Robert Corry a gardener at Avonmore

Robert Corry                                   married                                                (Sarah) Elizabeth Wright
born circa 1880                              26.04.1907                                           born 19.10.1880
Down                                               St Paul’s Parish Church                      Tullyard, Monaghan
died 11.11.1947                             Dublin                                                   died 15.08.1953
Donnybrook                                                                                                  Rathmines

Robert Corry born circa 1880 in County Down son of Robert Corry.  He was a gardener of
Prospect House, Waterford  and married Sarah Elizabeth Wright of 27 Sitric Road at St Paul’s
Parish Church on 26.04.1907.  Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin Wright and Mary Jane
Burke.  He was working as a gardener for James Ellis Goodbody of Thornhill Limerick in 1911
and for Thomas Francis Crozier at Avonmore in 1917 to 1926.  Robert died 11.11.1947 at the
Hospital for Incurables in Donnybrook late of 31 Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue and is buried
at Mount Jerome.  Sarah died 15.08.1953 at 32 Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue, her son George
the informant.  She is buried with her husband.

1           James Richardson Corry born 06.04.1908 at Prospect Lodge, Waterford living with his
             parents in 1911.

2           Eileen Mary Corry  born 31.07.1910 at 53 Sweetman’s Avenue, Blackrock.  Eileen was a
             shop assistant and died unmarried on 8.09.1948 at Dr Steeven’s Hospital, late of
             Mount Pleasant Avenue.

3          George Edward Corry born 30.04.1917 at the Rotunda Hospital, parents resident at
            Avonmore, Stillorgan living at Mount Pleasant Avenue in 1953.
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