, he was a humble, generous, and upright man.

He was a life-long member of the Irish National Foresters.

His passing took place at Daisy Hill Hospital, on the 30th inst.

The funeral took place to St Mary's Star of the Sea, and was largely attended.

The chief mourners were:—
Eileen Sloan (daughter); James, Tom, and Patrick, New Zealand (sons); Mary and Peg Sloan (daughters-in-law); Peter Sloan (Dundalk) nephew; Matt, Jack and Gerald Sloan (cousins); Seamus, Sheila, Helen, and Brendan (grandchildren).

Wreaths were from Mr. A Shiells; Directors of Haldane & Shiells; the Staff of Haldane & Shiells; the British Legion; Mrs Nash; the Ryan family and children Miss .. ..agher, Warrenpoint; Miss ... Drumbo, Rostrevor; M .. Wilson, Warrenpoint; .. Linen Co.; Miss K .., Warrenpoint; and Kevin .., Rostrevor; Mr K Grills, Warrenpoint.