Roche family of Avonmore, Stillorgan
Thomas Roche of 72 Harcourt Street a Solicitor eldest son of William Roche married Mary Teresa
Meldon daughter of James Dillon Meldon and Bedelia Louisa Ingham of 24 Merrion Square North.
Thomas Knight Roche married 19.02.1876 Mary Theresa Meldon
born 18.12.1842 Roman Catholic Church born 06.07.1851
bpt St Andrews of St Andrew bpt Haddington Road
died 27.06.1897 (53) Westland Row died 15.08.1926 (75)
at Avonmore at St Michael’s, Dalkey
buried Deansgrange buried Deansgrange
1 Maria Bedelia Joseph (Miriam) Roche eldest daughter born 17.02.1877 at Rochelle,
Donnybrook married William Vesey Hague son of late William Hague Architect of 21 Upper
Mount Street on 10.10.1900 at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Donnybrook. They were
living at Morehampton Road in 1901.
2 William Joseph Knight Roche born 06.11.1879 at Newtown, Rathfarnham married Monica
Helen Nooney 3rd daughter of James P Nooney of Merrion, Mayfield Road, Wallasey,
Cheshire in 1920 at Birkenhead. William late of 36 Belgrave Square, Northumberland
Avenue, and Trafalgar Terrace died on 13.12.1938 aged 59 years at 36 Belgrave Square
and is buried at Deansgrange.
3 Elizabeth Mary (Lilian) Roche born 25.09.1881 at 13 Clyde Road married Trevor Rigg a District
Inspector with the RIC younger son of late William T Rigg of Wrotham Hill Park, Sevenoaks,
Kent on 21.08.1906 at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Holyhead.
1 Marjorie Gweneth Rigg born 23.06.1908 in Dublin.
The family were living in Tipperary in 1911.
4 Colonel James Joseph Dillon Roche born 20.07.1883 at 13 Clyde Road. James of Royal Army
Medical Corps married Ellen Imelda.
1 Jean Clare Maria Theresa Roche born 12.07.1926 in Bengal, India.
5 Thomas Albert Joseph Knight Roche born 08.06.1885 at Avonmore died 07.03.1897 aged 11
years at Bath and was buried at Deansgrange.
6 Ellen Mary Helen Roche born 15.04.1887 at Avonmore, Stillorgan died unmarried in London.
7 Josephine Mary Antonia Roche born 17.09.1888 at Avonmore, Foxrock living with her mother
in Ailesbury Road in 1911. Josephine was bridesmaid at the wedding of her brother in 1920.
8 Leo Stanislaus Christopher Roche born 30.11.1890 at Avonmore, died December 1916, aged 28
and was Interred in Belgium. Remembered on his parents headstone at Deansgrange.
9 Gwendoline Martha Anne Knight Roche youngest daughter born 29.07.1892 at Avonmore,
Foxrock living with her mother on Ailesbury Road in 1901. Gwendoline married Lieutenant
John Dewar Lammie youngest son of late John Lammie of Glasgow on 16.02.1918 at St Mary’s,
Cadogan Gardens, London. Gwendoline died on 01.10.1919. John remarried in 1923 to Helene
Almar Dumat.
10 Edmund Joseph Knight Roche born 03.08.1895 at Avonmore, Foxrock. Edmund was a Boarder
in Stonyhurst College until 1916 when he left to join the Army. He was attached to the 7th
Leinster's and then the 2nd Leinster's in France. He was killed in action on 28.09.1918 aged 22
years and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Mary Theresa Knight Roche, a widow married Michael Kealy of Northumberland Road on 12.08.1925
at the Sacred Heart Chapel in Donnybrook. Mary Theresa Kealy died on 15.08.1926 at St Michael’s in
Dalkey.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2020
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Thomas Roche of 72 Harcourt Street a Solicitor eldest son of William Roche married Mary Teresa
Meldon daughter of James Dillon Meldon and Bedelia Louisa Ingham of 24 Merrion Square North.
Thomas Knight Roche married 19.02.1876 Mary Theresa Meldon
born 18.12.1842 Roman Catholic Church born 06.07.1851
bpt St Andrews of St Andrew bpt Haddington Road
died 27.06.1897 (53) Westland Row died 15.08.1926 (75)
at Avonmore at St Michael’s, Dalkey
buried Deansgrange buried Deansgrange
1 Maria Bedelia Joseph (Miriam) Roche eldest daughter born 17.02.1877 at Rochelle,
Donnybrook married William Vesey Hague son of late William Hague Architect of 21 Upper
Mount Street on 10.10.1900 at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Donnybrook. They were
living at Morehampton Road in 1901.
2 William Joseph Knight Roche born 06.11.1879 at Newtown, Rathfarnham married Monica
Helen Nooney 3rd daughter of James P Nooney of Merrion, Mayfield Road, Wallasey,
Cheshire in 1920 at Birkenhead. William late of 36 Belgrave Square, Northumberland
Avenue, and Trafalgar Terrace died on 13.12.1938 aged 59 years at 36 Belgrave Square
and is buried at Deansgrange.
3 Elizabeth Mary (Lilian) Roche born 25.09.1881 at 13 Clyde Road married Trevor Rigg a District
Inspector with the RIC younger son of late William T Rigg of Wrotham Hill Park, Sevenoaks,
Kent on 21.08.1906 at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Holyhead.
1 Marjorie Gweneth Rigg born 23.06.1908 in Dublin.
The family were living in Tipperary in 1911.
4 Colonel James Joseph Dillon Roche born 20.07.1883 at 13 Clyde Road. James of Royal Army
Medical Corps married Ellen Imelda.
1 Jean Clare Maria Theresa Roche born 12.07.1926 in Bengal, India.
5 Thomas Albert Joseph Knight Roche born 08.06.1885 at Avonmore died 07.03.1897 aged 11
years at Bath and was buried at Deansgrange.
6 Ellen Mary Helen Roche born 15.04.1887 at Avonmore, Stillorgan died unmarried in London.
7 Josephine Mary Antonia Roche born 17.09.1888 at Avonmore, Foxrock living with her mother
in Ailesbury Road in 1911. Josephine was bridesmaid at the wedding of her brother in 1920.
8 Leo Stanislaus Christopher Roche born 30.11.1890 at Avonmore, died December 1916, aged 28
and was Interred in Belgium. Remembered on his parents headstone at Deansgrange.
9 Gwendoline Martha Anne Knight Roche youngest daughter born 29.07.1892 at Avonmore,
Foxrock living with her mother on Ailesbury Road in 1901. Gwendoline married Lieutenant
John Dewar Lammie youngest son of late John Lammie of Glasgow on 16.02.1918 at St Mary’s,
Cadogan Gardens, London. Gwendoline died on 01.10.1919. John remarried in 1923 to Helene
Almar Dumat.
10 Edmund Joseph Knight Roche born 03.08.1895 at Avonmore, Foxrock. Edmund was a Boarder
in Stonyhurst College until 1916 when he left to join the Army. He was attached to the 7th
Leinster's and then the 2nd Leinster's in France. He was killed in action on 28.09.1918 aged 22
years and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Mary Theresa Knight Roche, a widow married Michael Kealy of Northumberland Road on 12.08.1925
at the Sacred Heart Chapel in Donnybrook. Mary Theresa Kealy died on 15.08.1926 at St Michael’s in
Dalkey.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2020
Return to Avonmore page