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Margaret Weldon

Margaret Weldon

Born
1839-05-06 12:00:00
Died
1876-12-27 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Stayed in Ireland

Margaret Weldon was the fifth child born to James Weldon and Catherine Burris in Blanchardstown, County Dublin in 1839. Margaret moved with the family to Newcastle-Lyons (Parish of Saggart) and then, moved to the City Of Dublin for work. At the time of her marriage, she resided at 23 Amiens Street in the Docklands section of the City of Dublin. 

Margaret Weldon (1839-1876) married John Kennedy (1838-1893) in October 1862 in St Laurence O’Toole’s Church, City of Dublin. They had six boys. The boys were baptized at St Mary’s (Pro-Cathedral), City of Dublin. John was a wine porter. Margaret died in December 1876 from inflammation after childbirth. Three of the boys died in infancy. James Kennedy (1865-1888) died from laryngitis and pneumonia. Richard and Thomas Kennedy married and raised families in Dublin. They were parishioners of St Andrews Church, Westland Row, Dublin. John Kennedy remarried in 1878 and lived in North Dublin with his wife and new family.

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1910s

    Easter Rising Compensation Claims

    <p>The Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916 (PLIC) was established in June 1916 to assess claims for damages to buildings and property as a result of the destruction caused by the 1916 Rising. </p>

    1916-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1800s

    Wilson's Dublin Directory

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    1803-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1860s

    'New' Catholic Church Donnybrook

    <p>A new Catholic Church opened in Donnybrook. Co. Dublin, "Church of the Sacred Heart" completed and consecrated in 1866</p> <p>The previous Church had been in Donnybrook village, adjacent to the current Garda Station.</p>

    1866-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Tallaght DUBLIN in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

Margaret Weldon