Teresa (Tummon) Spain (1872 - 1946)

Born 18 Oct 1872 in Karachi, Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Spain — married 28 Feb 1892 in St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Marlborough St

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1946 at age 74 in 9 Ninety Eight Street, Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Aliases

• Teresa Spain
• Theresa Spain
• Teresa Timmons
• Teresa Tumon
• Teresa Tomison
• Teresa Tommons

Birth

18 October 1872, Kurrachee, Bombay, India ^[1]

• Name: Theresa Tomison
• Gender: Female
• Christening Date: 26 Oct 1872
• Christening Place: Kurrachee, Bombay, India (now Karachi, Pakistan - "Bombay" referred to the Bombay Presidency)
• Birth Date: 18 Oct 1872
• Father's Name: Michael Tomison
• Mother's Name: Louisa Tomison

Born in Kurrachee and/or India according to 1901 and 1911 censuses.

Marriage

28 February 1892, St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Marlborough St ^{[2] [3]}

Marriage of JOSEPH SPAIN and THERESA TUMMON on 28 February 1892 (civil record)

Marriage of JOSEPH SPAIN of 18 HEARTY PLACE and TERESA TUMONS of 3 LR GLOUCESTER ST (church record)

• Place: St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Marlborough St
• Groom: Joseph Spain, 18 Harty Place, full age, bachelor, bookbinder, 18 Harty Place
• Bride: Teresa Tumons or Tummon, full age, spinster, 5 Lwr Gloucester St
• Groom's parents: Michael Spain (bookmaker) & Mary Barry
• Bride's parents: Michael Tumons or Tummon (no occupation recorded) & Louisa Bevon
• Witnesses: James Lawless & Alice (or Eloie) Tumons

No death recorded for parents but father seems to have died in 1891 and mother before that.

1901 Census

31 March 1901, 184 Armstrong Street, Rathmines, Dublin ^[4]

Residents of a house 184 in Armstrong Street (Rathmines, Dublin)

At mother-in-law's house with husband

• Teresa Spain
• 27
• Female
• Daughter in Law
• Roman Catholic
• India
• Read and write
• Married

1911 Census

2 April 1911, 84 Dorset St, Dublin ^[5]

Residents of a house 84.7 in Dorset Street, Lower (Inn's Quay, Dublin)

• Theresa Spain
• 39
• Female
• Wife
• Roman Catholic
• Karrachee, India
• Read and write
• Married
• 19 years married
• 5 children, 4 alive

Death

17 December 1946, 9 Ninety Eight Street, Cork ^[6]

Death of THERESA SPAIN in 1946

District of Cork 6 in Union of Cork

• Place: 9 Ninety Eight St, Cork
• Name: Theresa Spain
• State: Widow
• Occupation: Housewife
• Cause: Cancer of breast, certified
• Registered by: Mary Spain, present at death, 9 Ninety Eight St, Cork, 20 Dec

98 St Cork around time of her death; no. 9 was on right-hand side of st, halfway down.

Sources

1. ↑ Theresa Tomison, India Births and Baptisms via familysearch.org
2. ↑ Marriage of JOSEPH SPAIN and THERESA TUMMON on 28 February 1892, civil records, irishgenealogy.ie
3. ↑ Marriage of JOSEPH SPAIN of 18 HEARTY PLACE and TERESA TUMONS of 3 LR GLOUCESTER ST on 28 February 1892, church records, irishgenealogy.ie
4. ↑ Residents of a house 184 in Armstrong Street (Rathmines, Dublin), 1901 Census, National Archives
5. ↑ Residents of a house 84.7 in Dorset Street, Lower (Inn's Quay, Dublin), 1911 Census, National Archives
6. ↑ Death of THERESA SPAIN in 1946. civil records, irishgenealogy.ie