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Cudmore Family Notes for By Noel Murphy.

Rosemary ffolliott’s BDM’s. 1750 – 1820. St Munchin’s CoI. Records. 1764. Mary Cudmore married Corporal Joseph Nicklas of the 56th Regt on the 12/01/1764.

Faulkner’s Dublin Journal. Tuesday 7 May 1765. Married at Limerick, Captain John Cudmore to the widow Campbell.

Limerick Chronicle, Monday 22 July 1771. Died last Friday at Manister, Mr Pat Cudmore.

St. Mary’s Archives. CoI. Edward Cudmore baptised a daughter Catherine at St John’s church on the 09/07/1780. (This is most likely Edward who married Mary Webb). Susanna Cudmore was baptised at St John’s on the 12/08/1781.

Limerick Chronicle, Monday 17 November 1783. Married yesterday, Michael Cudmore to Miss Sexton, daughter of the late Mr Joseph Sexton…..Large Fortune. (Joseph Sexton-Pery).

Freeman’s Journal, Saturday 24 July 1790. Married, John Crips of Cahirnarry to Miss Cudmore, daughter of John Cudmore of Ballycahane. (Familysearch give Elizabeth Helena Cudmore).

Limerick Journal. Thursday 2 June 1791. Died lately in the East Indies, Dr Cudmore formerly of Limerick City.

Freeman’s Journal, Tuesday 14 June 1791. Died in the East Indies, John Cudmore, Captain in the East India Company’s Service, Late of Limerick. (Is this the man who married the widow Campbell in 1765?)

St. Mary’s Archives. CoI. John and Elizabeth Cudmore baptised a son John at St. John’s on the 30/03/1792

Limerick Chronicle, Wednesday 4 September 1793. Advert: - To be let, The Demesne of Ballymartin, Co. Limerick within 7 miles of the City. Proposals to Mr Paul Cudmore at his lodgings in Mary St. Limerick.

Limerick Chronicle, Saturday 12 March 1796. Married last Thursday at church, James Bourchier of Kilcullane, Co. Limerick to Miss Cudmore, daughter of Paul Cudmore of Ballymartin, Co. Limerick.

Faulkner’s Dublin Journal. Tuesday 15 March 1796. Married at Limerick, John Boucher of Kilcolane to Miss Susanna Cudmore of Ballymartin. (Recte James Bouchier).

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Ennis Chronicle. Monday 14 March 1796. Limerick 12th: - Died in the West Indies, Captain Cudmore of the 64th Regiment.

Limerick Chronicle, Wednesday 11 January 1797. Married last Thursday, Richard Smyth, Junior, of Ballylin, Co. Limerick to Miss Cudmore, daughter of John Cudmore of Ballycahane.

The Act of Union.1800 The following Cudmores voted against the Act of Union. Paul Cudmore of Ballymartin Daniel Cudmore of Manister Edward Cudmore of Limerick City. (Most likely the Attorney who married Mary Webb).

St. Munchin’s CoI. Records. Judith Cudmore of St Munchin’s Parish married William Cunningham, a soldier of the 46th Regt. on the 16/02/1802.

Ennis Chronicle. Monday 2 May 1803. Died in Bride St. Dublin, Aged 70, Mrs Jane Cudmore widow of the late Paul Cudmore formerly of Limerick City. (Therefore born circa 1733. Not Paul of Ballymartin).

William Wallace, Architect, of Limerick, married Miss [Elinor] Cudmore daughter of the late Patrick Cudmore of Manister in June 1804. (Elinor died in 1811, their son William Cudmore Wallace died in 1826. Elinor had a brother called Patrick who was named in her Marriage Settlement).

Ennis Chronicle, Monday 16 July 1804. Married on Friday, Richard Grace of Waterford, Merchant, to Miss Cudmore, daughter of Paul Cudmore of Mary St. Limerick. (Married in St. Mary’s Cathedral on the 13th July. (This was Miss Mary Anne Cudmore according to Familysearch).

Limerick General Advertiser, 28/10/1805. Nick Reddan’s Abstracts. Died at his house in Clare St. aged 70, Paul Cudmore late of Ballymartin, Co. Limerick. (B.c. 1735. This is the Paul who married Susanna ApJohn in 1757).

St Munchin’s Burial Records. John Cudmore of the 18th Light Dragoons was buried on the 30/05/1805.

Limerick General Advertiser, Friday 18/04/1806. Married on Tuesday 15th at Croagh Church, Mr. John Geran of , Cabinet-maker To Miss Susanna Cudmore daughter of Edward Cudmore, Attorney.

Ennis Chronicle, Wednesday 11 February 1807. Married on Thursday morning in St. George’s church, Limerick, Paul Cudmore of Killroe, Co Cork, to Miss Carpenter, daughter of the late Alderman Joseph Carpenter of Limerick.

Limerick General Advertiser, Tues 25/08/1807. Died on Thursday 20th at his seat, Ballycahane, near , Co. Limerick, John Cudmore, Esq. 3

Ennis Chronicle. Saturday 23 April 1808. Died last Wednesday in Francis St. Limerick after a lingering illness, Mr Edward Cudmore, Attorney. (Edward married Mary Webb on the 31/08/1779. He was born circa 1761 and married at St. John’s).

Ennis Chronicle. Wednesday 25 September 1811. Died in Clare St., Limerick, Mr. D. Cudmore of Ballymartin, Co. Limerick.

Clare Journal. Monday 23 September 1811. Died on Saturday morning in Clare St. Limerick, Mr Dan Cudmore. (Daniel must have been around 46 years of age. Was he a son of Paul?).

Limerick Evening Post, Wednesday 12 August 1812. Married on Wednesday last at Kilmurry church, Paul Cudmore of Ballyclough to Miss Elizabeth Keating of said place.

Limerick Evening Post, Saturday 30 January 1813. Married on Sunday last, Samuel Furnell of Kilcullane, Co. Limerick to Miss Mary Cudmore, daughter of Michael Cudmore of Ballyclough.

Limerick Evening Post, Thursday 24 July 1817. Died on Monday at Croagh, Mrs Cudmore, widow of the late John Cudmore of Co. Limerick. (Smythfield House is a three storied, five bayed Georgian house built in 1780 and stands four Klms. West of on the N21 close to Croagh. Home of Richard Smith in 1817. John Cudmore was of Ballycahane. See also above under 11/01/1797).

Limerick Chronicle, Saturday 26 July 1817. Died a few days ago at Smythfield in Co. Limerick, Mrs Cudmore, widow of the late John Cudmore of Ballycahane Castle.

Limerick Evening Post. Monday 15 December 1817. Died on Friday night at his lodgings in Catherine St. of a Typhus fever, Michael Cudmore of Ballyclough.

Kilmeedy Church Records. Paul and Mary Cudmore of Drumcolligher baptised a son Richard on the 03/09/1820.

Limerick Chronicle, 04/01/1823. Nick Reddan’s Abstracts. Died on Wednesday last at the house of her son-in-law, Samuel Furnell, Glentworth St., Lucinda, the widow of Michael Cudmore of Ballyclough and daughter of the late Joseph Sexton Pery of Limerick.

The Connaught Journal, Monday 22/11/1824. Died at Ballymartin, Co. Limerick, Mrs Cudmore relict of Paul Cudmore.

St. Mary’s Archives. CoI. Edmond Cudmore of the 74th Regt. married Ellen Dowling at St John’s on the 22/09/1836. Edmond and Ellen Cudmore baptised a son John at Adare on the 20/06/1838.

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The Cork Examiner, 7 April 1847. Died in the Isle of Man, Jane, the only daughter of Daniel Cudmore of Manister and niece to the late Col. Hodder of Hodder’s Field. (Hodder’s field in Co. Cork).

Limerick City/Local Studies/ Obits.

John Cudmore of Ballycahane died on the 20/08/1807 Jane Cudmore nee Russell, of North Strand, wife of Daniel Cudmore died on the 12/10/1833 Daniel Cudmore of Wickham St. died pre 07/02/1844. Jane Cudmore only daughter of Daniel Cudmore of Ballycahane died pre 03/04/1847. Mary Cudmore of Cecil St. widow of Paul Cudmore, aged 84 died pre 17/05/1848. (B.c.1764) St John’s Register has her age as 87 years. Mary Cudmore of Upper Cecil St., widow of Edward Cudmore, Solicitor died on Tuesday --/05/1848, aged 86. (Mary Webb). Mrs Cudmore wife of Paul Cudmore of Ballyclough died pre 06/10/1852. Michael Cudmore of Ballyclough died on the 21/03/1856. Miss Catherine Cudmore of Lower Cecil St aged 84 died on the 13/01/1865 and was buried in the family vault at St. John’s churchyard. St John’s Register has her age as 82 and her address as Shannon St. Paul Cudmore of Ballyclough, near died on the 04/05/1868. Milo Cudmore died at Dublin on the 19/07/1900. Son of the late Patrick Cudmore of Manister Lodge, Co. Limerick. Aged 91.

Irish Genealogist. Patrick Cudmore of Manister was the father of Daniel Cudmore who married Mary Nihill of Barnalicka, Adare, circa the 21/01/1815 and who left for Australia in 1835. Serious Error in this report above. Daniel Cudmore who married Mary Nihill/Nihell was born in 1811 to Patrick Cudmore and his wife Jane Sarah Cashell. Daniel and Mary married early in 1835, very shortly before they departed for Australia with Mary’s parents, Daniel Nihell and Dymphhna Gardiner. Both Patrick Cudmore and his son were said to be from Toryhill which was in the vicinity of Ballycahane, Ballymartin and Manister, all Cudmore holdings.

Freeholders of Limerick 1760 1768 1776. Name Freehold Abode Paul Cudmore Ballymartin Limerick Yes ” Ballymartin Ballycurrane Yes ” Annitt Ballymartin Yes John Cudmore Ballycahane Limerick Yes ” Kildonnell Ballycahane Yes Patrick Cudmore Skehanagh Manisternenagh Yes

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Limerick City/Local Studies/ Trade Directories.

Name Trade Year Address John Cudmore Surgeon 1769 North Strand John Cudmore Solicitor 1769 George’s Quay John Cudmore Woollen Draper 1788 Broad Street James Cudmore Cabinet Maker 1824 Thomondgate Daniel Cudmore Gentry 1824 Upper Glentworth St. P. Cudmore Miller 1838 Ballyclough Mrs Ann Cudmore. Gentry 1846 10 Patrick St.

Freemen of Limerick City. 1740 – 1836.

Daniel Cudmore, Manisternenagh, Co. Limerick 30/01/1792 John Cudmore, late of Ballycahane. 25/06/1792

1829 Freeholders of Limerick. James Cudmore, Cabinet Maker registered his freehold house in Thomondgate which was held from Lord Gort and was valued at 40 shillings, in 1823. Paul Cudmore registered his house and lands in Ballyclogh, valued at £50 in 1812 and again in 1827.

Calendar of Wills and Administrations. 1858 – 1922.

Catherine Cudmore, Spinster. (Aged 84). Died 13/01/1865 Cecil St. Limerick. under £600 Administration to Margaret Guerin, Spinster Of Rathkeale. (A Susan Guerin, alias Cudmore of Rathkeale had her will Probated in 1844. Perhaps she was a sister of Catherine Cudmore and Margaret Guerin was Catherine’s niece).

Paul Cudmore Died 05/05/1868 Of Ballyclough, Limerick under £100 Will proved by Francis McGauran Grosvenor Cottage Whiteshead Grove County Middlesex.

Daniel Cudmore. Post Office Official. Died 16/05/1911 Of Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick £80 Administration to Jeremiah F. O’Hurley, Auctioneer.

Note: - Joseph Sexton Pery ran a successful paper mill at Ballyclough/ Ballyclogh near Annacotty, Co. Limerick. There is another Mill in Annacotty village but the Ballyclogh Mill is further up-stream on the Mulcair River. Michael Cudmore married Lucinda Sexton Pery after the death of her father Joseph. The Cudmore family of Ballyclough obviously inherited the Mills as Paul Cudmore the son of Michael and Lucinda was the owner of the Mills in 1816. He offered the Mills for sale in 1821. The Tithe Applotment Book for 1827 gives Paul Cudmore of Ballyclogh in the Parish of Kilmurry. Griffith’s Valuation of 1852 gives Paul Cudmore leasing 6

32 acres and living in the large house next to the Mills which were now leased to a Cornelius Nash. Ballyclough was leased by Paul from Samuel Dickson. When the Mill was closed down in 1861 a Patrick Cudmore was given as the owner. (i.e. owner means Lease holder. It should also be known that Samuel Dickson was also a lease holder and that all of belonged to the English Crown who leased the lands to the great Lords who leased to smaller lords who leased to big farmers who leased to smaller farmers who leased to their tenants).

Pedigree Sketch. Ballyclough Cudmores. Ballycahane townland and Ballymartin Townland are close to each other.

Edmund Cudmore = Julian Roche. (An Edmund Cudmore of Ballycahane died in 1763). Cahirelly Parish Waterford B.c.1668 B.c.1670 M. 1699 Daniel Cudmore = Ellen Knight Michael ApJohn = Susanna Mead Ballycahane & Saddler, Limerick Ballymartin B.c. 1700 M.c. 1721

Paul Cudmore = Susanna ApJohn Joseph Sexton Pery = Killonchan/ Ballyclough Killonahan & Ballycahane B.c. 1732 B. 25/03/1739 M. 17/02/1757 D. 28/10/1805. D. 1824 at Ballymartin.

Michael Cudmore = Lucinda Sexton Pery Ballymartin then Ballyclough Ballyclough B.c. 1764 B. M. 16/11/1783. Large Fortune. D. 12/12/1817 D. (04/01/1823) at Glentworth St. Limerick.

Samuel Furnell = Mary Cudmore Paul Cudmore = Elizabeth Keating Kilcullane Ballyclough Ballyclough & Glentworth St. A Miller B. B. B. B. M. 24/01/1813 M. 05/08/1812, at Kilmurry D. D. D. 04/05/1868 D. (06/10/1852)

Patrick Cudmore =

Who was the Michael Cudmore of Ballyclough who died 21/03/1856? See Obits above. He was not the Michael who married Lucinda Sexton Pery in 1783. He could be a brother or son of Paul Cudmore of Ballyclough.

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Registry of Deeds Index Project by Nick Reddan.

Memorial 39101 Dated 05/11/1728 This Deed gives Daniel Cudmore of Ballycahane, Gent. (This would have been about the time Daniel married Ellen Knight).

Memorial 108176 Dated 02/12/1751 This Deed gives Daniel Cudmore of Ballycahane and three of his sons. Edmond, John and Paul.

Memorial 147600 Dated 09/08/1763. This Deed gives Paul Cudmore of Ballymartin and his wife Susanna and an infant son called Edward. (Paul and Susanna ApJohn were only married since 1757).

Kings Inn’s Admission Papers. When Daniel Cudmore Wallace, son of William Wallace, Architect, of Limerick was admitted in 1825, his mother’s name was given as Helena Cudmore.

MS. 405975. 29 April 1804. Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Project. Marriage Settlement between William Wallace, Architect, the Groom and Elinor Cudmore, the Bride. Patrick Cudmore, the bride’s brother and James Wallace, Witness.

Ferrar’s Irish Marriages 1771 – 1812. William Wallace, Architect, to Elinor Cudmore, daughter of the late Pat, of Manister, June 1804

Clare Journal, Thursday 14 Feb 1811, Died in Glentworth St. Limerick, Mrs Wallis (sic) wife of Mr William Wallis of Limerick, Architect. (Elinor Cudmore).

Dublin City Directory of 1850 Milo Cudmore was named as a Grocer, Tea Dealer and Coffee Roaster, trading at 31 Upper Sackville St. (Now O’Connell St.). By 1881 he was living at 112 Leinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin, where his youngest son Daniel died on the 11/07/1891. Catholic Cudmores of Limerick City. Thomas Cudmore = Janetta Lee

James Thomas Bt. 02/06/1813 Bt. 12/07/1817. Both baptised in St. Patrick’s church, Clare St.

Thomas Cudmore = Jane Lee. (This is most likely Janetta from last entry above).

William Bt. 22/04/1818 at St Michael’s R.C. church in Denmark St. Limerick.

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Cudmores of Manister/Manisternenagh.

Limerick Chronicle, Monday 22 July 1771. Died last Friday at Manister, Mr Pat Cudmore.

Daniel Cudmore, Manisternenagh, Co. Limerick, admitted a Freeman of Limerick City on the 30/01/1792.

Paul Cudmore = Susanna ApJohn Ballycahane & Ballymartin. B.c. 1732 B.c.1739 M. 17/02/1757 D. 1805 age 70 D. 1824 at Ballymartin In Clare St.

Daniel Cudmore = Jane Furnell Helena = Wm. Wallace Patrick Edward Manisternenagh Caherelly Architect. B.c. 1757 B. 1755 M. 1804 D. 1811 D. 1808

Patrick Cudmore = Jane Sarah Cashell John Michael Daniel Tory Hill and Ballycahane Ballymartin Manister His Seat B. 1775 B. 1779 B. 1778 D. 1822 D. 1807 D. 1815

Daniel Cudmore = Mary Nihill Milo Cudmore = Mrs R. Cudmore Tory Hill Barnalick, Adare To Dublin B. 1811 B.1812 B. 1809 M. 1835 D. 03/11/1891 D. 06/03/1893 D, 19/07/1900 D. 29/03/1905 In Australia in Australia in Dublin Daniel

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The Cudmores of Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick. A Catholic family. There was a Patrick Cudmore who went to America in 1846. He was a writer and has left us some details of his family.

Mr. Cudmore = Miss Travis. (She may have been a Catholic as there was a Catholic Tavis family living in Co Limerick at this time).

William Cudmore =

Thomas Cudmore = Miss Quinlan. (Thomas was a Catholic).

Daniel Cudmore = Catherine Moynihan Patrick Cudmore = James = Moorestown Moorestown B. B. M. James. Michael. Daniel D.c.1840 D. 1835 when Patrick was 4 years old.

Patrick Cudmore = Mary Anne Lynch. Thomas James Daniel Thomas Patrick Michael B. June 1831 B. 1834 U.S.A. in 1846. All 3 to U.S.A. M. in New York D. 1916 D. Nov. 1857. Daniel Cudmore must have been quite young when he died circa 1840.

The Tithe Applotment Book of 1833 shows that the lands of Moorestown were graded in value from 1st to 4th class. 4th class being the worst mountain land. Daniel held 11 acres of class 3 land with 40 acres of mountain. Patrick held 9 acres of class 3 with 40 acres of Mountain. Daniel held 11 acres but this time without the mountain strip and James held 11 acres of class 3 without the mountain strip.

The Catholic Baptism and Marriage Registers for . 1832 – 1856. Patrick Cudmore of Moorestown and wife Margaret O’Donnell had son Michael baptised on the 29/05/1834. One sponsor was a Michael Cudmore. Patrick and Margaret had a daughter named Margaret baptised on the 23/08/1836. Patrick and Margaret of Moorestown had a son James baptized on the 01/01/1839. The sponsors were Thomas Cudmore and Johanna Cudmore. Patrick and Margaret of Moorestown baptized a daughter Honora on the 24/01/1841. The sponsors were James Cudmore and Mary Cudmore.

A Thomas Cudmore was a Sponsor on the 14/04/1835 for a John Casey.

Michael Cudmore and Johanna Conners were married on the 25/01/1835. Michael Cudmore of Moorestown and wife Johanna Conners baptised a son Daniel on the 12/12/1835. Michael and Johanna of Moorestown baptised another son James on the 11.04.1837. Michael Cudmore and Johanna Conners of Moorestown baptized a daughter Catherine on the 23/04/1839. The sponsors were Patrick Fleming and Margaret Cudmore. Michael and Johanna baptized a daughter Mary on the --/03/1842. The sponsors were Daniel Cudmore and Mary Brazil.

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Daniel Cudmore of Kilfinane and Mary Quinlan had an illegitmate son called Daniel baptised on the 22/06/1836.

Daniel Cudmore and Mary Bennett were married on the 01/05/1836. Daniel Cudmore and Mary Bennett of Kilfinane baptised a son Michael on the 23/09/1836. Daniel and Mary of Kilfinane baptised a son Thomas on the 20/09/1838. One of the sponsors was a Mary Cudmore. (This is not Mary Fleming, nee Cudmore). Daniel and Mary baptized a daughter Bridget on the 12/11/1840

N.B. Daniel Cudmore and Mary Bennett married on the 20/02/1849.

Patrick Fleming and his wife Mary Cudmore of Kilfinane baptized a daughter Bridget on the 31/07/1838.

John Cudmore and his wife Johanna Murphy of Moorestown baptized a daughter Mary on the 21/04/1840. The sponsors were Daniel Cudmore and Johanna Conners. John and Johanna of Moorestown baptized a son Daniel on the 12/05/1842. The sponsors were James Cudmore and Johanna Conners.

Daniel Cudmore married Mary Roche on the 27/10/1849. The Catholic church Baptismal Register for Kilfinnane records the baptism of Daniel on the 11/08/1850, Mary on the 11/04/1852, Catherine on the 19/04/1854, John on the 12/07/1856, Margaret on the 10/06/1858 followed by Thomas, son of Daniel Cudmore and Maria Roche on the 23/09/1860 and their son Patrick on the 18/05/1862. A Catherine Cudmore was god-mother to Thomas in 1860 and again in 1867. Daniel and Mary Roche had at least two more children, James, baptised 11/09/1864 and another Thomas, baptised 25/07/1867. The first Thomas must have died before 1867. This Register covers from 1859 to 1880 but no more baptisms occurred for any more Cudmores between 1867 and 1881. Daniel Cudmore was a witness at a wedding on the 14/03/1854.

Andrew Curtin married Bridget Cudmore on the 08/02/1858. A Michael Cudmore was a witness.

Griffith’s Valuation of 1852 records no Cudmores living in Moorestown. There was a Daniel Cudmore living in House 49 in Chapel Lane, Kilfinnane. It was the last house listed in Chapel Lane and the R.C. church was No. 32.

Two Cudmores arrived in Port Phillip (Melbourne, Australia) in 1841. They were probably brothers, they were Thomas, aged 22 and James aged 20. So Thomas was born in 1819 and James was born in 1821. They were both single and from .

1901 and 1911 Data from the Census.

The 1901 Census. House 18 in Kilfinnane Town

John Cudmore 40 Head R.C. Tailor B. in Co. Limerick. (1861) Bridget 36 Wife R.C. House-keeper Kate Regan 12 Niece R.C. Scholar.

2nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. 11

Bridget’s maiden name was Regan and she was Kate’s aunt. Kate is listed in the 1911 Census living with the Fitzgibbon family in Ballyhaugh as Catherine Regan, born in America.

The 1901 Census. House 203 in Kilfinnane Town.

Daniel Cudmore. 48 Head R.C. Sub-Postmaster B. in Co. Limerick. (1853) Ellen 46 Wife R.C. Assistant ” ” James 13 son Scholar Daniel 11 son Hanora 9 dau Ellen 7 dau John 6 son Mary 72 Mother Widow William Meany 84 Father-in-law Widower.

They all lived in a 2nd class house which was also the Post- Office. 6 Rooms and 4 front windows. It would appear that Meany was the wife Ellen’s maiden name.

The 1911 Census. House 15 High Street, Kilfinane.

John Cudmore. 56 Head R.C. Tailor B.in Co. Limerick (1855) Bridget 60 Wife R.C. 19 yrs married. No Kids ” Catherine Kerge 73 Relative Widow (Kerge is an unknown Surname. Could it be a printers error for Regan and were Bridget and Catherine sisters?)

2nd class house. 3 Rooms and 2 front windows.

The 1911 Census. House 66, Main Street, Kilfinane.

James Cudmore 23 Head R.C. Shopkeeper Single. B. in Co. Limerick. Joseph Daniel 21 Bro. R.C. Nil Single. John Thomas 16 Bro. R.C. Scholar Single. Mary 84 G/mother Widow. Hanora 19 Sis. R.C. Scholar Single. Ellen Mary 17 Sis. R.C. P.O. Assistant Single.

Post Office, 2nd class house, 7 rooms, 4 front windows.