Honora (Desmond) Darcey (1862 - abt. 1930)

Born 1862 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales

Wife of John J Darcey — married 10 Apr 1888 in Church of St. Mary's, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Died about 1930 at about age 68 in Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Honora Desmond, born Pontypool, Wales 1862 ^[1] (mother = Lee)

1871 • Pontypool, Monmouthshire - age 9, with parents Patrick & Ellen Desmond, living with grandparents John & Honora Lee ^[2]

1881 - West Hill Convent of the Sacred Heart, London, - age 19, Queen's scholar, training college ^[3]

1888 - Qtr 2 - Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales - marriage of John Darcey and Ann Desmond ^[4]

1891 • Pontypool, Monmouthshire - John Darcey, 32, iron worker, Honora, 29, teacher, + sons Martin & Thomas ^[5]

1893 - arrival in USA - John, Honora and children Martin, Thomas & Florence ^[6]

1900 • Boston city, Suffolk, Massachusetts - John J Darcey, Honora + 5 children. John and Honora have been married for twelve years. They had six children, five of whom are still living. John is an alien. ^[6]

1910 - Honora is an 'inmate' of the state infirmary^[7] in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. ^[8]

• Her daughter Mary is a boarder in Braintree.^[9] By 1920, she was a nurse.
• Her son Patrick is living at the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in Waltham.^[10]

1930 - died in Massachusetts ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Birth Index "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N8Q-919 : 1 October 2014), Honora Desmond, 1862; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ 1871 Wales Census
3. ↑ 1881 England Census "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Q-B98J : 11 December 2017), Honora Desmond, Wandsworth, London,Surrey, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 13, Piece/Folio 657/41, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,367.
4. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915; Wales; Breconshire; Crickhowell; Vol. 11B; Page 147.
5. ↑ 1891 Wales Census "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4KJV-7PZ : 8 May 2019), Honora Darcey in household of John Darcey, Trevethin, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Monmouthshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9T1-N23 : accessed 5 August 2021), Hanora Darcy in household of John J Darcy, Precinct 1 Boston city Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1197, sheet 7B, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,677.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tewksbury Hospital," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tewksbury_Hospital&oldid=1015117518 (accessed August 5, 2021).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2LQ-3ZR : accessed 5 August 2021), Honora Darcy, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1028, sheet 5B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 606; FHL microfilm 1,374,619.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K9-4JP : accessed 5 August 2021), Mary Darcey in household of David Gunville, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1082, sheet 10A, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 607; FHL microfilm 1,374,620.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2LQ-44R : accessed 5 August 2021), Patrick Darcy, Waltham Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1042, sheet 11B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 606; FHL microfilm 1,374,619.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #189894294 Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts