Patrick O'Reilly Margaret Noonan
Patrick O'Reilly was a son of Thomas O'Reilly and Mary Benson. Thomas was a Groom / Livery guard
Margaret Noonan was a daughter of Thomas Noonan and Elizabeth Browne. Thomas was a carpenter
Patrick O’Reilly, (23), a Clerk, and Margaret Noonan (23) married on 5th June 1892 in St. Michael’s Church, Limerick. The marriage witnesses were William Nunan and Maggie Mahony.
Children born in Limerick:
Joseph Francis O’Reilly was born in Limerick on 15 April 1893 and baptised on 17 April in the Church of St. Michael Parish. At this time the family lived in Henry St., Limerick.. Joe was ADC to General Michael Collins. Joseph died 8 Aug 1943 in Dublin and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery..
Margaret Mary O’Reilly was born on 27 April 1894 and at this time the family lived at 31 Patrick St., Limerick. Margaret married Timothy McCarthy in Dublin on 5 Aug 1920
Death of Patrick O'Reilly: When baby Margaret was just six weeks old, the father, Patrick O’Reilly aged 24, died of “Traumatic Gangrene,” in Barringtons Hospital, Limerick on 7 June 1894.
Thomas Noonan, a widower, 55 years, a carpenter, died at 8 Bedford Row on 27 October 1897. Present at his death and the Informant to the Civil Registrar was Margaret O'Reilly, of 8 Bedford Row, his daughter.
Edward Howard Margaret O'Reilly (formerly Noonan)
Death: 21 April 1941 in Cork Death: 30 August 1932 at Chapel St., Bantry
On 15 January 1898, Margaret O'Reilly, (widow), of Bedford Row and Edward Howard (bachelor) of Lr. Glentworth Street married in the Church of St. Michael, Limerick. Edward was a son of Patrick Howard (decd), a Clerk. Margaret was a daughter of Thomas Nunan, a Carpenter. The marriage witnesses were Barney Howard and Catherine Regan.
Children born in Limerick:
Patrick Gerard Howard, born at 14 Bedford Row on 15 October 1898. On the State Birth Register the farther is recorded as a "Fireman". Thomas died on 6 Jan 1927 in Chapel St., Bantry
Edward Thomas Howard, born at 14 Bedford Row on 15 October 1898. Edward died 11 Jan 1936 in Limerick.
Census 1901:
On that Census night Edward was working as a fireman on a ship laying off Hauley’s Quay, Limerick.
The family were living in Windmill St Limerick according to the 1901 Census.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Limerick/Dock_Limerick_Urban_No__4/Windmill_Street/1502436/
Census 1911:
However, in Census 1911 the family, Edward Howard (Engineer on a steam vessel), Margaret Howard (his wife), and children Patrick Howard, Thomas Howard, Joseph O’Reilly and Margaret O’Reilly were in Chapel Street, Bantry. In this Census report (1911), Joseph O’Reilly is 18 years old, and is recorded as working as a Wool Weaver.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Bantry_Urban/Chapel_Street/374950/
Note: Col. Joe O'Reilly was ADC to General Michael Collins
