Born in Kilshannig, Killiney, County Kerry, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Patrick Ashe
and Mary (Tuohy) Ashe
Sister of
Margaret (Ashe) Goodwin
Wife of
Maurice Browne
— married
27 Feb 1900 in Castlegregory, County Kerry, Ireland
[children unknown]
Died
at age 38
in Kilshannig, County Kerry, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2018
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Biography
Records
Birth of MARY ASHE on 10 July 1881:
- Name MARY ASHE
- Date of Birth 10 July 1881
- Location of Birth Kilshannig, Killiney
- Group Registration ID 8972672
- SR District/Reg Area Dingle
- Sex Female
- Father's Name Patrick Ashe
- Father's Occupation Farmer
- Mother's Name Mary Tuohy
- Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Marriage of MAURICE BROWNE and MARY ASHE on 27 February 1900:
- Party 1 Name MAURICE BROWNE, Farmer of Kilshannig
- Party 2 Name MARY ASHE, of Kilshannig
- Date of Event 27 February 1900
- Location of Event Roman Catholic Chapel of Castlegregory, Registrar's District of Castlegregory, Union of Dingle, County Kerry
- Group Registration ID 2416799
- SR District/Reg Area Dingle
- Groom's Father Patrick Browne, Farmer
- Bride's Father Patrick Ashe, Farmer
- Witness 1 William Doyle
- Witness 2 Mary Ashe
- Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~6.25%
Chesleigh (Goodwin) Meade
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dob: 08 APR 1876 bap: 09 APR 1876, sponsors James Connor & Mary Cournane pob: Kilshannig, Maharees, Kerry, Ireland dom: 27 FEB 1900 pom: Castlegregory dod: 1955 pod: Kilshannig occupation: fisherman spouse: Mary Ashe Death of Maurice Browne: dod: 20 APR 1955 pod: Kilshannig age 79 years occupation: farmer status: widower cause of death: Carcinoma of jaw, 6 weeks, certified. ?? Maurice Browne, son of deceased present at death.
Mary (Ashe) Browne:
dob: 10 Jul 1881 pob: Kilshannig father: Patrick Ashe mother: Mary Touhy
Children of Maurice Browne and Mary Ashe: Patrick Browne; Michael Francis Browne; Maria "Mary" Bridget Browne; Catherine Browne; and Maurice.
Death Record: dod: 20 JUN 1942 pod: Kilshannig age: 61 years occupation: farmer's wife ?? status: married cause of death: Rodent ulcer of both eyes and face. Eighteen years asthenia, certified. Catherine Browne, daughter, present at death. Note: Rodent ulcer is now called nodular basal cell carcinoma. Asthenia refers to physical weakness or a lack of energy. It can affect specific body parts, or it may affect the entire body. Asthenia is not a disease, but it is a common sign of many different acute and chronic medical conditions. It can be a side effect of the 'Celtic Curse' or hemochromatosis which is a genetic disorder that causes the body to retain more iron than it can use. The results of the condition can range from mild to severe with organ failure and death at the extreme end. It is treatable by taking blood at regular intervals to reduce the excess iron and by diet modification, but it is incurable.
Hereditary hemochromatosis is very widespread in Ireland, particularly in the west, where intermarriage was thought to be the cause of the concentration. However, during the Irish Potato Famine or Great Hunger as it was also known, hemochromatosis is thought to have prevented the death of many who would not have survived due to iron deficiency. That is probably a more significant contributing factor than intermarriage in the high incidence of hemochromatosis in Ireland today. To read more about intermarriage and hereditary disease, go to my What's a Cousin page.
If haemochromatosis causes the body to retain too much iron, it seems that eating large amounts of potatoes would worsen the condition since they contain iron in a form that the body can readily assimilate. In addition, potatoes are a good source of vitamin C which helps the body acquire iron. Before the potato famine and up until Mary Browne's time, potatoes were the staple of the Irish diet and were eaten at every meal. The average adult male ate 12 - 15 pounds of spuds every day (verified). That could explain why so many death records report the cause of death in relatively young people as kidney failure, nephritis, liver disease, and weak heart.