John Hurly Blennerhassett
John Hurly Blennerhassett,
born 1 Dec 1812.
He is
listed
at Tralee
in Kerry Evening Post,
19 February 1831.
He is party to
[Deed, June 1834]
with his father.
Listed as of Tralee.
He is party to
[Deed, Aug 1835]
with his father.
He is listed
in Kerry Evening Post, Jan 1842,
on a Grand Jury sworn at Tralee. He is of Tralee.
See
item
in The Liberator,
20 July 1929, p.6.
Listed at Tralee at mar 1844.
He
mar 1844 to
Annabella Yeilding.
He must be John Hurly Blennerhassett,
3 Day Place, Tralee
(beside father's house)
listed in
Slater's Directory 1846.
John dies, 1847:
He died 14 Dec (or Oct) 1847, Tralee.
Page 24 of
[Rowan, 1846]
says died 16 Oct 1847.
Annabella dies, 1849:
Her will dated 23 May 1849. She is described as of Tralee.
She died of cholera, 24 May 1849.
Will proved 13 Aug 1849.
Will burnt in 1922.
But notes survive on p.21
of
[D950/1/9].
John and Annabella had issue:
- Letitia Blennerhassett,
Letitia Melicent Blennerhassett,
born 1847, Co.Kerry.
She was orphaned in 1849.
Her
grandfather was still alive.
She is Letitia Blennerhassett, age 54, unmarried,
who is listed in 1901 census
as a "visitor" at Mount Keeffe,
N of Newmarket, Co.Cork.
This is the seat of the O'Keeffe family.
At this time the home of the widow Wilhelmina O'Keeffe (formerly Wilhelmina Maunsell).
She lived 2 Janeville (or Jane Ville), Tivoli Rd,
Kingstown, Co.Dublin.
She died unmarried, Co.Dublin, 3 Oct 1909.
Will pr 3 Nov 1909.
See Dublin admin.
Executors Henry M. Johnston, MD, and Richard Maunsell.
See London admin.
Sources yet to be consulted
- John Hurly death. "The Cork Examiner", 20 Oct (or Dec) 1847.
- Letitia Blennerhassett death. Irish Times, 16 Oct 1909.
