The Devenish Family
Elizabeth Frances (Devenish) Waller
known as "Fairie"
7 May 1887, in Dangan, Kilmore,
county Roscommon, Ireland
Frances Elizabeth was born on Seventh May 1887 in Dangan, county Roscommon,
the daughter of Robert Devenish, gentleman of Dangan and Catherine Maria
Devenish formerly Russell.
Robert
Devenish
Katherine
Maria
(Russell) Devenish
William
Jocelyn de Warrenne Waller on 12 January 1911, in St Peters, Dublin,
Ireland
William Jocelyn Waller is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of
George Arthur Waller, gentleman. William is a gentleman farmer, resident at
Prior Park, Nenagh. Elizabeth Frances Devenish is recorded as a spinster, of
full age, the daughter of Robert Devenish, gentleman. She is resident at
Molyneux Asylum and 4 Church Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin. The marriage was
witnessed by G. Arthur Waller, Robt Devenish and S. H. Waller.
In her marriage record, Elizabeth is
recorded as resident at "Molyneux Asylum and 4 Church Avenue, Rathmines,
Dublin" Molyneux
Asylum was a home for blind females in Leeson Park, Dublin. It is
unclear in what capacity Elizabeth was a resident there.
7 February 1982
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Headstone of William Jocelyn de Warrenne
Waller and Elizabeth Frances (Devenish) Waller in Cloghprior,
county Tipperary
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in Cloghprior cemetery, county
Tipperary, Ireland
The headstone reads:
In | Memory of
WILLIAM JOCELYN | de WARRENNE WALLER
of Prior Park,
Aug. 25. 1877 - Dec. 19 1967
6th son of | G. A. and S. H. WALLER
and of his wife | ELIZABETH FRANCES (FAIRIE)
May 7. 1887 - Feb 7. 1982
daughter of | ROBERT DEVENISH | of Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
“Abide With Me”
1901:
Mercer's Endowed School, Castleknock, county Dublin
1911: Molyneux Asylum and 4 Church Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin (Ireland
civil records Marriages 1911 Dublin #15)
1911:
Priorpark, Cloghprior, county Tipperary
1927: Prior Park, Cloghprior, county Tipperary (Ireland
civil records Deaths 1927 Jamestown #356)
John Devenish
18 November 1883, at Ardlougher,
Aughrim, county Roscommon, Ireland
John was born on Eighteenth November 1883, in Ardlougher, the son of Robert
Devenish, gentleman farmer of Ardlougher and Catherine Devenish, formerly
Russell. The informant is Elizabeth Frances Devenish of Ardlougher, present
at birth.
Robert Devenish
Katherine
Maria
(Russell) Devenish
Amy Elizabeth Lewis on 5 July 1910,
in St Michael, Boksburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa.
John Devenish is recorded as a bachelor, aged 26, born in Aughrim, co.
Roscommon, Ireland. He is resident at 4 Joubert Street, Boksburg. Amy
Elizabeth Lewis is recorded as a spinster, aged 28, born in King Williams
Town, Cape Colony. She is resident at 4 Joubert Street, Boksburg. The
marriage was witnessed by J. H. ??? and B. L. Keegan.
Amy was born in 1881/2, in King Williams Town, Cape Colony, the daughter of
F. W. Lewis.
Music
known as "Jack"
1917, in Transvaal, South Africa
1910: 4 Joubert Street, Boksburg, Transvaal (St
Michael and All Angels, Boksburg, parish registers Marriages 1910 #3)
1913: La Rochelle, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Parish
registers of Rosettenville St Mary Baptisms 1913 #378)
Kathleen Mabel (Devenish) Moser
9 March 1913
20 April 1913, at St Mary,
Rosettenville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Kathleen Mabel was baptised the daughter of John and Amy Elizabeth Devenish
of La Rochelle. John's occupation is listed as music. The sponsors are
George Henry Lewis and Mabel Lewis.
John Devenish
Amy Elizabeth (Lewis) Devenish
Daniel Hermann Moser on 6 July
1940, in St Augustine, Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Daniel Hermann Moser is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27, born in Southern
Rhodesia. He is a fitter and turner, resident at 608 Castle Mansions, Eloff
St., Johannesburg. Kathleen Mabel Devenish is recorded as a spinster, aged
27, born in Transvaal. She is a clerk, resident at 8th Avenue, Orange Grove,
Johannesburg. The marriage was witnessed by A. J. Lewis and G. ?? Dawson.
Daniel was born in 1912/3, in Southern Rhodesia.
Robert Devenish
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Rush Hill, Aughrim, county Roscommon
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of Rush
Hill, Ardlougher, Aughrim, county Roscommon and Clonteem, on the
Roscommon side of the Shannon, near Drumsna, county Leitrim
8 October 1859, in county Roscommon,
Ireland
John Devenish
Elizabeth Frances (Jones) Devenish
Katherine
Maria
Russell on 9 November 1882, in Alderney, Channel Islands, by special
license. Robert and Katherine eloped.
Clerk of Petty Sessions
(the clerk of petty sessions was a legal advisor to a district magistrate).
In the birth record of his sons John
in 1883 and Robert
in 1885, Robert is described as a gentleman farmer.
29 January 1927, in Drumsna, county
Leitrim, Ireland, aged 67
Robert Devenish died on Twenty-ninth January 1927, at Drumsna. He is
recorded as married, 67 years old and an ex-clerk Petty Sessions. The cause
of death is haemorrhage from stomach and liver, and cardiac failure. The
informant is E. F. Waller of Prior Park Wenagh, daughter of deceased,
present at death.
Old Aughrim cemetery, Aughrim,
county Roscommon, Ireland
1883: Ardlougher, Aughrim, county Roscommon (Ireland
civil records Births 1883 Aughrim #84)
1885: Ardlougher, Aughrim, county Roscommon (Ireland
civil records Births 1885 Aughrim #243)
1887: Dangan, Kilmore, county Roscommon (Ireland
civil records Births 1887 Jamestown #46)
1901:
Cloonteem, Kilmore, county Roscommon
1911:
Drumsna Town, Annaduff, county Leitrim
Robert Devenish
12 September 1885, at Ardlougher,
Aughrim, county Roscommon, Ireland
Robert was born on Twelfth September 1885, in Ardlougher, the son of Robert
Devenish, gentleman farmer of Ardlougher and Catherine Devenish, formerly
Russell. The informant is Elizabeth F. Devenish of Ardlougher, present at
birth.
Robert
Devenish
Katherine
Maria
(Russell) Devenish
Clemence May Jones on 4
August 1913, in St John Baptist, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South
Africa.
Robert Devenish is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a policeman,
resident in Warden, Harrismith district. Clemence May Jones is recorded as a
spinster, of full age, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by
V. F. Hill and Alfred E. Mann.
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Gravestone of Clemence May (Jones)
Devenish in Old Cemetery, Knysna, Cape, South Africa
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Clemence was born in 1866, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the daughter
of William and Alice Jones. The 1891 census lists Clemence's occupation as a
certificated nurse. She died on 3 April 1952, at Hill Street, Knysna, Cape,
South Africa, aged 86. The cause of death is listed as auricular
fibrillation and right sided hemiplegia following apoplexy. Clemence is
buried in the Knysna Old Cemetery.
Census & Addresses:
1871: Liverpool,
Lancashire
1881: St James
Rd, Liverpool, Lancashire
1891: Holles
Street, St Marylebone, London
1952: Hill Street, Knysna, Cape Province (Cape
Province civil deaths 1952 Knysna)
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Gwen Devenish presents the Charlesford Cup
to the winners of the 1978 Cape Polocrosse Championships held at
Charlesford Farm in July 1978.
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Gwendaline Bessie Ryan on 29
November 1952
Gwendaline was born on 22 January1917 in Keiskammahoek, Cape, the daughter
of Hugh Joseph Ryan and Louise Alvilde Thesen. She was educated at Boschetto
Agricultural College in Harrismith. Gwen founded a dairy farm at
Charlesford, on the Phantom Pass near Knysna, and was a keen horsewoman - in
one article she is called the doyenne of Cape polocrosse - and was a well
known horse breeder.
Charlesford Farm
Charlesford
Farm was founded prior to WW2 by Gwen Devenish as a 340ha dairy farm
with Jersey cows and 75ha (22%) arable land. Gwen also bred racehorses
and Derbyshire had gravel quarry rights on Charlesford Farm. She ran a
horse livery yard and riding school from the farm and held regular polo
crosse events at the Old Drift.
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Gravestone of Gwendaline Bessie (Ryan)
Devenish in Knysna Cemetery, Knysna, Cape, South Africa
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Gwendaline died on 8 August 2002, in Knysna, Western Cape, and is buried in
Knysna cemetery.
Addresses:
1976: Charlesford, PO Box 88, Knysna, Cape
Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976 p1037
1 • Gwedaline
Bessie (Charlesford, PO Box 88,
Knysna, Cape, S. Africa), b
22 Jan 1917, educ Boscetto
Agric Coll, m 29 Nov 1952, Col Robert Devenish, Dep Commnr, S African
Police, son of Robert Devenish, of Rush Hill, co Roscommon. He d
8 June 1957.
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Dress uniform of a South African Police
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1922. It is attributed to Lt-Col R.
Devenish, whose name appears on the container at lower right.
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Policeman.
Robert became a deputy commissioner in the South African police, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
8 June 1957
- Ireland
civil records Births 1885 Aughrim #243; Ireland Birth Index
(4Q1885 Carrick on Shannon vol 3 p47)
- Ireland
civil records Births 1885 Aughrim #243
- St
John Baptist, Harrismith, parish registers Marriages 1913 #296;
Clemence birth from England Birth Index (2Q1866 Liverpool vol 8b p208)
with exact place from 1871 census; Clemence parents from 1871 census;
Clemence occupation from 1891 census; Clemence death from Cape
Province civil deaths 1952 Knysna; Clemence burial from headstone
photograph posted at eGGSA
- Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037; Gwendaline birth from Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037 with place from headstone
photograph posted at eGGSA; Gwendaline parents from Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037; Gwendaline education from Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037; Gwendaline death from headstone
photograph posted at eGGSA; Gwendaline burial from headstone
photograph posted at eGGSA
- St
John Baptist, Harrismith, parish registers Marriages 1913 #296; Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037
- Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1976
p1037; National
Archives of South Africa (KAB MOOC 3348/57) Text: DEVENISH,
ROBERT. ESTATE PAPERS.
Thomas Samuel Devenish
4 September 1891, in Clonteem,
Kilmore, county Roscommon, Ireland
Thomas Samuel was born on Fourth September 1891 in Clonteem, County
Roscommon, the son of Robert Devenish, gentleman of Clonteem and Kate Maria
Devenish formerly Russell.
The birth was registered by statutory declaration on 28 January 1892.
Robert
Devenish
Katherine
Maria
(Russell) Devenish
Blanche Isabelle Root on 18
November 1916, in Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, United States
Thomas Samuel Devenish is recorded as single, born in Ireland, the son of
Robert Devenish and Katherine Russell. Blanche Root is recorded as single,
aged 23, born in St Bernard, Ohio, the daughter of Harry E. Root and Ada
Gorman.
Blanche was born on 4 November 1893, in St Bernard, Ohio, the daughter of
Harry E. Root and Ada Gorman. She died on 1 February 1979 in Huntsville,
Alabama, and was buried on 5 February in Oak Hill cemetery, Glendale,
Hamilton county, Ohio.
The
Cincinnati Enquirer 4 February 1979 p20
DEVENISH
Blanche (nee
Root), beloved wife of Thomas S. Devenish, devoted mother of Robert
Devenish, Mrs. Isabelle Gex and Mrs. Kathleen Jepsen, sister of Irvin
Root, also ten grandchildren. Thursday February 1, 1979, at Huntsville,
Alabama. Residence Wyoming, Ohio. Friends may call at the Vorhis Funeral
Home, 310 Dunn Street, Lockland, Sunday 4 to 8 P.M. Services Monday,
February 5 at 11 A.M.
Census:
1900:
Locust Street, Reading, Hamilton county, Ohio
1910:
244 Sheehan Avenue, Hartwell, Hamilton county, Ohio
1920:
Deems Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond, New York
1925: 68 Reilly Avenue, Wyoming, Ohio (manifest
of the Adriatic
7 September 1925)
1930:
68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio
1935: 68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio (1940
census)
1940:
68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio
Merchant, in Ireland; Labourer
and Factory foreman for Proctor & Gamble. The 1920 census lists Thomas
as a Foreman in Soap Works, and the 1940 census has Thomas as a supervisor
in a soap factory.
In 1912, a P&G employee who returned to Ireland persuaded Mr.
Devenish to come to the United States and gave him a letter of introduction
to James Gamble. In 1916, he helped start a P&G plant in Canada and came
back to work in Ivorydale in 1922.
Thomas emigrated to the United States
aboard the Mauretania arriving in
New York on 7 June 1912. Thomas is recorded as born in Cloonteem, single,
aged 20, a merchant from Drumsna. His nearest relative is given as his
father, Robert Devenish, of Drumsna, county Leitrim. Thomas's destination is
given as Cincinnati, Ohio, to join his cousin, James Gambler, of Redwood,
Cincinnati. Thomas gives his height as 6 foot 3 inches, with fair
complexion, red hair and grey eyes.
Thomas is recorded entering
the United States, at Port Huron, Michigan on 24 April 1916. He is
noted to be single, aged 24 and he is a factory foreman. His last permanent
residence was in Hamilton, Canada and his final destination is Cincinnati,
Ohio. His nearest relative is his father, Robert, of Drumsna, county
Leitrim, Ireland. Thomas was previously in the United States from 1912 until
1915, in Cincinnati, Ohio, last departing in July 1915. He intends to join
his friend, Blanche Root, at 77 Sheehan, Cincinnati, Ohio. Thomas gives his
height as 6 foot 3¾ inches, with fair complexion, red hair and blue eyes. He
was born in Drumsna, Ireland, and landed in the U.S. on 7 June 1912, aboard
the Mauretania.
Thomas is recorded again entering
the United States, at Buffalo, New York in October 1918. Now he is
noted to be married, aged 27 and he is a foreman. His last permanent
residence was in Hamilton, Canada and his final destination is Port Ivory,
New York . His nearest relative is his father, Robert Devenish, of Drumsna,
county Leitrim, Ireland. Thomas was previously in the United States from
1912 until 1915, in Cincinnati, Ohio, last departing in 1915. His
destination is the Proctor & Gamble Co., Port Ivory, Staten Island, N.Y.
Thomas gives his height as 6 foot 3½ inches, with fair complexion, auburn
hair and blue eyes, and has a deformed middle finger on his left hand. He
was born in Leitrim, Ireland.
Both Thomas and Blanche are on the manifest
of the Adriatic
which sailed from Cobh (Queenstown), Ireland, on 30 August 1925,
arriving in New York on 7 September. Thomas is aged 34, and it is recorded
that he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in the District Court of
Cincinnati, Ohio on 30 March 1925. His home is 68 Reilly Avenue, Wyoming,
Ohio.
3 April 1989, in Huntsville, Alabama,
United States, aged 98
The
Cincinnati Enquirer 6 April 1989 p45
Thomas S.
Devenish
Thomas
S. Devenish, a former Wyoming resident who nearly was involved in the Titanic sinking, died Monday in a
Huntsville, Ala., hospital. He was 98.
Mr. Devenish came to the Cincinnati area in 1912 from County
Roscommon, Ireland, and worked for Proctor & Gamble Co. 46 years. He
rose from laborer to factory managerial positions before retiring in
1957.
In 1912, a P&G employee who returned to Ireland persuaded Mr.
Devenish to come to the United States and gave him a letter of
introduction to James Gamble.
Mr. Devenish booked passage for the maiden voyage of the
ill-fated Titanic, but the huge “unsinkable” ship filled its bookings in
England and did not take on passengers in Ireland. Three weeks after it
struck an iceberg and sank, Mr. Devenish took another ship to the United
States.
In 1916, he helped start a P&G plant in Canada and came back
to work in Ivorydale in 1922. He served on Wyoming City Council in the
early 1940s.
He was a member of the Wyoming Civic Center, an active bowler for
many years and a member of the Church of Ascension & Holy Trinity in
Wyoming.
“He loved to fish. He bought a trailer and would spend his
winters in Big Pine Key, Fla.,” said a daughter, Isabelle Gex of
Wyoming. “He was a very outgoing
Irishman and people remember him for being such a good sport and very
upbeat.”
He also is survived by another daughter, Kathleen Jepsen of Port
Townsend, Wash.; a son, Robert Devenish of Huntsville; nine
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today at Vorhis Funeral
Home, 11365 Springfield Pike, Springdale. Burial will be at Oak Hill
Cemetery north of Glendale. Memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association.
DEVENISH
Thomas S., age 98, longtime employee of Proctor & Gamble, April 3,
1989 in Huntsville, AL., survived by Robert Devenish of Huntsville, Al,
Isabelle Dex of Wyoming, OH, Kathleen Jepsen of Port Townsend, WA, nine
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.Visitation 7:30-0 P.M.
Thursday, Vorhis Funeral Home, Springdale. Services 2 P.M. Friday at the
funeral home.
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Gravestone of Thomas Samuel Devenish. his
wife Blanche Isabelle (Root) Devenish and his other Katherine
Maria (Russell) Devenish, in Oak Hill cemetery, Glendale, Hamilton
county, Ohio, United States
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7 April 1989 in Oak Hill cemetery,
Glendale, Hamilton county, Ohio, United States
1901:
Cloonteem, Kilmore, county Roscommon
1911:
Drumsna Town, Annaduff, county Leitrim
1920:
Deems Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond, New York
1925: 68 Reilly Avenue, Wyoming, Ohio (manifest
of the Adriatic
7 September 1925)
1930:
68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio
1935: 68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio (1940
census)
1940:
68 Reily Road, Wyoming, Hamilton county, Ohio
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