Here, you will find records of Tumilty
(Tumelty/Tumulty/Tumblety/O'Tomalty) families names, and variations of it,
from around the world as well as other people who are researching these
names.
Getting Started, The O'Tomalty (Tumilty) Homeland
In 1975, being of Irish heritage, I undertook the project to search for my
family roots. I queried my
known relatives about what they knew of their ancestors which became the
basis for much of this research. The project lay dormant until June of 1993
when my wife and I went to the British Isles for a tour. It was there, by
searching through all the phone books, that I discovered there are only
about 200 Tumilty families listed in the UK phone directories,
and this was for all the British Isles.
Now that the age of computers is at hand, I decided to use the Internet
phone book to continue with my research. It was here that I quickly
discovered there are only about 62 Tumilty families listed in the United
States and 10 in Canada. I suddenly realized "there aint that many of us
left." To put it bluntly. "Are we are a dying breed?"
You Could Be My Lost Cousin
As luck would have it,
In addition to this, Rod Smith of New Zealand has been able to establish
connections, through this web site, to relatives of his family heritage
in Nova Scotia Canada and in the UK, thanks to input from Peter Tumilty
of Liverpool. (Note below for contact refrence information.)
Streets Named Tumilty
Like wise, there is a street in Bootle UK, north of Liverpool, called
Tumilty Avenue named after a politician of Bootle in the 40's......
Anyone for starting a lobby group to have New York City changed to "Tumilty City!"
We could really become a popular clan :-)
A Recent Find
(From book A on Family Names by Woulfe)
(From book B on family names)
"The name is on record also in Co. Roscommon and east Galway in the mediaeval
and early modern period, where it has since strangely been corrupted to Timothy.
This is probably a small sept distinct from the O'Tumultys of Oriel, deriving
from Tomaltach, chief of Moylurg from 1169 to 1206. In the sixteenth century
MacTumulty occurs much more frequently than O'Tumulty. In the Fiants, for
example there are thirteen Macs and only three O's with this name (there are
seven variations of spelling with MacTumulty) ten of those belong to the
Connacht sept and the other three to Leinster counties adjacent to Connacht.
Two with the Mac prefix and in the "Composition Book of Connacht" (1585) and
none with O."
"Two prominent ecclesiastics of Elphin and Athlone (1284 and 1410) are mentioned
in the Annals of Loch Ce; and a third appears in the state papers as Canon of
Elphin in 1296. None of these has the prefix Mac. In the next century we find
the O'Tumultys allied by marriage to the leading O'Kellys of Ui Maine; and
Father P.K.Egan states that the name is still extant in the barony of Moycarn."
The Illinois State Journal has a very interesting article where they review stories from the past. This story
deals with John Tumilty of Springfield Ill, where on May 8th, 1929 he claims to have invented a special
fuel that uses tap water and a special chemical he invented to produce a form of gasoline that
will power a gas driven automobile. Now you
can read the full details of John Tumiltys
invention or was it a hoax?
Update: Feb., 1, 2006
Another invention was a parachute that deployed from the back of an airplane at landing. He submitted that idea to the government who promptly told him they had no interest in it. A few years later, as you know, it was in use.
Grandpa and his family saw very hard times through the depression. None of his ideas were ever patented.
He immigrated here at the age of 19 with a brother ( I believe ) from South Shields, England. Mom believes his family was originally from Ireland. Also, when I questioned mom about the Tumilty spelling, she informed me that Grandpa's name was originally Tumilty but he took it upon himself ( never legally ) to change it to Tumulty.Not uncommon in those days I guess.
Most of my Tumulty clan are located in Springfield, Il. I am not the geneologist of the family, I have an aunt and cousin who are. I'm forwarding what I've learned to them. Also use any of the information I've given you to "fill in the blanks"
My wife Patty and I retired to Fairhope a year ago, young retirees 52 and 50. We've started a part time home renovation business here to "keep us out of trouble".
Update Feb., 5th, 2006
The e-mail link is okay with me, however I really don't know anymore regarding the gasless car. The next time I see my uncle Jerry I'll quiz him about it. Unfortunately the older kids in the family are dead now, they would have known more. My mom was eight at the time and doesn't remember it, but she does remembers the parachute drawings grandpa made.
When grandpa came to the U.S. he started out in the West Virginia mines, then went to Chicago, then to Lincoln,Il. and finally to Springfield. Where his brother ended up I don't know, but I'll try to find out.
There is a McClernon School in Springfield named after someone in the Civil War. Is he any relation to your wife?
Bill & Patty Freeman
This story became even more interesting to me when I remembered that I had come
across, by accident, a newspaper advertisement in a Toronto paper for
"Pimple Banisher" cream, by a Dr. Tumblety. As I read the Casebook, I
realized it was the one and same person. As luck would have it, I had
made a copy of the advertisement as shown below.
I found the casebook interesting reading the way the web site has layed
the story out. Have a visit to the
Jack The Ripper web site and draw your own conclusions. You can also
used the various Internet search tools to find many more articles on
Jack the Ripper that related back to Dr. Tumblety. Have fun!
Austin Tumilty was a Second Lieutenant during the first world war who
lost his life on the 10th of November, 1917. Here are the last 17 letters
written to his mother and sister at home in England. Read
about him as a Soldier, a Son, and his Tragedy.
Have a look here to find out what this Web Site
is all about.
Learn more about The Tumilty Family Genealogical Project Web Site
and how YOU can help with it.
A listing of the Tumilty/Tumelty/Tumulty families found in telephone
books throuthout the world.
* The Tumilty Family Coat Of Arms
Many thanks to Rev. Richard Chapman Tumilty for the Tumilty family crest.
While recently in Ireland doing genealogical research, Rev. Tumilty came
across the Coat Of Arms for the Tumilty family and
has forwarded it for inclusion on this home page.
Rev. Tumilty also included a document called The Ancient
History of the Distinguished Surname TUMILTY while he was in Ireland.
Click on the title above to view the document as it provides a further
insight into the development of the Tumilty names.
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tumilty Family Name:
This is a very large file (1,100K bytes) and will take over 2 1/2 minutes to
download (Pentuim 120 @56.6 KBS) so be patient. You may think your computer
has frozen, it has not, it is just formatting the data base to be displayed
on your screen. (It is now Version-F - Feb. 12, 1999 arranged by ascending
order of the first name)
It was compiled using MS Access 97 by Peter Tumilty. Thank you Peter
for your input. It is constantly being added to and now has 674 family
names, so check back for further updates.
Note: In the next issue of this database, it will be broken into three
databases, one for Births, Deaths and Marriages to keep in to a reasonable
size for downloading.
This file, (Version-A Feb.12, 1999) is relatively small (160K bytes) and
will take about 30 seconds to download. It is sorted by ascending order of
first name (forename).
Feb., 23, 2006
I noticed a little sentence in there stating you weren't able to locate any O'Tomaltys. You may have more luck with just Tomalty. According to my father, the O' was dropped many generations ago upon coming to Canada.
Some years back I was working at a government job with access to a database of all Canadians and found there were a few dozen of us across Canada anyway.
My grandmother has a distant relation who has apparently compiled a pretty decent family tree (going back quite a way from what I hear) that I keep reminding her to get to me. If/when I get that, I would gladly fill in your project, provided it's open to Tomalty's.
Hello Tom!
I think this must be my relative. He had a son in Kristiansund, Norway. This is a town in the north-western part of Norway. He was engaged with my great great grandmother and the result form this relationship was my great grandfather. John had a fidei comisse in Ireland, he was probably married in Ireland, but had only daugthers. He came back to Kristiansund on his sailship about 1825? and tried to kidnap his son without success.
Our family called ourselves Tomelthy. The h in the name is put into it to make it more "important" we do so in Norway. My grandmother meant Tomelthy was without a h, and she also meant that the name was either Tumelty or Tumilty. We are the only ones i Norway using this name.
If this is of any interest, I can give you further information of my familly here in Norway.
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tumulty Family Name:
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tumbelty Family Name:
Other Research Tools
A Searchable
Site of surnames form the ROOTS Web page. A great resource for
anyone doing research on any family name.
County Down, Ireland web site of the Rootsweb web server
with reference to Tumilty.
The Genealogy Home Page, a
good resource to start from.
A New Clan Member
Contact person for this web site project is:
While you are here, why not visit Tom's Internet Course on animated GIFs at Humber College.
Welcome back to the newly revised Tumilty Family Genealogy Web Site. Having recently retired,
I now have the time needed to update this web site which has recently moved to a new server
at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Thank you for coming back.
Good day fellow members of the Tumilty clann. I understand the Tumilty name, and derivations of it,
originated in Ireland, home of the clansmen. On the map which I have provided, there is an area in the
north west part of Ireland, in the county Tyrone, that shows the name
O'Tomalty marked as the area designated for the
homeland of the O'Tomalty (Tumilty/Tumelty/Tumulty) Clann. The map was
brought to America from Ireland about 1850 by the father of
George H. O'Sullivan of #782 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, NY. The map, it is
said, was compiled by the Irish monks many centuries before. (Reference
Toronto Star 1945)
It is for this reason I believe it is necessary for those Tumiltys of today
to establish and preserve our heritage of the past and provide a legacy of
knowledge for future generations. Besides that, it's really fun to find
out who we are, where we came from, and who we are related to! Who knows,
You could be my long lost cousin!
In November of 1998 I received an email from a Peter
Tumilty, who had only been connected to the Internet for two months. As it
turns out, Peter "is my long lost cousin" who lives in Liverpool UK. Through
this web site, and the information from a letter from Peters great grandfather,
Bernard James Tumilty who died on the Empress of Ireland in the St.Lawrence
River in 1914, to my grandfather (Bernards brother), we made the connection.
This connection has made all the work in developing this web site all worth
while and proves the usefulness of Internet Technology. (Note below for
contact reference information.)
Another bit of trivia about the Tumilty name. Did you know there are three streets
in Midwest City, Oklahoma called "Tumilty
Ave., Tumilty Circle and Tumilty Terrace?" These streets were named after
Howard Tumilty for his work on City Council in Midwest City. Thanks to his son,
Rev. Richard Tumilty (in picture) of Grass Valley California for these photographs.
Thanks to Peter Tumilty, Liverpool for the above photo of Tumilty Avenue in Bootle
While reviewing documents recently acquired from Ireland, excerpts from
two books on family names, the following information was highlighted.
"(Mac) Tumelty Mac Tomaltaigh, also O'Tomaltaigh (perhaps tomaltach, bulky).
The Connacht sept of this name is now almost extinct, except in the barony of
Moycarn, Co. Roscommon; there remains the sept of Oriel, especially the
part of it where Cos. Monaghan, Down and Louth meet. SIF148."
"TUMULTY
I accept Woulfe's Gaelic forms of this name viz. O'Tomaltaigh and Mac Tomaltaigh,
but it can hardly be described as rare and it certainly is inaccurate to locate it in south
Leinster. An analysis of birth registrations from several years shows that it
is seldom found outside the Oriel country i.e. south Down, north Louth and Co.
Monaghan. It appears too in the Hearth Money Rolls of Co. Monaghan of 1665 (in
1663 it appeared as Tomoly) but it was not numerous enough to be listed as a
principal Irish name in any barony in the "cencus" of 1659-60. Bernard Tumulty,
the nineteenth century Drogheda Gaelic poet and scribe, wrote his name Brian
O'Tumultaidhe."
The Car That Runs On Water As Fuel - Invention of John Tumilty (Tumulty) 1929
The following is an email received Feb., 1st, 2006.
Hi Tom, John Tumulty was my grandfather. The spelling Tumilty is wrong. John and Rose Tumulty of Springfield,Il. ( formerly of Lincoln,Il.) Grandpa died before I was born in '53.
I do know that they had 11 children. Their names are; Leona, Rosemary, Ed, Paul, *Violet (my mom),Virginia, *Jerry, *Micki,* Larry, *Jack, and *Joanne. (Astericks are still living.)
My grandfather was a "character". He had other "inventions". My mom and her siblings
know more. Have you talked to my Aunt Micki about this, I know she was researching her family tree years ago?
Bill Freeman Fairhope, Al
Tom;
I talked to my mom Friday about her dad and the gasless car. Some family members believe he may have had a legitamate invention based on carbide. Carbide pellets or tablets when added to water create an explosive gas which could possibly power a car. Carbide at the time was used in miners lamps. Grandpa was a miner.
Keep warm.
Bill
Tom:
Bill
210 So. Tee Dr.
Fairhope, Al 36532
Email to Bill Freeman
JACK THE RIPPER... Are We Related?
Has one of our clansmen lead a dual life?
In researching the derivations of
the Tumilty name, I came across the British web site
"Casebook: Jack The
Ripper" Here you will find much research investigating Jack the Ripper.
One of the highly suspected individuals was a person known as Dr. Francis
Tumblety, who went to England from the United States during the time Jack
The Ripper was plying his trade. The Casebook provides plenty of reading
material, some 130 hypertext linked pages and photographs of
Dr. Tumblety. It also provides newspaper articles of the day that highlight
the Jack the Ripper stories as published.
Austin Tumilty... a Soldier, a Son, a Tragedy
Main Listing Of Tumilty's Throughout The
World
Tumilty Family Researchers
Email for Mike Porter, Greensburg IN. Now visit Mike's Family Genealogy page
Email for Tom Williamson, Greensburg IN. Now visit his Contact Refrence page.
Email for Rev. Richard Chapman Tumilty, Oklahoma City OK & Grass Valley CA. Now visit his Contact Reference page.
Email for Jonita (Tumilty) Gosnell, Greensburg IN & Tucson AZ. Now visit Jonita's Family Genealogy page.
Email for Stephen Tumilty. . Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Now visit Stephen's Family Contact Refrence page. (Updated Dec 24/98)
Email for Tom George Tumilty, Brampton, ON. Now visit Tom's Family Genealogy Home page.
Cora (Tumilty) Kulda, Riverview FL Contact Reference page.
Email for Rod Smith New Zealand who has Tumilty relatives in Nova Scotia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. Now visit Rod Smiths Contact Reference Page
Email for Robert Amies New Zealand home email and Robert Amies work email address
who has relatives in the UK.
Email for Jeri Gamble jerigamble@aol.com home email address of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA,
who has relatives in the UK. Now visit the Contact Reference Page for Jeri Gamble.
Email for Michael Tumilty London, England from County Down in Northern Ireland. Also visit
The Web Site of Michael Tumilty complete with pictures (Cool Man).
Here is A
Really Great Web Page developed by Peter Tumilty In Liverpool England.
Peter is doing research on the Tumilty family and was found to be a cousin
to Tom Tumilty, the developer of this web site. You can email Peter at
Peter Tumilty
Have you met the "Scouse Mouse?" Visit the
web site of Anna Tumilty, the beautiful young
daughter of Peter Tumilty of Liverpool UK and view her first web page. While there, meet Honey, Lucy, Polly and Andrew.
An Impressive Web Site You Must Visit.
Anna Tumilty has recently developed a new web site about the church (St. Mary's in Little Crosby, UK) she goes to which shows much
of the old archetecture of this beautiful building. She has taken this project one step further
by including the names of all 229 people who have been buried in the church grave yard, along
with photographs of the grave sites. For you who are doing genealogy research in this part of the UK,
Anna has provided a wealth of information for you. Have a look at this Historic Church
Anna Tumilty has chosen to put on the web. I am sure you will be as impressed as I was, as Anna was only 13 when the page was first putup.
Keep up the good work Anna!
UK Government Records for Tumilty
The UK GRO Tumilty Records
of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the United Kingdom 1860's to 1912.
Irish Government Records for Tumilty
NEW: A partial listing of
Irish GRO Tumilty Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Ireland
from 1829 to 1874.
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tomalty Family Name:
Tomalty Family Researchers
Howard Brian Tomalty
Hi Tom,
I was just looking over your site on the Tumilty clan in all its forms. Good work on the research.
Let me know.
Howard Brian Tomalty
Email to Howard Brian Tomalty
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tomelthy Family Name:
Tomelthy Family Researchers
Berit Fjeldheim
With interest and curiosity I have read the Internet sides about your family. I know that my relatives came from Ireland. My great great grandfather was irish, unfortunately we are not sure what his name was. But I took a trip to Newry in 1998 and there I found a tombstone in a graveyard with this inscription: Ihs erected by Jane of Gorahwood to the memory og her beloved husband John Tumilty who died 12. of january 1867, 75 years old.
Best regards from
Berit tomelthy Fjeldheim
Email to Berit Tomelthy Fjeldheim(beritf@vfk.no)
Additional email to Berit Tomelthy Fjeldheim(fjeldheim.berit@gmail.com)
Tumelty Family Researchers
The Following People Are Doing Research On The Tumelty Family Name:
Suzanne and Malcome Tumelty, Brisbane, Australia. Visit their
Contact Reference Page
Email to Sue Tumelty sue@logicworld.com.au
Tumulty Family Researchers
Michael Tumulty, 44 Bedford Place, Ramsey, New Jersey 07446, (201)818-4635
Email to Michael Tumulty tumulty@optonline.com
Tumbelty Family Researchers
Noreen O'More (formerly Schiavone) (Tumbelty), California. Here is the
Contact Reference Page for Noreen.
Email to Noreen O'More
To view a picture of the most recent addition to the Thomas George Tumilty
clan, click on Thomas Christopher Tumilty
Tom (George) Tumilty
52 Bromley Cr.
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
L6T 1Z1, Phone (905) 793 7710
"NEW Email Address =" Tom Tumilty