tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post3728874932606482139..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Evans of GortmerronTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-75296444688442132282023-03-01T10:10:51.593+00:002023-03-01T10:10:51.593+00:00The house was demolished and became a Pentecostal ...The house was demolished and became a Pentecostal church. A great shameAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551603890246153866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-4450282130622472792022-09-26T22:34:29.562+01:002022-09-26T22:34:29.562+01:00The house was standing until the 1950s or 1960s. ...The house was standing until the 1950s or 1960s. I remember as a child in the 1950s that part of the ground floor on the left of the photograph was used as a grocer's shop and sub post office. I don't know whether anyone lived in the house but probably not. My grandfather told me that the Evans family left after the Great War. George Edward Evans appears already to have been in Canada and the house may have been occupied by one or more of his siblings. As to where they are buried, the Evans family were Anglicans and so burial details are likely to be held by St Anne's Parish Church in Dungannon. I think the only surviving Evans property is the tennis court which now belongs to the local council. My grandfather told me that he remembered watching his father play on the court in the early 1900s when the Evans family had tennis parties. The house was originally in the townland of Gortmerron (hence its name) but the townland boundaries were altered in the late 18th early 19th century so it is now in Drumcoo. However the area where the house was is still known as Gortmerron. Chris Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163302758491811877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-46547832568341638602022-07-24T23:12:04.874+01:002022-07-24T23:12:04.874+01:00it is my understanding that this house is not stil...it is my understanding that this house is not still standing. Do you know what happened to the family buried at this location? Thank you, any information would be greatly appreciated!-AmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177476502251526359noreply@blogger.com