Conacher

1. William M. Conacher,
   Dr. William Morison Conacher, "Connie",
   born 11th Oct 1877, Ashwell, Hertfordshire,
   educ University of Lausanne, educ University of London,
   emig to Canada 1911,
   1911-3 Master of Moderns at Upper Canada College, prestigious private boys' school, Toronto,
   returned to Europe to marry Madeline, listed as teacher, living Toronto, at mar 1914 [GROI],
   mar 16th July 1914 to Madeline Cashel ["Dot", born 23rd July 1882],
   on honeymoon in Switzerland when WWI broke out 1st Aug 1914, fled across Continent on the last, overcrowded trains before the invasion of France,
   1915 lecturer in French at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he remained for the rest of his career,
   editor of Queen's Quarterly, secretary of "The Saturday Club", one of original members of the Queen's Faculty Players,
   Madeline supposedly taught in Mary MacSwiney's school for girls in Cork, but this would be post-1917, surely they were in Canada,
   William visited his relations in Scotland early spring 1922, leaving Madeline with her sister at Cashel House, Connemara,
   after the twins died at Cashel July 1922, the Conachers had great difficulty getting back across Civil War-torn Ireland, James O'Mara could not hire a car in Dublin to get down to Connemara, so he bought one, on the understanding that if it returned to Dublin safely, he could sell it back [Lavelle, 1961],
   William got PhD University of Montreal,
   1931 Associate Prof. of French at Queen's University, 1936 full professor,
   he retired 1947, though still wrote,
   author of "Arnold Bennett and the French Realists", Queen's Quarterly, vol 56, no 3, autumn 1949,
   died morning of Fri 20th June 1958, Ongwanda Sanatorium, Kingston, Ontario, age 80 yrs,
   obituary in Kingston Whig Standard, Fri 20th June,
   funeral Mon 23rd June, bur St.Mary's cemetery, Kingston,
   Madeline moved to Toronto,
   she died think 10th, Sept 1965, Toronto, age 83 yrs,
   had issue:

   
   

   1. Jim Conacher,
      Dr. James Blennerhassett Conacher, born 31st Oct 1916,
      BA 1937, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
      medal in History, MA 1938, Nuffield fellow,
      historian, Dept. History, University of Toronto, Associate Prof as at 1958,
      author of Party Politics in the Age of Palmerston, 1959,
      author of The Peelites and the Party System, 1846-52, 1972,
      author of The Aberdeen Coalition 1852-55,
      ed. of book of Disraeli's letters,
      author of textbook, The Common Market - Waterloo to the present day,
      mar Muriel Foley [born Newfoundland, Canada, Mar 1919, nurse in WW2],
      they lived Toronto,
      he died temp c.1994, age c.78 yrs,
      Muriel lived Toronto, died June 2005, age 86 yrs,
      had issue:
      1. Madeline Conacher, mar Louis Allen.
      2. Desmond Conacher, mar Kim Chown and had issue:
         1. Adam Conacher, mar Carolyn Ager and had issue:
            1. Benjamin Desmond Conacher.
            2. Madeline Catherine Conacher.
            3. Kate Anna Conacher.
         2. Megan Conacher.

   2. Desmond Conacher, mar Mary Smith and had adopted issue:
      1. Hugh Conacher, partner of Marion DeGraves and had issue:
         1. Genevieve DeGraves.
      2. Susan Conacher.

      
      

   3. Blennerhassett Conacher,
      Blennerhassett Kevin Mary Conacher, Blen,
      twin, born 9.30 am, 21 Feb 1922.

   4. Hugh Conacher,
      Hugh William Mary Conacher,
      twin, born 9.45 am, 21 Feb 1922.

      The twins, born 21 Feb 1922, at Madeline's sister's house, 13 Myrtle Hill Terrace, Lower Rd, Cork [GROI],
      both sickened and died in a few days at Cashel House, July 1922, age 5 months,
      death not found in [GROI] 1922-23,
      bur in the graveyard on Cashel Hill (1 mile up track on hillside behind Cashel church),
      a gravestone did exist in the past but cannot be seen now,
      (todo) see burial records in church.
      Eithne O'Mara thought maybe one died in Cork, other in Cashel.

(Left to Right): Dot, Maureen O'Mara, Desmond, (obscured) Eileen O'Mara, Eithne O'Mara, Connie.
Roundstone, Connemara, 1927.

 

(Left to Right): Jim Conacher, Eithne O'Mara, Desmond Conacher.
Cashel House, 1927. See full size.

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