He married
Mary Kearney in 1810 in Thurles.
By Doctor Bray, James
Bray of Thurles to Mary Kearney of Thurles, pres. John Bray his father and Mrs
Kearney her mother. [1]
James Bray and his wife Mary Kearney were present at the
marriage of Elizabeth Bray of Fethard to James Lalor of Mount Brilliant,
Kilkenny, in 1812, in Thurles. Elizabeth Bray’s uncle The Reverend Thomas Bray conducted
the ceremony and her sister Margaret was also present. Elizabeth's father James died in 1783. He had
been a doctor in Falmouth.
Her mother was Margaret Fullerton. Her sister Margaret never married and
appears to have become a nun in the Presentation Convent, Cork. Her brother James [R.N.] died in 1813.
Her other brother John Fullerton
was in the East India Service. She and James Lalor had four children. Charles,
Margaret and Joseph all died in infancy. Their surviving daughter Alicia Bray
Lalor married O'Brien Mahony in Clonmel in 1861 and had one daughter Elizabeth
Clara Mary. Elizabeth Lalor appears to have died in 1861.
The question is, why were James Bray and Mary Kearney of
Thurles people of importance at the marriage? How might they have been related
to Elizabeth Bray?
James Bray died in 1825 aged 44. He was buried in Holy Cross
Abbey. There is an inscription on his gravestone:
Here lies the body of
James Bray Esq., of the Town of Thurles
who departed this life on the 1st day of March 1825 aged 44 years. In him the
widow and the orphan lost a constant friend and true piety a perfect model. May
he rest in Peace Amen.
Luke's second daughter Mary, niece of James, is also
commemorated on the gravestone.
Also Mary second
daughter of Luke and Niece of James Bray Esqr who died July 17th
1877 aged 62.[2]
Mary
Kearney outlived James by 24 years. She never remarried and died in Dublin in 1849.
Died, Feb 5, at an
advanced age at Middle Gardiner-street, Mary, relict of the late James Bray of
Thurles, Esq.[3]
She is
buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
[1] Catholic
Church Registers Thurles 02489/05 1810 P. 153. www.nli.ie
[2] www.findagrave.com
[3]
Freeman's Journal, Wed Feb 7, 1849
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