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Captain Francis Blake-Forster 1817–1881 (m. 1846)Children
Charles Ffrench Blake-Forster1851–1874
Francis O’Donnellan Blake-Forster1853–1912Rose Emily / Emily Rose Blake-Forster died 1874 within month of brother Charles
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NameRose Blake-ForsterMaiden NameFfrenchGenderFemaleBirth Date1792Birth PlaceAhascragh, County Galway, IrelandDeath Date13 Dec 1857Death PlaceGalway, County Galway, IrelandCemeteryBushypark GraveyardBurial or Cremation PlaceGalway, County Galway, IrelandHas Bio?NMotherMargaret FfrenchChildrenFrancis Blake-ForsterURLhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149178480/rose-blake-forster
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Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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Emily Rose should be included here. One month between the death of Charles and his sister, who was in her 20’s and Charles was only 23
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Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries
| Name | Mary Josephine Blake–Forster |
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| Birth | 1827 Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland |
| Death | 2 Dec 1862 Galway, County Galway, Ireland |
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| ame: | Mary Josephine Blake-Forster |
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| Maiden Name: | Comerford |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birth Date: | 1827 |
| Birth Place: | Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 2 Dec 1862 |
| Death Place: | Galway, County Galway, Ireland |
| Cemetery: | Bushypark Graveyard |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | Galway, County Galway, Ireland |
| Has Bio?: | N |
| Father: | Henry Comerford |
| Spouse: | Francis Blake-Forster |
| Children: | Charles Ffrench Blake-Forster; Francis O’Donnellan Blake-Forster |
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Grok 4.5 AI:
Rose Emily (or Rose Emily / Emily-Rose) Blake-Forster (1854–1874) was the daughter of Mary Josephine Blake-Forster (née Comerford, 1827–1862) and Capt. Francis Blake-Forster, and the sister of Charles ffrench Blake-Forster (c.1851–1874). She is linked to Ballykeale (Ballykeel) House, Co. Clare.
canisgallicus.comMary Josephine was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Henry Comerford, JP, of Ballykeale House (near Kilfenora/Ennistymon, Co. Clare). She married Capt. Francis Blake-Forster (of Forster House/Castle Forster, Galway area) in 1846; the Ballykeale property passed into the Blake-Forster family through this marriage. Their known children were:
- Charles ffrench Blake-Forster (born c.1850/1851 at Forster House, Galway; author of The Irish Chieftains; High Sheriff of Galway Town; died 9 September 1874 of a brain haemorrhage, aged about 23–24; buried at Bushypark Graveyard).
- Francis O’Donnellan Blake-Forster (1853–1912; High Sheriff of Galway 1878; later of Ballykeale House and Castle Forster; married Marcella Johnston/Johnstone in 1879; line continued at Ballykeale).
- Rose Emily Blake-Forster (1854–6 August 1874, aged 19–20; buried at Bushypark Graveyard; unmarried, no descendants). canisgallicus.com
Charles’s death was linked in contemporary accounts partly to the strain of his sister’s illness and death a month earlier. The family retained connections to Ballykeale through Francis O’Donnellan and later generations (including into the 20th century).
canisgallicus.comThere was indeed an Emily in a prior generation of the Blake-Forster family: Emily Blake-Forster (daughter of Robert Blake-Forster of Ashfield and Anne Daly), who married Daniel McNevin/MacNevin. They were associated with Clooneene/Ashfield in the 1830s; their son Thomas McNevin was linked to the Young Ireland movement. This is a generation earlier than Mary Josephine’s children and relates to the Galway (Ashfield) branch rather than the direct Ballykeale/Comerford line.
canisgallicus.comMary Josephine also had a younger sister, Henrietta Emily Comerford (1837–1881), who lived for a time at Forster House. The name “Emily” thus appears in related branches, but the sister of Charles connected to Mary Josephine and Ballykeale is Rose Emily Blake-Forster. Sources sometimes vary slightly on exact birth years for Charles (1850/1851 vs. occasional other figures) and Mary Josephine’s death year (1861/1862), but the relationships and Ballykeale link are consistent across family histories and landed-estate records.
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