John Dallas Edge

John Dallas Edge 1842

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Date of Birth 13th Sep 1842

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  • Although his parents were from Wicklow, John was actually born at Crettyard House in Laois, where the family had moved.   John entered the military and appears ro have remained for his life.    He inherited land in Laois when his father died in 1862  but did not return.   His mother and some siblings may have continued to live there for a period, but eventually they seem to have moved to Dublin where John died unmarried in 1894.

    His great uncle, John Edge of Clonbrook House, was very instrumental in arranging and perhaps financing the emigration of Wicklow relatives to Ontario in the 1840s.

     

    Ross Hopkins

    British Columbia. Canada

    August 16, 2023

    mrrosshopkins@hotmail.com

    Wednesday 16th August 2023 03:40PM
  • Does anyone know who the couple in the photo were?   John never married.

    mrrosshopkins@hotmail.com

    Wednesday 16th August 2023 03:44PM
  • The couple in the photograph are John Dallas Edge, my great great grandfather, and his wife Sarah Snell. The John Dallas Edge you refer to was my 2nd cousin 4x removed and was indeed born in Crettyard to John Edge and Sarah Jane Edge, Edge being her maiden name. I have six John Dallas Edge’s in my family tree, Dallas being the maiden name of the grandmother of the JDE you refer to.

    StephenW

    Wednesday 16th August 2023 06:30PM
  • According to 1901 Census John Dallas Edge was 58 or born c1841.

    Is the Sept 13 1842 birth more accurate and if so what is the source?

    I believe that he was born at Knockrath, Co. Wicklow

    mrrosshopkins@hotmail.com

    Tuesday 27th February 2024 07:14PM

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