Elizabeth Anne (Beresford) O'Reilly (1804 - 1838)

Born 1804 in Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland

Wife of Myles John O'Reilly — married 16 Jun 1829 in Abbey of Ferragh, Island of Lough Allen

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1838 at about age 34 in Montauban 3e Canton, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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Biography

The following is a preliminary summary about Elizabeth Anne Beresford, born during 1804, at the Glebe of Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland. She was brought up and lived almost constantly there, till the year when her father removed to the living of Ferragh, County Leitrim.

Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of George de la Poer Beresford, and Susan Gorges, and a grand-daughter of Baron Decies, Lord Archbishop of Tuam. Her great grandfather was "the Most Rev. Hon William Beresford", (b 16 April 1743; d 6 Sept 1819). The source documents include much more extensive information into the formidable family lines

At age 25, Elizabeth married Myles John O'Reilly at the little Church of Ferragh on the 16th of February, 1829. After the marriage, they returned to the Heath and continued to reside there constantly till 1837

With husband Myles, Elizabeth had the following family:

• Myles George Born 30th Oct.r 1829
• Susan Rachel Born 20th Dec.r 1830
• George Beresford Born 31st March 1832
• ELIZABETH ELLEN Born 24th May 1835 - refer separate WikiTree profile for Bessie
• Henry Tristram Born 29th Nov.r 1836

The following is an extract from the source records, written by her son

"Although as a girl slight in figure, my mother at the time of her marriage (in her 26th year) had grown into one of the most beautiful women that can be imagined. Majestic in figure and face, perfect in form and possessed of a refined education and cultivated mind, she was well-calculated to command (as she everywhere did) the respect and admiration of the world and the love and esteem of all who knew her. As if from her girlhood she had a presentiment of her early death, her character and disposition were marked by great piety and reserve, no less than by a general seriousness of purpose"

"However, the health of my mother had visibly declined since the birth of her son, George and after the birth of her last child, Henry, the delicacy till then only partial rapidly developed and speedily turned into a rapid consumption. As a last chance, it was resolved to try the south of France and Henry (then an infant) being left in the care of his grandmother, the rest of the family left for Montauban in France where, after a long and fatiguing journey, all arrived on 8th Oct.r, 1837.

This change, however, proved on no avail against the insidious disease which had so completely assailed my dear mother, and though surrounded by all she loved and nursed with the tenderest solicitude by my poor father, she gradually wasted away and died in France on the 27th of March, 1838, at age 34"

Her daughter Bessie, who later married James Deakin, was only 3 years old, when her mother died

NOTE

The above brief biography is a very preliminary summary, pending much more information being obtained

Sources

• Based on "O'Reilly of the Heath House" (family) material held by Trinity College, Dublin - Listing MSS 3391-3412 (which includes many pictures)
• Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Ireland
• The extra-ordinarily detailed and wide-ranging summary research material obtained and/or translated from various church, government, university and other records in Italy, Ireland and the UK - done by Alison Raco (nee Deakin). There are over 100 pages, held in softcopy by some relatives, and the key facts and extracts are still being gradually incorporated into the relevant part of the various Deakin family WikiTree profiles