Gertrude (Galwey) Blackney (1752)

Born 15 May 1752 in Lota, Co Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of James Blackney — married Oct 1775 in Danville, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

Gertrude was born in 1752. She is the daughter of John Galwey and Jane O'Bryen.

1. ‘Married at Danville, the seat of Richd Galwey esq, James Blackney of Ballycormack esq to the truly amiable and accomplished Miss Gertrude Galwey, dau of John Galwey of Westcourt esq’ (Ref 2).

2. She had, in addition to the above three issue (Walter, Jane, John and James), the following three for whom adequate details are not available:

Margaret, m. Michael Sweetman of Longtown, Co Kildare.

Catherine, d. 1816 aet 32, bur at Dunleckney.

Mary, m. Richard Kellett, Barrister-at-law, eld son of Sir Richard Kellett [Kellett-773], 1st Bart, by Jane, his wife [Galwey-57], dau of John Galwey of Lota and Westcourt [Galwey-12] but was dsp.

Sources

• 1. Blackall, H., Galweys of Munster, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. LXXII No. 215 (Jan-Jun 1967) p. 31.

2. Finn’s Leinster Journal 25-28 Oct 1775

3. Hogan, State of Ireland in 1598 pp. 38, 263

4. Blackall, ‘The Blackneys of Ballyellen’, in Irish Genealogy vol 3 no 2, 1957, pp. 44 & 45, and Errata and Addenda in vol 3, no. 3, 1958, p. 116.