Blanche Marjorie (Montgomery) Crommelin (abt. 1875 - 1909)

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas de la Cherois Crommelin JP — married 19 Sep 1900 in Drumbeg, county Down, Ireland

Died 1 Feb 1909 at about age 34 in Castlewellan, county Down, Ireland

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Biography

Blanche was born about 1875, the daughter of Thomas Montgomery and Isabella Walker of Ballydrain, county Down.^[1]

On the 19th September 1900, she married Capt. Nicholas de la Cherois Crommelin, J.P., in the parish church of Drumbeg (Church of Ireland), county Down.^[2]

Blanche Crommelin née Montgomery died suddenly, in Castlewellan, county Down, on the 1st February 1909, aged thirty-four years.^[3]

Research notes

• The estimated year of birth is inferred from the age reported at death.

Sources

1. ↑ William, Timothy aka “Lord Belmont, Newtownards, county Down.” “Ballydrain House,” re: the descendants of Hugh Montgomery of Glenarm, county Antrim. A cautionary note: sources not provided. Online at lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/07/ballydrain-house.html (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2016-03-02).
2. ↑ General Record Office, Ireland. Civil registration of a marriage. Nicholas de la Cherois Crommelin, full age, bachelor; Captain, 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles; resident of Enniskillen; son of Nichoas de la Cherois Crommelin, Esq. Blanche Marjorie Montgomery, full age, spinster, resident of Ballydrain; daughter of Thomas Montgomery, banker. Marriage solemnized in the parish church of Drumbeg, county Down, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland, by banns, by Alexander R. Ryder; witnesses: C. Crosbie Ward[?], E.S. Montgomery, Thomas Montgomery, Andrew C.D. Crommelin. Digital image online at Irish Genealogy, hosted by the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-02-06).
3. ↑ Coleraine Chronicle, 20 February 1909, pg. 1. Death notice: “De la Cherois Crommelin—February 1 (suddenly), Blanche Marjorie, wife of Nicholas De la Cherois Crommelin, Wood Lodge, Castlewellan, Co. Down, and daughter of Thomas Montgomery, Ballydrain, County Antrim, aged 34.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription 2018-02-06, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).