Mary Biddulph was born in 1842, the second daughter of Nicholas Biddulph and his second wife Isabella Digges La Touche, and is likely to have been a twin of her brother James Digges La Touche Biddulph.
In the 1901 Census she is living in Bunrevan with her sister
Annie Biddulph after the death of her brother James. She was 52. Annie was two
years younger. By the 1911 Census she is living in Birr View, Crinkill, alone,
Annie having died in September 1901. It appears that she was leasing from
Patrick Corboy. There was no land involved, only a residence.
Mary Biddulph died in 1st January 1914. She was
72 years old. She, like James, is buried in Congor graveyard at Ardcroney.
In memory of Mary
Biddulph who died 1st January 1914.
She left £4, 671 15s
9d. She had appointed her
brothers Robert and Richard as her executors. In her will she made a bequest of
£100 to the church at Ardcroney.[1]
Her sister Annie is commemorated below a window in this church, but there does
not appear to be any commemoration of Mary. The Ardcroney church is now
situated in Bunratty
Folk Park.
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