Married:
William Jocelyn de Warrenne Waller on 12 January 1911, in St Peters,
Dublin, Ireland. William was born on 25 August 1877, in Borrisokane district, county
Tipperary, the son of George Arthur Waller and Sarah Harriett
(Atkinson) Waller. He was educated in Tasmania. He was a farmer, of
Prior Park, and Nenagh, county Tipperary, and a JP. He died in 1967.
Birth:
Ireland Birth Index (2Q1887 Carrick on Shannon vol 3 p64); 1911 census; exact date from Joc Sanders
Parents: Joc
Sanders
Marriage: Ireland Marriage Index (1Q1911 Dublin South vol 2 p535); exact date and place from Joc
Sanders; William birth from Ireland Birth Index (1877 Borrisokane vol 18 p399), exact date and other details from Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, Joc Sanders
Occupation: Clerk of Petty Sessions (the clerk of petty sessions was a legal advisor to a district magisrate)
Death: 29 January 1927, in
Drumsna, county Leitrim, Ireland, aged 67
Buried:
Old Aughrim cemetery, Aughrim, county Roscommon, Ireland
Census: 1901: Cloonteem, Kilmore, county Roscommon: Robert Devenish,
aged 41, a Clerk of Petty Sessions, is the Head of Household. Also in
the household are
Kate Devenish is
aged 41, born in county Meath, Thomas Devenish, aged 9, and Nannie
Daly, aged 18, a servant. 1911: Drumsna Town, Annaduff, county Leitrim
Sources:
Birth:
1901 census; exact date from Joc Sanders
Parents: Joc
Sanders
Marriage: 1911 census; exact date and place and note from Joc
Sanders
Occupation: 1901, 1911 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (1Q1927 Carrick on Shannon vol 3 p28); exact date and place from Joc Sanders
Burial: Joc Sanders
Robert
Devenish
Birth: 12 September 1885, in Carrick on Shannon district, county Leitrim, Ireland
Married:
Blanche Root on 18 November 1916, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Blanche was born on 4 November 1893, and died in February 1979 in
Hamilton county, Ohio.
Occupation: Merchant
Death: 3
April 1989, aged 98
Notes: Thomas emigrated to the United States aboard the Mauretania
arriving in New York on 7 June 1912. Thomas is recorded as born in
Cloonteem, single, aged 20, a merchant from Drumsna. His nearest
relative is given as his father, Robert Devenish, of Drumsna, county
Leitrim. Thomas's destination is given as Cincinnati, Ohio, to join his
cousin, James Gambler, of Redwood, Cincinnati. Thomas gives his height
as 6 foot 3 inches, with fair complexion, red hair and grey eyes.
Census: 1901: Cloonteem, Kilmore, county Roscommon: Thomas Devenish is
aged 9. The Head of Household is Robert
Devenish, aged 41, a Clerk of Petty Sessions. Also in the household are
Kate Devenish, aged 41, born in county Meathand Nannie Daly, aged 18, a
servant. 1911: Drumsna Town, Annaduff, county Leitrim
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