Rosetta Scarlett Preston of Belmont Villa, Dundrum
James Preston married 20.04.1871 Theresa Read nee Jackson
born circa 1842 born 13.12.1834
Somerset
died 22.12.1894 died 02.08.1903 (68)
Drogheda at Trelawn, Artane
James Preston son of Ferguson Preston married Theresa Read a widow on 20.04.1871
at Monkstown Parish Church. Witnesses M Preston and M E Hackett. Theresa was the
daughter of John Robert Henry Jackson and Jane Scarlett Jennings. James was a sub
agent of Bank of Ireland and a partner in Preston Brothers & Partners, Drogheda.
Theresa had four children by her marriage to Robert Carew Reade, including a
daughter Augusta who married Arthur Greene. James died on 22 Dec 1894 at
Willington Quay, Drogheda late of Trelawn, Artane. He left £5 in personal estate
and Rosetta was the executor. Theresa died 02.08.1903 at Trelawn, Artane and left
7K in personal estate. Her daughters Rosetta and Augusta were the executors and
the Will was contested in 1908. Her granddaughter Mrs Cairns (daughter of the late
Marion fFrench nee Reade) also submitted a claim.
1 Rosetta Scarlett Preston born 24.02.1875 at Market Square, Maryboro,
Mountmellick, Co Laois. She was living with her widowed mother in 1901 and
by 1906 was living at Belmont Villa in Dundrum. She was the owner occupier
of Weavern Farm, Coleme in Wilteshire by 1929, a small farm on which she kept
cattle as pets but lost the farm through mis-management. She was fined on
many occasions for letting her cattle stray. It was reported that she hadn’t
enough money to feed herself let alone cows, and that the cattle caused
damage to many of the surrounding farms where they had strayed to find
food. She became homeless.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - May 2023
James Preston married 20.04.1871 Theresa Read nee Jackson
born circa 1842 born 13.12.1834
Somerset
died 22.12.1894 died 02.08.1903 (68)
Drogheda at Trelawn, Artane
James Preston son of Ferguson Preston married Theresa Read a widow on 20.04.1871
at Monkstown Parish Church. Witnesses M Preston and M E Hackett. Theresa was the
daughter of John Robert Henry Jackson and Jane Scarlett Jennings. James was a sub
agent of Bank of Ireland and a partner in Preston Brothers & Partners, Drogheda.
Theresa had four children by her marriage to Robert Carew Reade, including a
daughter Augusta who married Arthur Greene. James died on 22 Dec 1894 at
Willington Quay, Drogheda late of Trelawn, Artane. He left £5 in personal estate
and Rosetta was the executor. Theresa died 02.08.1903 at Trelawn, Artane and left
7K in personal estate. Her daughters Rosetta and Augusta were the executors and
the Will was contested in 1908. Her granddaughter Mrs Cairns (daughter of the late
Marion fFrench nee Reade) also submitted a claim.
1 Rosetta Scarlett Preston born 24.02.1875 at Market Square, Maryboro,
Mountmellick, Co Laois. She was living with her widowed mother in 1901 and
by 1906 was living at Belmont Villa in Dundrum. She was the owner occupier
of Weavern Farm, Coleme in Wilteshire by 1929, a small farm on which she kept
cattle as pets but lost the farm through mis-management. She was fined on
many occasions for letting her cattle stray. It was reported that she hadn’t
enough money to feed herself let alone cows, and that the cattle caused
damage to many of the surrounding farms where they had strayed to find
food. She became homeless.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - May 2023