Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
James Conacher,
He mar 16 July 1914 to Madeline Cashel
["Dot", born 23rd July 1882,
descendant
through Blennerhassett
of Edward III].
They were on honeymoon in Switzerland when
WWI
broke out on 1 Aug 1914.
They fled across Continent
on the last, overcrowded trains before the invasion of France.
In
1915 he was 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.
William got
PhD from University of Montreal.
In 1931 he became Associate Professor of French at Queen's University.
In
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.
He
died morning of Fri 20th June 1958, Ongwanda Sanatorium,
Kingston,
Ontario, age 80 yrs.
Obituary in Kingston Whig Standard, Fri 20th June 1958.
Funeral Mon 23rd June 1958, bur St.Mary's cemetery, Kingston.
Madeline moved to Toronto.
She died think 10th, Sept 1965, Toronto, age 83 yrs.
William
and Madeline
had issue:
(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.
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