Jemima Ross (Draffin) Knox (1894)

Born 2 Jan 1894 in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of David John Knox — married 17 Sep 1919 in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland

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Biography

Jane (Draffin) Knox was born in Ireland.

Jemimia was born in 1894 at Drumgrole in County Monaghan,Ireland.^[1].She was the daughter of James Draffin ,a farmer in Drumgrole Co Monaghan,and Mary Anne (Gray) Draffin .

She was living at Drumgrole in the Censuses of 1901^[2] & 1911.^[3].That is just NNE of Ballybay town. ^[4]

Aged 25 she marriedDavid Knox (35) (born in 1883 in County Monaghan, Ireland; son of Joseph Knox and Margaret Jane (Elliott) Knox) in 1919^[5].They had seven children,including

• James Draffin Knox (1920– ) .
• David Irwin Knox (1922–>1923) .
• Robert Knox (~1925–~1995) .
• George Knox (~1925–~1935) .
• Joseph Knox (~1925–~1925) [uncertain].

Date & place of death unknown.

Research Notes

• ?aka Jane- family sources

also reported as Jemima Ross Draffin on original birth certificate.

Sources

1. ↑ Irish Civil Records:SR District/Reg Area - Castleblayney Birth of JEMIMA DRAFFIN in 1894 Name JEMIMA DRAFFIN Date of Birth 1894 Group Registration ID 8412277 SR District/Reg Area Castleblayney Sex Female Mother's Birth Surname Gray [1]
2. ↑ Census Years 1901 Monaghan Ballybay Rural Drumgrole Residents of a house 8 in Drumgrole Entry No:4. Draffin James 60 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Draffin Mary 43 Female Wife Presbyterian Draffin Sarah 9 Female Daughter Presbyterian Draffin Jemima R 7 Female Daughter Presbyterian [2]
3. ↑ Census Years1911Monaghan Ballybay Rura lDrumgrole Residents of a house. Entry No:4 Draffin James 74 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Draffin Annie 56 Female Wife Presbyterian Draffin Sarah 19 Female Daughter Presbyterian Draffin Jemima 17 Female Daughter Presbyterian [3]
4. ↑ Gary Muffley ,email 2020-05-20
5. ↑ Marriage of DAVID KNOX and JEMIMIA DRAFFIN on 17 September 1919 Party 1 Name DAVID KNOX Party 2 Name JEMIMIA DRAFFIN Date of Event 17 September 1919 Group Registration ID 1839387 SR District/Reg Area Monaghan Image(s) 1 2 [4]

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