The Groome Family


Alicia Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Marianne Gifford

Married : John Groome

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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.

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Annie Catherine Maxwell (Groome) Kilroy

Annie Catherine Groome (109KB)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

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Bessie Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

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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).

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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

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Edward G. Groome

Edward Groome (99KB)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.

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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: Notes: Edward emigrated to Canada and was a homesteader near Brandon, Manitoba, his grant being given in 1885.

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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

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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.

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Fannie (Groome) Hardy

Father: Edward G. Groome

Mother: Francis Emily (Uniacke) Groome

Married: _____ Hardy

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Harriet Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

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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.

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Marianne Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

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Nannie (Groome) Powell

Father: Edward G. Groome

Mother: Francis Emily (Uniacke) Groome

Married: _____ Powell

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Rebecca Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

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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

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Sarah Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

Death: 1887

Buried: in Ardamine cemetary

Notes: The tombstone in Ardamine cemetaery states "died unmarried"

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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

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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!

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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"

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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: 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.

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_____ Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

Occupation: Soldier

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_____ 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.

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_____ Groome

Father: Edward Groome

Mother: Sarah (Smyth) Groome

Notes: This Groome served in Canada

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