Maria Minchin (Luther) Poole (abt. 1820 - 1882)

Born about 1820 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Poole — married 2 Mar 1849 in Scots Church, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland

Died Dec 1882 at about age 62 in Holywood, County Down, Ireland

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Biography

Maria (Luther) Poole was born in Ireland.

Maria was born about 1820. She was the only daughter of Anthony Luther and Catherine Minchin.

Her father died in 1840.

She married widower and Presbyterian Minister John Poole on 2 March 1849^[1]. (His wife Grace had died in December 1847.):

MARRIAGES

March 2, at the Scots Church, Clonmel, the Rev. John Poole, Presbyterian Minister of Lismore, to Maria Minchin, only daughter of Anthony Guy Luther, Esq.^[2]

They had issue:

• Sarah Maria Poole m. Richard Simons Birch

Her husband died in 1861:

DEATHS

On the 14th inst., Holywood, the Rev. John Poole, formerly of Lismore, aged 68 years.^[3]

Maria passed away in December 1882 in Holywood^[4]:

POOLE—At the residence of her son In law, Mr R. S. Birch, Nynee Ville, Holywood, Maria, relict of the late Rev. John Poole, and only daughter of the Anthony Luther, Esq, of Clonmel, County Tipperary. Her remains will be removed for internment in Holywood Burying-ground, on to-morrow (Friday), December 15th, at half nine o’clock a.m. Friends will please accept this intimation.—"Her end was peace."

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 27 October 2020. General Register Office, Southern Ireland. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL34-C6LN
2. ↑ Tipperary Vindicator 07 March 1849, Pg 3, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription)
3. ↑ Newry Telegraph 17 October 1861, Pg 3, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription)
4. ↑ Northern Whig | Thursday 14 December 1882 | page 8, column 7 | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/18821214/164/0008