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Thomas French

Death Date : 9 May 1919

Ellen Donovan

Death Date : 21 Nov 1935


 

Ballyroe
Leap
Cork
Ireland

 

Thomas French was a son of James French

 Thomas French's first marriage to Catherine Forbes 

Catherine Forbes was a daughter of Thomas Forbes

Thomas French (23) and Catherine Forbes (22) married in the Parish Church of England in Drimoleague on 9 February 1869.  The witnesses were Thomas Forbes and James French.


 

Children born on dates on Civil Birth Register:

Eliza Jane, 5 Mar 1870

Anna Maria French, 15 Oct 1871

Samuel French, 22 Oct 1873

Catherine French, 4 Mar 1875

Ellen French, 3 Feb 1877

Eliza French, 3 Mar 1878

Margaret French, 17 Jan 1881


Death:
Catherine French died at Ballyroe on 10 October 1881.  From her death record she was married, aged 34 years, a farmer's wife. Cause of death was heart disease.
 

 Thomas French's second marriage to Ellen Donovan 

Ellen Donovan was a daughter of John Donovan and Ellen Sullivan.

Thomas French, widower, of Ballyroe and Ellen Donovan of Cullane married on 6 February 1883 in Kilmacabea Catholic Church.  The witnesses were John Donovan and John Cahalane.


 

Children born on dates on Civil Birth Register:

Julia Anne French, 14 Nov 1883

Ellen French, 11 Sep 1885

Mary French, 26 Apr 1887

James French, 22 Mar 1888

Margaret French, 2 Jan 1892.  Margaret died 31 May 1906

Thomas French, 22 May 1894

 

Census 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Knockskagh/Ballyroe/1157313/

Census 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Knockakagh/Ballyroe/443319/


Deaths:
Thomas French died on 9 May 1919 at Ballyroe.  From his death record he was married, aged 74 years, a farmer.  Present at his death and the Informant of it to the Civil Registrar was Thomas French, his son of Ballyroe.
Ellen French died at Bawnlahan on 21 November 1935.  From her death record she was a widow, aged 80 years, a farmer's widow.  Present at her death and the Informant to the Civil Registrar was T. French, her son of Bawnlahan.
Ellen French is buried in Kilmacabea graveyard as recorded here on Cork Graveyards Database hosted by Skibbereen Heritage Centre.
See link here on Historicgraves.

 

Headstone in Kilmacabea graveyard

 
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