Robert
Erskine
(Erskine)
Childers
Born in Mayfair, London, England
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Alden (Osgood) Childers
— married
5 Jan 1904 in Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Father of
Erskine Hamilton Childers and Robert Alden Childers
Died
at age 52
in Beggars Bush, Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 22 May 2017
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Biography
Erskine Childers was born in City of Westminster, Middlesex, England.
Erskine Childers has Irish ancestors.
Erskine Childers is Notable.
- Robert Erskine Childers was a writer and a political activist.
- Robert was married in 1904 to Mary Ellen, aka Molly, Osgood, daughter of Hamilton Osgood of Boston, USA. [1]
- Son Erskine Hamilton Childers, born in 1905, was the President of Ireland. (1973-1974)
- Erskine Childers, Conor O Brien and Sir Thomas Myles, in their respective yachts, the Asgard, the Kelpie and the Chotah, participated in the 1914 gun-running for the Irish Volunteers.
- Robert inherited Glendalough House
- Robert was executed for his actions supporting the republican cause during the Irish Civil War. Donnybrook death register[2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.glasnevintrust.ie/visit-glasnevin/interactive-map/robert-erskine-childers/
- ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1923/05059/4386446.pdf
- http://www.britannica.com/biography/robert-erskine-childers
- Robert is mentioned in the Find A Grave memorial of his cousin, Robert Childers Barton, Memorial ID: 118140602.
- Wikidata: Item Q1270441, en:Wikipedia
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