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John Henry Parnell (abt. 1811 - 1859)

John Henry Parnell
Born about in Avondale Townland, Rathdrum Parish, County Wicklow, Irelandmap
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Husband of — married 31 May 1835 in New York, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 47 in Dublin, Irelandmap
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Preceded by
William Gilbert Kemmis		 High Sheriff of Wicklow
1836		 Succeeded by
Colonel Edward Symes Bayly

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Biography

John Henry Parnell was born in 1811 at Avondale[1], the son of William Parnell-Hayes and Frances Howard.

He was an avid amateur cricket player, introducing the English game to Wicklow county.[2][3]

John served as High Sheriff of Wicklow county, Ireland.[4]

John was given property at Avondale by his father William, since oldest son Henry was in England, and did not want it.[5][6][7]

Marriage

This account comes from The Life and Times of Charles Stewart Parnell by Thomas Sherlock, J. S. Mahoney:

  • John Henry Parnell, when a young man, went about seeing the world with his cousin Lord Powerscourt; and while travelling in America he met, at Washington, the daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart, of the American navy. He made her acquaintance ; they became intimate ; an attachment sprang up between them ; and after a while the aristocratically connected young Irishman took to wife the daughter of the old republican sea-warrior.

The marriage was solemnized in 1834 in New York.[8][9]

Children of John Henry Parnell and Delia Tudor Stewart[10]

  1. William
  2. Delia
  3. Hayes
  4. Emily Letitia Georgina Parnell b. c 1838, d. 18 May 1918
  5. John Howard Parnell b. 1843, d. 3 May 1923
  6. Sophia Parnell
  7. Charles Stewart Parnell b. Jun 1846, d. 6 Oct 1891
  8. Fanny
  9. Henry Tudor Parnell b. Dec 1850, d. 24 Nov 1915
  10. Anna
  11. Theodosia Parnell d. 17 Mar 1920

John Henry Parnell died on August 3rd, 1859, at the age of 47. He left a will with some interesting and very specific directives.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ Avondale House https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Avondale_House&public=1
  2. ↑ Sport, Sectarianism and Society in Ireland 1992 https://books.google.com/books?id=hBUmfaATHBgC&pg=PA49&
  3. ↑ John Henry Parnell, Cricketer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parnell_(cricketer)
  4. ↑ Gentleman's Almanac 1837 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4DU_AQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA241
  5. ↑ Griffiths Valuation http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/z/zoomifyDynamicViewer.php?file=288221&path=./pix/288/&rs=36&showpage=1&mysession=2790458276102&width=&height=
  6. ↑ Valuation field book http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246653_00291.pdf
  7. ↑ "Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831-1856," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVML-BQ7W : 15 March 2018), John Parnell, ; from "Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2014); citing Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland, House Books, various libraries, offices, and a private collection.
  8. ↑ "The life of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1846-1891" by (Richard Barry O'Brien, publ 1898 vol 1 p 20 https://archive.org/stream/lifeofcharlesste12obri#page/n33/mode/1up
  9. ↑ The Life and Times of Charles Stewart Parnell By Thomas Sherlock, J. S. Mahoney. https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=John+Henry+Parnell&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinrei7-pfaAhVK2IMKHWbMAT8Q6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=John%20Henry%20Parnell&f=false
  10. ↑ A Memoir of Charles Stewart Parnell by his brother John Howard Parnell. https://books.google.com/books?id=x4xpAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Charles+Stewart+Parnell+Memoir+John+Howard+Parnell&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8093UlpjaAhXKz4MKHarBAVIQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Stewart%20Parnell%20Memoir%20John%20Howard%20Parnell&f=false
  11. ↑ John Parnell death and will notice https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23971817

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Kirk Hess
Parnell-434 and Parnell-496 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, children. See http://www.thepeerage.com/p825.htm#i8242
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