Anna Jane Townshend (526)
| Date of Birth: | 19 Mar 1837 |
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| Date of Death: | 14 Dec 1916 |
| Generation: | 7th |
| Residence: | Rynn, Queen's Co & Killiney, Dublin |
| Father: | Richard Townsend [513] |
| Mother: | Trench, Helena |
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| See Also: | Table V ; Scrapbook ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree |
Notes for Anna Jane Townshend.
Married 1858. John Croasdaile JP (1) of Rynn (2), Rossnale, Queen's Co (Offaly), Ireland, second son of Lancelot Croasdaile of Rynn,(3) High Sheriff 1811. See Burke's Landed Gentry 1912 – Croasdaile.
Anna was a very keen birdwatcher and contributed to “The Birds of Ireland” (see pages X, 51 and 101) on sightings of sandmartins and woodlarks, the latter being in 1874 when she was living at Rynn in Queen's County.
The April 1911 Irish Census records Anna, aged 74, living on an income derived from investments in a 6 roomed house in Killiney, Dublin with a female domestic. The census records that she only had two children.
Page 146 of The Calendar of Wills and Administration 1858-1922 in the National Archives of Ireland records that probate of the will of "Anna Jane Croasdaile late of 3 Shanganah Terrace Killiney County Dublin Widow", who died on 14 December 1916, was granted at Dublin on 9 January 1917 to "Edward R Wade BL”. Effects £177 3s 9d. (Edward Wade was the husband of Anna's daughter Helen - see below.)
Of the six children:
Lancelot Croasdaile (4) was born on 9 November 1858 in Rynn and died on 27 June 1928. He married Mary Josephine O'Rourke on 13 December 1887. They had three children:
Rev Fr Lancelot Henry Croasdaile was born in 1888 and died in 1966.
Mary Carmel Croasdaile was born in 1889 and died in 1952.
Honor Croasdaile was born in 1892, married Conrad F Hayward in 1924 and died in 1956.
Richard Croasdaile was born on 23 April 1861 and died in January 1952. He emigrated to Ohio, USA, in about 1890 and married Emma Estelle Hurt in 1897. They had two sons:
Richard Edward Croasdaile was born on 15 March 1898 in Ohio and died on 23 November 1974 in Canton, Ohio. He married Gertrude Krebs in 1932 and had three sons - John Croasdaile (1932-1997), Richard Croasdaile (1934-2001) and David Croasdaile (b. 1936).
Cameron Croasdaile was born 14 Mar 1902 and died in March 1986 in Canton, Ohio. He married Grace Longfellow in 1940 and had a daughter Pamela Croasdaile (b. 1942).
Henry Frederick Croasdaile was born on 23 July 1863 and died on 8 April 1929 in Netley Marsh, Southampton. He married Mary Ellen Lloyd on 10 March 1891 in Liverpool, and was a master mariner with Cunard. They had five children:
Anna Mary Croasdaile was born on 26 April 1893 and died on 14 July 1893.
John Lloyd (Jack) Croasdaile was born on 9 April 1894 and died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29 April 1960. He married first Alexandra Farley in 1928 and second Suzarra Fabricius in 1946 and had a son, John Croasdaile (1938-1940) and two daughters, Joan Croasdaile (1931-1940) & Ina Croasdaile (b. 1948).
Lancelot Croasdaile was born on 29 August 1898 and was killed in action at Poziers, France on 26 March 1918. He was a private soldier.
Violet Croasdaile was born on 2 May 1902 and died on 13 July 1957. She married Arthur F Moss in 1924 in Netley Marsh, Southampton and had a son, John Moss (1926-2005) (5), and two daughters, Maureen Moss (1931-1996) and Avril Moss (b. 1938).
Frederick Croasdaile was born on 7 November 1905 and died in Richmond, Surrey in March 1968. He married Jane Zulott in 1959 and had a son, Lance Croasdaile (b. 1963).
John Ernest Croasdaile "Ernest" was born on 20 September 1867 and died on 10 January 1954. He married Una Mary Fetherstonhaugh, daughter of Lindsey Bucknall Barker of Glenard, Belfast, on 17 July 1907 in Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. They had two sons and a daughter.
John Trench Croasdaile who was born on 14 March 1911 and died in 1989.
Alan Lancelot Croasdaile who was born in 1915.
Helen Una Croasdaile who was born in 1917. She married John C Brass in 1947 and died on 28 May 2015.
Frederick George Croasdaile was born in 1870 and died in 1889.
Helen Croasdaile was born in 1872 and died in 1950 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She married Edward Robert Wade on 3 March 1898. They had two children.
Major Edward Lancelot Wade R.Signals who was born on 8 Jul 1900 and died on 16 March 1971. He married first Mary Robinson in 1928 and they had a son, Edward Wade (b. 1931). He married second Mary Wilson in 1952.
Aideen Wade who was born on 4 June 1902 in Dalkey, Co. Dublin and died on 30 Jul 1990 in Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
(1) John was born in 1830 in Rynn and died there in 1889. He was Captain of The Queen’s County Rifles and was appointed High Sheriff in 1855. U.H. Hussey de Burgh's 'Landowners of Ireland 1878' records - "Croasdaile, Capt. John, JP. (has been High Sheriff), - Rynn, Rosenalis, Queen's Co. Queens 3185 acres £1316." Page 144 of The Calendar of Wills and Administration 1858-1922 in the National Archives of Ireland records that the will of "John Croasdaile late of Rynn Rosenallis in Queen’s County Esquire", who died on 7 October 1889 at the same place, was proved at the Principal registry on 1 November 1889 by "Anna Croasdaile of Rynn Widow the sole Executrix”. Effects £2,0007 9s 2d.
(2) 'The Post Chaise Companion or Traveller's Directory through Ireland 3rd Edition 1804' page 469 records "About half a mile on the R. of Rosenellis is Camira, the seat of Mr Pilkerton, and half a mile from it is Ryn, that of Mr Croasdale."
(3) The entry for Croasdaile in the University of Galway Landed Estates Database records "The Croasdaile family had acquired property in the parish of Kilconickny, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway through the marriage of Thomas Croasdaile and a member of the Waddington family of Cloghstoken/Cloghastookeen in the 17th century. This estate was part of the property of the Miller family of Milford, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo in the 19th century. The Croasdailes also bought land in the barony of Leitrim, county Galway, from the sale of part of the estate of Colonel John Browne of Westport, county Mayo at the end of the 17th century. Thomas Croasdaile of Cloghstoken also bought nearly 2,000 Irish acres in the barony of Tulla, county Clare in 1705 from Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork. He married Mercy Ringrose of Moynoe, Scarriff, county Clare and left a number of daughters as his heiresses."
(4) ‘Slater’s Royal National Directory of Ireland, 1894’ records under the heading ‘County Magistrates Queen’s Co’ - “Croasdaile Captain Launcelot, Rynn, Rosenallis, Portarlington.” A further entry under the heading ‘Maryborough, Queen’s Co. Queen's County Militia. Instructor of Musketry’ - “Capt. L. Croasdaile.”
(5) John Moss's son, Peter K Moss, lives in Chippenham, Wiltshire (2013) and provided all the information about the descendants of John and Anna Croasdaile.