Born in Kinnitty, Parsonstown, County Offaly, Ireland
Daughter of Robert McComas
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Houston
— married
31 Jul 1916 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Mother of
Eleanor Law (Houston) Nesbitt and Robert Houston
Died
at age 39
in Rathmines, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Created 20 Apr 2014
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Biography
Margaret Olive Marion born 31 Oct 1893 at Castle Bernard Lodge, daughter of Robert, steward, and Annie (Law) McComas. [1]
Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle and hotel in Kinnitty (Cionn Eitigh), County Offaly, Ireland.
Margaret was in a school record 7 Aug 1899, age 6, in Castle Bernard School in Kinnitty. She resided in Offaly (King's), Ireland at the time.[2]
In the 1901 census Margret (age 7), Scholar, was the single daughter of Robert McComas in Pidgeonstown, Kinnetty, King's Co., Ireland.[3]
- Robert McComas 51 born Co Dublin, land steward
- Annie McComas 52 Wife
- Robert L McComas 14 Son
- John S McComas 12 Son
- Walter J McComas 10 Son
- Margret O McComas 7 Daughter
Olive Margaret Marion, spinster, residing Gloster Cottage, Banagher, daughter of Robert McComas, deceased, land agent, married on 31 July 1916 at Fairview Hall, Dublin, to William Henry Houston, bachelor, clerk of works, residing 9 Howth rd, Clontarf, son of Thomas Houston, deceased, carrier. [4]
Olive M M Houston died 15 Mar 1933, married age 39, at 49 Brighton rd, Rathmines.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Parsonstown SRD Kings County https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1893/02282/1856654.pdf
- ↑ "Ireland, National School Registers, 1847-1959". National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Commissioners for National Education Records. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62023 #125834 (accessed 12 November 2021). Name: Margaret Olive McComas; Residence Age: 6; Birth Date: 31 Oct 1893; Admission Date: 7 Aug 1899; Residence Date: 1899; School: Castle Bernard; Parish or Church: Kinnitty; Residence Place: Offaly (King's), Ireland.
- ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/King_s_Co_/Kinnetty/Pidgeonstown/1464489/
- ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1916/09787/5552743.pdf
- ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1933/04866/4315850.pdf
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Categories: Food Poisoning
Olive died on March 15, 1933 at 48 Brighton Road, Dublin, at the age of 39, of food poisoning. Under 'Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant', it has "Information received from Dr. J.P. Brennan coroner for Co. Dublin Inquest held 16:3:1933."
Robert died on September 21, 1933 at Cork Street Hospital (that was Cork Street Fever Hospital) of Diptheria, 42 days, certified. Under 'Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant', it has "P. Bracken Present at death Cork Street Hospital". It also has under Robert's name, 'late of 69 Brighton Square'.
Both certificates also have a 'Rank, Profession or Occupation' column. Olive's reads 'Independent Means', and Robert's reads 'Lighthouse Keeper's Child'.
Also, I accidentally found their final resting place by a random search of William Henry Houston in Dublin. The three are together in Mount Jerome Cemetery, a beautiful old cemetery in Dublin. See attached file.
Diptheria was a bacterial infection that all children are inoculated against now, along with measles and whooping cough. 109 children died from diphtheria in Dublin in 1933. Perhaps Robert also had cerebral palsy, which would have decreased his chances of surviving. live died on March 15, 1933 at 48 Brighton Road, Dublin, at the age of 39, of food poisoning. Under 'Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant', it has "Information received from Dr. J.P. Brennan coroner for Co. Dublin Inquest held 16:3:1933."
Robert died on September 21, 1933 at Cork Street Hospital (that was Cork Street Fever Hospital) of Diptheria, 42 days, certified. Under 'Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant', it has "P. Bracken Present at death Cork Street Hospital". It also has under Robert's name, 'late of 69 Brighton Square'.
Both certificates also have a 'Rank, Profession or Occupation' column. Olive's reads 'Independent Means', and Robert's reads 'Lighthouse Keeper's Child'.
Also, I accidentally found their final resting place by a random search of William Henry Houston in Dublin. The three are together in Mount Jerome Cemetery, a beautiful old cemetery in Dublin. See attached file.
Diptheria was a bacterial infection that all children are inoculated against now, along with measles and whooping cough. 109 children died from diphtheria in Dublin in 1933. Perhaps Robert also had cerebral palsy, which would have decreased his chances of surviving. When Olive and Robert died, William would have been about 53. Perhaps he was no longer a building supervisor but had moved on to another occupation. Dad mentioned (I forgot! I have a copy of Dad's birth certificate somewhere) that he was a designer or architect of lighthouses at one point.