Edward Comerford

Edward Comerford (1837-1874), engineer, Liverpool, and corn broker of Rockferry, Chester. Born in 1837, he died aged 37 in 1874. He married Mary P. Jones (born in 1840, died aged 72), and they had six sons and three daughters:

1. Eugene Comerford (1862-1862), born in January 1862, he died an infant on 29 November 1862.
   
2. James Comerford (1863-1863), born on 21 June 1863, he died an infant on 19 August 1864.
   
3. Edward Comerford (1864-1942). He was born on 25 June 1864, he died on 3 September 1942, aged 78, and is buried in Ennisboyne, Co Wicklow. He was an engineer in the Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, and a shareholder in Rathdrum Mill. He married in 1922 Violet McDermott (1891-1975), daughter of Charles McDermott and Margaret Margaret Elizabeth Ellis, who were married in Saint Mary’s Parish, Maynooth, Co Kildare, on 28 August 1878. Violet (McDermott) Comerford was born on 21 December 1891 and died on 11 November 1975. They had a son:
   
   1. Edward (‘Ted’) Comerford (1924-2003). He was born in 1924, and died in 2003. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare, and Trinity College Dublin, and was a civil engineer. He married Mary Fallon, a teacher. Their son, Alexander John Edward Comerford (born 28 March 1970), is a motorsports photographer.
      
4. Mary (1866-1925), born on 1 January 1866, she died unmarried on 26 March 1925, aged 59.
   
5. James Comerford (1868-1924), born on 9 August 1868, he died unmarried, aged 56, on 11 October 1924.
   
6. Owen Comerford (1869-1945), a shareholder in Rathdrum Mill. He was born on 11 December 1869. He married K... Byrne (who died on 17 October 1932). Their daughter, Norrie (died 1972), married ... Montgomery; they had no children.
   
7. Helen Polding (1870-1913). She was born on 8 June 1870, and died unmarried on 3 September 1913, aged 43. She is buried in the family grave, Ennisboyne, Co Wicklow.
   
8. William Comerford (1872-ca 1925). He was born in 1872, and he died unmarried aged 53.
   
9. Julia (1874-1945). She was born on 27 May 1874, married E... Gargan, and died on 7 April 1945.
   

Chapter 13: Comerford of Ballinakill, Rathdrum and Courtown, Comerford Family History

Wedding registration

Death registration

• 1861 - with brother William in Liverpool boarding with a Harnett family, and it is worth noting that their sister Anne married a William Harnett (son of William)