The Groome Family
Alicia
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Marianne
Gifford
Married : John Groome
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Anne
(Groome) Whitty
of Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Marianne Gifford
Married : John Whitty
on
5 February 1785
Death: 22 February 1826
The following is Anne's
memorial in Rathvilly:
TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS. ANNE WHITTY.
Here lie beneath this marble stone consign'd,
Wife,
mother, sister, Christian, all combin'd,
Each station gently fill'd
by God approv'd,
She died lamented as she lived beloved.
The
shaft by which the fatal blow was given,
No sting inflicting sent
her soul to heaven.
Died 22nd Feb. 1826.
Notes:
The marriage license bond
lists Anne as a Protestant.
Sources:
- Marriage: Marriage
License Bonds from the Diocese of
Ossory
1739-1804
(Irish Genealogist, 1990-93, Vol. 8, Ed. Raymond Refausse) transcribed
by Jane Lyons on her web site
http://www.from-ireland.net/gene/laoisossorymlbs1.htm.
- Death: John
Ryan's "History & Antiquities of the County of Carlow" p352
- Memorial:
John Ryan's "History & Antiquities of the County of Carlow"
p352
- Groome
family tree written by W.F. Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Annie
Catherine Maxwell (Groome)
Kilroy
also recorded as Annie
Kathleen Maxwell (Groome) Kilroy
Birth: 27 July 1859, in
Drogheda, County
Louth, Ireland
Father: Edward
G. Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Married: William
Wesley
Kilroy
on 20 September 1888, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Children:
Death: 26 July 1924, in Oldcastle, County
Meath, Ireland
Buried: Killeagh, Oldcastle,
County Meath,
Ireland
Sources:
- Birth: IGI
(5002301 sheet 40)
- Marriage: Ireland
Marriage Index (3Q 1888 vol 2 p367).
The actual
date is given in a letter from her daughter Annie Kathleen to
Christopher
James Gosnell.
- Death: Given
as July 1924 in a letter written by William
Wesley
Kilroy on 7/7/1926. Some later notes from Annie Kathleen have the date
as 1926, but this clearly in error. The exact date and place are from
the
IGI AFN: KMQ3-XD
- Burial: IGI
AFN: KMQ3-XD
Bessie
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Sarah
(Smyth) Groome
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Edward
Groome
Title: Reverend
Birth: 1734 or 1735
Education: Entered Trinity
College Dublin on 26 May 1752.
received
Sch in 1754 and BA in the spring of 1756.
Married : Marianne
Gifford
on 24 July 1761, in Kilkenny, Ireland
Children:
Death: 18 July 1798
Notes: Edward was made a Deacon
on 21 May
1758 and a Priest a
week later on 28 May, both in Ossory. The next day he was licensed as
curate
of Rower at £40 a year. On 9 June 1759 he was also licensed
as
curate
of Cloneamery, both of which posts he held until 1766. He was Vicar of
Ballytarsney from 1763 to 1791. And in 1767 he became curate of Durrow
(County Laois) and on 21 June 1768, curate of Castlecomer (County
Kilkenny).
He was Vicar of Abbeyleix (County Laois) from 1773 to 1798. W.F.
Montague
Groome writes that Edward was Rector of Dungarvan (County Waterford)
but
this could not be substantiated through the Clergy Succession list.
W.F.
Montague Groome also notes that Edward lived on his own property in
Castlecomer
(County Kilkenny, Ireland).
Sources:
- Birth: Age at TCD
entry
- Education: Alumni
Dublinienses
(researched by Christopher
Richards); entry reads "entered TCD aged 17, 26 May 1752"
- Marriage: IGI Film 1396483 (Groome
family tree also has
July
1761)
- Death: Clergy
Succession
List for the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore p166
reads
"According
to Firstfruits he came in on 20th November 1798. The vacancy was caused
by the death of Edward Groome on 18th July 1798" (researched
by Christopher
Richards). Will proved in 1798 (Bentham willl abstracts)
- Notes: Clergy Succession List for the
Diocese of Ossory
(researched
by Christopher
Richards).
Groome family tree written by W.F. Montague Groome in 1922, with later
annotations
- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmricha/index.htm
- IGI: AFN LCC6-W0
Edward
Groome
of Killinane, County Carlow, Ireland
Birth: 1775/6, in County
Kilkenny, Ireland
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Marianne Gifford
Education: Entered Trinity
College Dublin 1st October 1792;
received
BA in the spring of 1797.
Married : Sarah Smyth
Children:
Death: 1817
Sources:
- Birth: Age at TCD
entry - entry also gives place of
birth.
- Education: Alumni
Dublinienses
(researched by Christopher
Richards); entry reads entered TCD Oct 1st 1792 at age of 16,
son
of
Edward Clericus, b Co Kilkenny. BA vern 1797"
- Death:
Groome family tree written by W.F. Montague
Groome in
1922,
with later annotations
- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmricha/index.htm
Edward
G. Groome
Title:
Reverend
Birth: 1800/1, in County Carlow,
Ireland
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Education: Entered Trinty
College
Dublin on 4 November 1816.
Obtained a BA in the summer of 1821, and an MA in November 1832.
Married (1st): Frances
Emily
Uniacke on 2 March 1829
Children:
Married (2nd): Harriette
Maxwell Carpendale on 15 March 1853, in Magherafelt, County
Londonderry,
Ireland (now Northern Ireland)
Children:
Death: 14 January 1874, in Drogheda,
County Louth, Ireland
Occupation: Rector of Beaulieu
and Drumcar
for over 40 years.
(Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland).
Notes:
 |
BEAULIEU
LODGE - Termonfeckin Road, Drogheda
The
lodge is
now operated as Beaulieu
Lodge B&B |
The first reference that I
have found to Edward Groome in
Beaulieu is
in
1835 when he appears in a list of the Members
of Committee of the Orange Institute of Ireland, listing his
address
as Beaulieu. In the list
of voters in County Louth in 1842, Edward Groome is found
living as
a freeholder at Beaulieu Lodge in Collon, in the Barony of Ferrard.
Beaulieu
Lodge, on Termonfeckin Road, Drogheda, is now operated as Beaulieu
Lodge B&B (Tel: +353 (0)41 9842121). In 1854, Edward
is
recorded
as contributing £1, to the Louth
Patriotic Fund (supporting dependents of soldiers fighting in
the
Crimean
War), and his address is listed as Termonfeckin. Edward is found in the
1865
voters list, living in Beltichbourne (now Beltichburne) in
the
Barony
of Ardee. A letter written by Edward in 1866 also places him at
Beltichbourne.
Sources:
- Birth: Aged 73 at
death in 1874 (and aged 15 at TCD
entry in
1816);
place from TCD record
- Marriage:
Ireland Marriage Index (Vol 7 pages 751 and
753)
and family
records written by Kathleen Juliana (Carpendale) Groome
-
Education: Alumni
Dublinienses
(researched by Christopher
Richards); Entry reads "TCD Nov 4 1816 aged 15, son of Edward
Generosus;
b Co Carlow. BA Aest 1821 MA Nov 1832"
- Death:
Ireland Death Index (1874: Vol 2 page 399) and
family
records
written by Kathleen Juliana (Carpendale) Groome.
Edward
John Beresford
Groome
Birth: 11 August 1861
Father: Edward G.
Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Married: Susan Jane
Ewing
in 1892, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Children:
- Hilda Groome
- Edward
Groome
- Richard Groome
- Montague
Groome
- Mildred Groome
- Edwina
Groome
Notes: Edward
emigrated to Canada and was a homesteader near Brandon, Manitoba, his
grant being given in 1885.
Sources:
- Birth:
Helen Longworth
- Marriage:
Ireland Marriage Index (1Q 1892 vol 2 p443)
Edwina
Charlotte
Selina Groome
Birth: 29 December 1856, in Drogheda, County Louth,
Ireland
Father: Edward G.
Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Occupation: Teacher
Death: 24 June 1926, in St Mary's Private
Hospital, Upper Byron-place, Clifton, Bristol, England
Census:
1881:
47 Ladbroke Grove,
London, Middlesex
Sources:
- Birth: Helen Longworth; 1881
census age would give 1854/5.
- Occupation: 1881 census
- Death:
Helen Longworth
Elizabeth
(Groome)
Richards
Birth: 1775
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Marianne Gifford
Married: Solomon
Richards
in November 1792 at Castlecombe, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Children:
Death: 2 March 1846
Notes: There was a long white
marble tablet
along the front
of
the gallery in Ardamine Church dedicated to Elizabeth. This is no
longer
there. The pulpit in Ardamine Church has just -Groome- on the front of
it.
Sources:
- Birth:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmricha/index.htm
-
Death: Inscription on gravestone in Ardamine
Churchyard.
Fannie
(Groome) Hardy
Father: Edward G.
Groome
Mother: Francis
Emily
(Uniacke)
Groome
Married: _____ Hardy
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Harriet
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Sarah
(Smyth) Groome
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Henrietta
Fredericka
Frances (Groome) Bowen
Birth: 29 June 1854, in Drogheda, County Louth,
Ireland
Father: Edward G.
Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Married: George Frederick
Massy
Bowen on 23 April 1885, in St George Hanover Square, London,
England
Children:
Death: 18 December 1929, at 58 High
Street, Cosham,
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England,
of typhoid.
Sources:
- Birth:
Helen Longworth
- Marriage:
England
Marriage Index (2Q1885 vol 1a p659); exact date from Helen Longworth
- Death:
Helen Longworth
Marianne
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Sarah
(Smyth) Groome
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Nannie
(Groome) Powell
Father: Edward G.
Groome
Mother: Francis
Emily
(Uniacke)
Groome
Married: _____ Powell
Sources:.
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Rebecca
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Sarah
(Smyth) Groome
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Richard
Robinson
Whitty Groome
Birth: 1863/4, in Drogheda, Ireland
Father: Edward
G. Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Married: Emmaline
Louisa Palmer
Occupation: Joint stock manager
(1901); Clerk (1881)
Death: 2 July 1928, at the
Grand Atlantic Hotel, Weston-super-mare, Somerset, England,
aged 64
Census:
1881:
111 Adelaide Rd,
London, Middlesex
1891: Arbor Vitae, Clifton Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Someset, age 30,
lodger, b. Ireland
1901: Queen's Hotel, Stephenson Place, Birmingham (RG13 2831 106 25),
age 38 b. Ireland occ. Joint Stock Manager
Sources:.
- Birth: 1881 census; exact
place from Helen Longworth
- Occupation: Helen Longworth
- Death: Helen Longworth;
Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in
1922,
with later annotations
Sarah
Groome
Father: Edward Groome
Mother: Sarah
(Smyth) Groome
Death: 1887
Buried: in Ardamine cemetary
Notes: The tombstone in Ardamine
cemetaery states "died
unmarried"
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Selina
Mildred
(Groome) O'Grady
Birth: 1836/7
Father: Edward
G. Groome
Mother: Francis Emily
(Uniacke)
Groome
Married: Standish Darby
O'Grady
Children:
Notes:
In Temple Brady Church, Crosshaven,
there are two stained glass windows in the west end of the church. One
contains the O'Grady crest, the Baptism of Christ and the words
"Standish
Darby O'Grady of Agharmarta Castle". The second contains the Groome
crest,
the breaking of the bread, and "In memory of his dear wife Selina
Mildred
O'Grady who deceased September MDCCCLXI Aged 24 years".
Death: September 1861
Sources:.
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
Smyth
Groome
Birth: 1801/2 in County Carlow, Ireland
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Education: Entered Trinty
College
Dublin on 4 November 1816
Notes:
W.F. Montague Groome list three unnamed Groome boys as sons
of Edward
Groome and Sarah Smythe, but does not list Smyth Groome (we know
Smythe's
name from the TCD records), so we can assume that he is one of these
unnamed
boys. the notes attached to the unnamed boys are:
1) Soldier
2) Soldier. Lieutenant in the Cavan Regiment. Died by
accident
3) served in Canada
I would thus guess that one of the notes applies to Smythe
though it
is hard to tell which one!
Sources:
- Birth: Aged 14 at
TCD entry in 1816
- Education:
Alumni
Dublinienses
(researched by Christopher
Richards); entry reads "Entered TCD 4 Nov 1816 aged 14, B Co
Carlow.
Son of Edward, Generosus"
- Notes:
Groome family tree written by W.F. Montague
Groome in
1922,
with later annotations
Thomas
Sheridan Groome
Birth: 1806/7 in County Carlow, Ireland
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Education: Entered Trinty
College
Dublin on 16 October 1826;
received BA in the summer of 1832
Notes:
W.F. Montague Groome simply calls the man Sheridan and notes
that he
suffered from "prickly heat"
Sources:
- Birth: Aged 19 at
TCD entry in 1826
- Education:
Alumni
Dublinienses
(researched by Christopher
Richards); entry reads "Entered TCD 16 Oct 1826 aged 19, b Co
Carlow.
Son of Edward, Defunctus. BA Aest 1832"
- Groome
family tree written by W.F. Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
William
Frederick
Montague Groome
 |
| Letter
from William "Monty" Groome to his nephew Eric Bowen: November 20 1929
|
 |
Example
of the
signature of William F. Montague Groome |
known as "Monty"
Birth:
1866,
in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Baptised: 6 January 1866, in
St. Peter's,
Drogheda, County
Louth,
Ireland
Father: Edward
G. Groome
Mother: Harriette
Maxwell
(Carpendale)
Groome
Married: Kathleen
Juliana
Carpendale on 23 February 1891 in Dungannon, County Tyrone,
Ireland
(now Northern Ireland)
Children:
- Cyril William Groome
- George
Victor Groome
Occupation: Storekeeper (1940)
Notes: The
letter shown
opposite is of interest as it was the cover letter to a family tree
drawn up by William which has been very useful in establishing the
relationships in this family.
Sixty Acres
Failand
Nov 20/29
My dear Eric
The
enclosed 'Tree'
is as complete
as known with
the exception
of your
own
particulars to fill in
- And
various items
your mother
may think of
which you will
find plenty
of space for
You perhaps won't take
much
interest in this
now, but you
may in years
to come
I hope your mother is
not
suffering so much
And that you
are all well
as can be
Yr. affect Uncle
Monty
Death: 20 February 1940, at 100 Fishponds
Road, Bristol, England
Will:
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me WILLIAM FREDERICK
MONTAGUE
GROOME of 13 Bath Buildings Montpelier Bristol in the
County of
Somerset made this day of twenty third of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty. I hereby revoke all wills
made by me at any time heretofore. I appoint Miss H. M. Tugby
of
"Somersham" 27 Manor Road, Keynsham, Somerset to be my Executor and
direct that all my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid as soon as
conveniently may be after my decease. I give and bequeath unto Miss
Harriette Mary Tugby of "Somersham" 27. Manor Road Keynsham Som all
monies I may have in Lloyds Bank Clare Street Bristol and in the Post
Office Savings Bank and any money due to me at my death or become due
to me after my death and all my goods and chattels. The lease
of
my grave at Canford Cemetery Bristol is No. 6270 and the number of the
grave is 257 Light Blue F. on map and situated on Pathway three (3)
W.F.M. GROOME
Signed by the said Testator W.F.M.Groome in the
presence of
us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in
the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
EDWARD WOARDBY SELWAY, Upholsterers Warehouseman, 14 Narrow Wine Street
Bristol
ALICE LOTTIE SELWAY 14 Narrow Wine St. Bristol 1, Married Woman
On the 10th day of May 1940 Probate of this Will was granted at Bristol
Probate:
Probate
Calendar (1940) has
"Groome, William Frederick Montague of 13 Bath-buildings, Montpelier,
Bristol 6. died 20 February 1940 at 100 Fishponds Road, Bristol 5.
Probate Bristol 10 May to Harriette Mary Tugby, spinster. Effects
£10 3s 1d."
Notes:
In William's mother's
obituary, he is referred to as "Montagu" and usually went by this
name or more familiarly as "Monty". W.F. Montague wrote two extensive
family trees, one of the Groome
family,
and one of the Carpendale family, written in 1922.
Sources:
- Birth: Ireland
Birth Index (1866 Vol 2 page 558) -
William's surname is spelled Groom in his birth records.
-
Baptism: IGI (C701282 sheet 5065)
-
Marriage: Ireland Marriage Index (1Q 1892 Vol 1 page
605);
in the
journal written by Kathleen Carpendale, this marriage is stated as
taking
place on 23 Feb 1891. The first son was born in Canada in Mar 1892 - it
may be that the marriage registration was only made in Ireland the next
year which is why it shows up in the 1Q1892 records
- Occupation:
Helen
Longworth
- Notes:
Letter scanned
courtesy of Helen Longworth
- Death:
Helen
Longworth
- Probate:
records
transcribed by Helen Longworth
_____
Groome
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Occupation: Soldier
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
_____
Groome
Title: Lieutenant
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Occupation: Soldier
Notes: This Groome was a
Lieutenant in the Cavan Regiment. He
died in an accident.
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
_____
Groome
Father: Edward
Groome
Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome
Notes: This Groome served in
Canada
Sources:
- Groome family tree written by W.F.
Montague Groome in 1922, with
later
annotations
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