He inherited the shop in
Main Street from his aunt, Lizzie McGlinchey in 1928. John James never married,
none of the three siblings did.
I’m assuming from his Driving
License that, by 1929, John James had moved out of the family home in Dublin
Street, all the way to Main Street. There was a flat above the shop. Both John
James and Mary could drive (not sure about Paddy). Neither will have gone
through a driving test – these didn’t start until 1935
John James died on March 1st 1955
John James died on March 1st 1955
The death notice has a couple of minor mistakes – it’s
Dublin Street and Glenock.
In his will John James left everything to my dad (who had
worked in the shop since childhood) and to his sister Mary. Paddy was long gone,
he died in 1931.
One item of interest (to me) in his will – he was
receiving £10 per annum in rent from “Stewarts’ property in Main Street Newtownstewart”.
I think that might be the house next door – the house I always thought my dad
had bought before he got married and my childhood home. £10 in 1955 equates to
just under £270 in 2019…
Executors of the will were Francis Kirk, Newsagent and
Patrick McGonagle, Merchant (from Ballymagorry)
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