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Gertrude Priscilla Carden

Female 1802 - 1864  (62 years)


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  • Name Gertrude Priscilla Carden  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1802  Lismore, Queen's County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Sep 1864  Highgate, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried 19 Sep 1864  St James, St Pancras, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID P30  Despard Only
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2020 

    Father Caleb Carden,   b. 1738,   d. 1810  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Anne Baillie,   b. Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Despard, Capt,   b. 1800, Donore House, Queen's County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1846, Rathmolyon, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 6 Jun 1826  St Thomas Church, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Frederick Despard,   b. 28 Mar 1827, Queensborough, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1905, Lacca Manor, Queen's Co. (Laois), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     2. George Belford Despard, Rev,   b. Abt 1830, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1903, Gloucestershire, England (probate to Jane Letitia) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)  [natural]
     3. Arthur Vandeleur Despard, Rev,   b. 11 Dec 1861, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1947, Oyama, British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     4. Richard Carden Despard,   b. 21 May 1831, Rathmolyon, 5314, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1863, Kensington, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)  [natural]
     5. William Piggott Despard,   b. Abt 1832, Montrath Queens Co, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1906, Picton, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)  [natural]
     6. Elizabeth Mary Despard,   b. Abt 1833, Rathmolyon, Co. Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 April 1910, Clondeglass, Mountrath, Queen's Co. (Laois), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)  [natural]
     7. Mary Louisa Pim,   b. 14 Jan 1868, Queens, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1943, Mountmellick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     8. Gertrude Priscilla Despard,   b. Abt 1837, Rathmolyon, Co. Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1911, Abbeyleix, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)  [natural]
     9. Maximilian Carden Despard,   b. 1839, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Apr 1890, Merchant Marine, At Sea, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     10. Fitzherbert Ruxton Despard,   b. 2 Jan 1841,   d. 16 Mar 1895, Beira, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2020 
    Family ID F196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Gertrude Priscilla Carden was born in 1801 or 1802, the daughter of Captain Caleb Carden of Lismore. She married George Despard of Donore House, Captain in the 53rd Shropshire Light Infantry and later Resident Magistrate of Rathmolyon, County Meath. She died in London in 1864. (Note that three generations of George Despards of Donore married successively three Gertrude Cardens of Lismore. Not an error.)

      Dodge, Richard Despard. "The Despard Family." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of America, Vol. 2. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, January 1896.
      Burke's Peerage: F, #363012

  • Sources 
    1. [S1202875436] Dublin, Ireland, Probate Record and Marriage License Index, 1270-1858, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1204225817] London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number: DL/T/063/021.

    3. [S1202926478] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    4. [S1202922209] Web: Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).