T/Const Patrick Furey

The name is spelt a number of days in the records - Furey, Fuery and Fury

1884 Feb 6 Born Loughrea, Galway

 

1901 census at The Hill, Loughrea, Galway

 

1902 Jun 5 He enlists Connaught Rangers Militia. A tinsmith born Loughrea, Galway. Father is William, mother Mary, sister Maggie, brother Martin

 

1913 Jan 15. Marriage to Hannah Tyrell. Ancestry trees indicate one child, Mary Ellen, born 1913/1914, which I cannot get in GRO, But was presumably why he remarried so quickly. She was certainly a real person, and married in Glasgow in 29 Jul 1932 aged 18 with marriage cert showing Patrick as father and Helen Colbourn as mother. This indicates that she was probably born between Jul 1913 and Jul 1914

Enlisted in R Irish Fusiliers. After his marriage in 1913 as he is not a soldier on that cert.

1914 Aug 22 Landed in France indicating a pre-war regular. Served with 1st bat.

 

1915 Jan 25 His wife Hannah died. Post Partum is depression following childbirth

 

1915 married a second time in Ballinasloe

 

1920 Dec 10. Joined with RIC no 82954 & ADRIC no 314. ex-Soldier

1921 Jan 6. Posted to F Coy

 

1963 Died Huddersfield. An Ancestry tree, that carries photos of the family has this, and it ties with GRO

 

Drivers and Vets