Travers Family of Janeville, Stillorgan
Robert Travers married 03.10.1877 Jenny Susan Millett
born circa 1856 Monkstown Parish Church born circa 1854
died 02.04.1935 (80) died 19.05.1890 (36)
West View Glendore at 14 Rostrevor Terrace
Skibbereen Rathgar
Robert Travers a Barrister eldest son of Robert Augustus Travers JP of Timoleague, Cork married
Jenny Susan Millett eldest daughter of Damer Hunt Millett of Carrogowan, Mayo in 1877.
1 Robert David Travers born 04.07.1878 at 13 Eglinton Park, Dublin. Robert is recorded on
the 1901 Census in Manitoba, Canada.
Jenny died of Pneumonia on 19 May 1890 aged 36 years and was buried at Deansgrange. Robert
secondly married Laura Isabel Brown on 05.04.1893 at St Ann’s Church, Dublin. Laura Isabel Brown
was the daughter of Major John Brown of the 17th Lancers. Robert and Laura and their family lived
at Janeville from 1900 until 1904 when Robert retired as Judges' Registrar.
2 Lieutenant Spencer Robert Valentine Travers born 14.02.1894 at 14 Leeson Street, Dublin.
Spencer attended Bromsgrove Grammar School and enlisted with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
He died on 09.08.1915 aged 21 years in Turkey and is remembered on the Helles Memorial at
Gallipoli.
3 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Stewart Travers born 21.10.1895 at 19 Leeson Park, Dublin. In 1911 was
attending Bromsgrove Grammar School. Arthur also enlisted with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Reports say that Arthur saw his brother Spenser killed and while he survived the war he never
recovered fully. Arthur married Mary Sullivan in 1935 in Bath and died on 16.03.1951 at
Winchester Hospital.
4 Alice Hope Travers born 03.05.1898 at 19 Leeson Park, Dublin. Alice was a boarder at
Southlands School in Harrow in 1911 and married James Alymer Beamish MD of Concamore,
Clonakilty son of Rev George Beamish on 01.01.1920 at the Parish Church, Timoleague. James
died on 06.09.1925 at Accra, British West Africa. Alice then married Lieutenant Commander John
Rodolf Perronet Thompson RN son of Major General Charles William Thompson of Trent
Meadows, Puddlestown, Dorset on 04.02.1932 at St Paul’s Church, Bath.
Laura died on 25.06.1906 aged 36 years at Lee, Kent and is buried at Timoleague.
Robert married thirdly Edith Morris Preston on 27.11.1909 and were living at Timoleague, Co Cork in
1911. Robert died 02.04.1935 and was buried at Timoleague. Edith died 18.12.1954 and was buried
at Castlehaven.
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Robert Travers married 03.10.1877 Jenny Susan Millett
born circa 1856 Monkstown Parish Church born circa 1854
died 02.04.1935 (80) died 19.05.1890 (36)
West View Glendore at 14 Rostrevor Terrace
Skibbereen Rathgar
Robert Travers a Barrister eldest son of Robert Augustus Travers JP of Timoleague, Cork married
Jenny Susan Millett eldest daughter of Damer Hunt Millett of Carrogowan, Mayo in 1877.
1 Robert David Travers born 04.07.1878 at 13 Eglinton Park, Dublin. Robert is recorded on
the 1901 Census in Manitoba, Canada.
Jenny died of Pneumonia on 19 May 1890 aged 36 years and was buried at Deansgrange. Robert
secondly married Laura Isabel Brown on 05.04.1893 at St Ann’s Church, Dublin. Laura Isabel Brown
was the daughter of Major John Brown of the 17th Lancers. Robert and Laura and their family lived
at Janeville from 1900 until 1904 when Robert retired as Judges' Registrar.
2 Lieutenant Spencer Robert Valentine Travers born 14.02.1894 at 14 Leeson Street, Dublin.
Spencer attended Bromsgrove Grammar School and enlisted with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
He died on 09.08.1915 aged 21 years in Turkey and is remembered on the Helles Memorial at
Gallipoli.
3 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Stewart Travers born 21.10.1895 at 19 Leeson Park, Dublin. In 1911 was
attending Bromsgrove Grammar School. Arthur also enlisted with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Reports say that Arthur saw his brother Spenser killed and while he survived the war he never
recovered fully. Arthur married Mary Sullivan in 1935 in Bath and died on 16.03.1951 at
Winchester Hospital.
4 Alice Hope Travers born 03.05.1898 at 19 Leeson Park, Dublin. Alice was a boarder at
Southlands School in Harrow in 1911 and married James Alymer Beamish MD of Concamore,
Clonakilty son of Rev George Beamish on 01.01.1920 at the Parish Church, Timoleague. James
died on 06.09.1925 at Accra, British West Africa. Alice then married Lieutenant Commander John
Rodolf Perronet Thompson RN son of Major General Charles William Thompson of Trent
Meadows, Puddlestown, Dorset on 04.02.1932 at St Paul’s Church, Bath.
Laura died on 25.06.1906 aged 36 years at Lee, Kent and is buried at Timoleague.
Robert married thirdly Edith Morris Preston on 27.11.1909 and were living at Timoleague, Co Cork in
1911. Robert died 02.04.1935 and was buried at Timoleague. Edith died 18.12.1954 and was buried
at Castlehaven.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – February 2021