Photograph - Thomas Logue Grocery Shop & Residence, Victoria Road, Cloghcor, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1909

Cloghcor is located seven kilometers north of Strabane on the road to Derry

Submitted by
Kathleen Brown Herman, Canada
randk7[at]sympatico.ca

With Additions by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

Transcription of the above postcard sent by Agnes Kee to her Aunt Martha Jane Sharkey Brown, 40 St. Luke St., Montreal, Canada. Postcard dated Strabane 9:30a.m. Nov. 11, 1909 -Dear Auntie: Be sore and write my letter soon. I am expecting it every day. This is a photo of Mr. Loggie's[sic] house with the blackberry barrels at the door and the piles of straw in the field. We are all fairly well, except that two or three of us have got a cold. Your Loving Niece Agnes Kee

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Thomas Logue, grocer and farmer (1849 -1910) is recorded in the 1901 census; his household included Hugh McGettigan, nephew, shop assistant (22 yrs), Eliza McMonigal, niece (5 yrs) and Mary Brennan, servant (18 yrs), all born in Co. Tyrone.

 

Derry Journal January 24 1910

LOGUE. January 21at his residence, Cloghcor, Strabane, Thomas Logue, merchant. R.I.P.

His will was probated in Londonderry March 31 1910; administration granted to Ellen McMonagle, widow - effects to the value of 265 pounds and 10 shillings.