Nothing
further is known of Eleanor Bray.
North Street, Newry, County Down
North Street, Newry, County Down
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Eleanor Bray [about 1767 - ], Thurles, County Tipperary.
Eleanor
Bray was the daughter of Luke Bray of Galberstown, County Tipperary,
and his wife Mary Phillips.
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Edmond Bray [1761- ]
Edmond Bray
was the third son of Luke Bray of Galberstown, County Tipperary
and his wife Mary Phillips.
Part of the Will of
1777. Will of Thos Max of Killough -made 14 Mar 1777. Codicil.:
…Edm Bray & his
heirs, son of Mrs Mary Bray, to have profits of Carrow subject to £21p.a willed
to Mrs Mary Bray, by my brother James Max.
Edmond’s grandmother was Sarah Max of
Gaile.
He married
Mary Keating in 1781.[1]
Sunday, 13 October 2019
Mary Bray and Biddy Bray [1795 - ], Ellen Bray [1797 - ], John Bray [1800 - ], Thurles, County Tipperary
Mary and
Biddy Bray were born and baptised in
Thurles, County Tipperary in 1795, twin daughters of
Luke Bray and Anstice Cormack. Sponsors at their baptism were Alice Bowe, Thomas Cormac and Biddy Cormac.[1]
Their sister Ellen Bray was born
in 1797. Ellen’s sponsors at her baptism were John Bray and Bridget Gleeson.[2] Their brother John was born in 1800. John’s
sponsors were John and Bridget Cormac.[3]
Their parents died in 1801, Luke Bray in June. Anstice three
months later in September. They are buried at Holy Cross Abbey.
Mary and Biddy would have been only six years old at the
time. Their siblings Ellen and John were
even younger.
What became of them after they were orphaned?
A Mary Bray married John St. John in 1824 in the presence of
John Bray and Mrs Bray. Could this be Mary, one of Luke Bray’s daughters??
An Ellen Bray married John Meghan in 1828. Was this Ellen,
daughter of Luke Bray?
Mary Bray, Thurles, County Tipperary
Mary Bray was
the daughter of John Bray, of Thurles, County Tipperary,
and his wife Mary Fogarty.
She married
Denis O’Brien. They had two sons.
1. John
Bray O’Brien [1805-1839]
John [Luke?], of Denis
O'Brien and Mary Bray, Main Street,
sponsors John Bray, Elizabeth Bray. [1]
John Bray O’Brien died by drowning in 1839.
Tipperary North Riding Summer Assizes 1839. Thurles
1st August: John Bray O'Brien J.P. of Turtulla drowned. With his two brothers
and his cousin german, John Bray Esq., went boating on River Suir, very swollen
after recent heavy rain, on Wednesday 31 July. At bridge of Cabra,
the boat struck a concealed weir and capsized. The other three scrambled ashore
but O'Brien was cast headlong into the water and drowned. He merited high
esteems (sic) and affection. Considerate and indulgent as a landlord: friend
and benefactor to all in neighbourhood: upright and impartial as a magistrate.
2. Francis
Bray O’Brien [1806-1870]
Francis, son of Denis
O'Brien and Mary Bray, sponsors Thomas Lanigan of Castle Fogarty and Margaret
O'Brien wife of Ml. Ryan of Abington.[2]
Francis Bray O’Brien married his first cousin Frances Agnes
Bray, known as Fanny, the daughter of Luke Bray and Ellen Ronan, in Thurles on
the 24th of November 1840. They had six children. Francis died in 1870. Fanny died in 1874.
O'Brien, Jan 12, at
Ardfort House, Thurles, after a long and painful illness, Francis Agnes, relict
of Francis Bray O'Brien, Esq., J.P. [3]
Both are buried in St. Mary's Graveyard, Thurles, along with
other members of the Bray O'Brien family.
Denis O’Brien died on the 26th April 1812.
His widow Mary Bray married again, to John Burke. They had
three children. Mary Helena Burke [1813-1889] also found as Bourke, Emily
Burke, and William Burke.
Mary Bray’s granddaughter Mary Helena Bourke married Charles
Laurence Toole on the 8th of October 1839 in St. Andrew’s Church,
Westland Row, Dublin.
They had nine children. Their fourth son, Edmund Toole, born in 1848, was a
recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1879, in recognition of his services at
Ulundi, Zululand, South Africa.
Monday, 7 October 2019
Edmond Bray, New Road, Thurles, County Tipperary
Edmond Bray
was the son of John Bray [1755-1826] of Thurles, County Tipperary,
and his wife Mary Fogarty [1756-1799].
He married Mary Purcell. They had
one daughter, Mary Bray, born in 1809.
Mary, daughter of
Edmond Bray and Mary Purcel, New Road, sponsors John Dwyer and Anne Fogarty.[1]
Anne Fogarty was probably a cousin of Edmond's. His mother was Mary Fogarty.
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