When we traced my father’s mother branch of the tree, we found that her grandparents were listed on the same ship’s manifest coming in at the port of GalVESton...Ironically there was also a listing of a person with the same name as my Great-grandfather on my mother’s side of the family.
We teased mom and dad that the reason that they look so much alike is they were related in the ol’ country.
It is my paternal grandfather branch that came from Ulster area. Sis went over to find any history. The church burnt in 1843 all record were lost. They came over in 1841. She did meet a gentleman the same age as my father with Gardner last name. She said he could have been dad’s double.
He also was able to explain that Jane and Jenny were the same person.
Yes, older Texans pronounce it Gal VEZ ton. because the person who founded the settlement was named Galvez, with the accent on the last syllable (don’t know how to get an accent out of this keyboard).