In the hope that all the experts on this thread are still reading it....can anyone fill in some detail on another family associated with the British presence in Lisbon? Here's what I think I know so far, my big question being linking George Dennis Walsh with Francis Murrogh Walsh, and supplementaries the fate of Francis' six children:
Walsh family of Lisbon
George Dennis Walsh b Canary Islands abt 1783 d Lisbon 1859 m Amelia Sarsfield 1810 in Lisbon. Known issue Amelia Sarsfield Walsh who m John Moore Cole Aiey Capt, RN at St Geo Hannover Square in 1851, no issue.
Francis Murrogh Walsh b Portugal 1813 d Paddington 1900 m Janet Croker (1824-90) at Fedamore Co Limerick 1845. Known issue:
1. Adeline Catherine b Lisbon 1847 m St Geo Hannover Sq 1881, not traced beyond this
2. Francis M L Walsh b Ballynagarde Co Limerick 1848
3. Evelyn Alice Walsh b Dublin 1852 m Herbert Rowland Simons (b 1850) (aka Symons) in Kensington 1881
4. Henryetta S Walsh b London 1854 according to 1861 Census but not showing on b indexes
5. Frederick H Walsh b Paris 1857, found in 1891 and 1901 census
6. Edward Croker Walsh b Ireland 1858 (though I’m not certain about this)
Murrogh Walsh & Co were forwarding agents and bankers in Lisbon.
Two bankruptcy cases: one for Edward Croker Walsh, Haverfordwest 1924 and one for Francis Murrogh Walsh late of No. 11, Gloucester-square, Hyde Park, in the county of Middlesex, and now of the Hotel de Flandre, Spa, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Gentleman in 1871.
Speculation: was Francis Murrogh Walsh a son of George Dennis Walsh?
Yes, indeed, the evidence shows that Francis Murrogh or Morrogh Walsh was the eldest son of George Dennis Walsh, viz.:
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Francis Walsh, Esq., eldest son of George D. Walsh, Esq., of Lisbon and Cintra, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar, Miss Janet Croker, the young and lovely daughter of John Croker, Esq., this county.— Limerick Chronicle. [i.e. reprinted from that newspaper by the Cork Examiner]
24 November 1845, Cork Examiner, p. 3, col. 6
MARRIAGES
On Wednesday morning, by special license [sic], at Fedamore Church, by her uncle, the Rev. Robert Croker, and afterwards by the Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, R. C. Bishop of. Limerick. Francis M. Walsh, eldest son of J. Walsh, Esq., of Lisbon and Cintra, to Janette, daughter of John Croker, Esq , Ballinagarde, D.L.
5 December 1845, Cork Examiner, p. 3, col. 7
[note the discrepancy in the groom's father's name, J. Walsh, with that given in the engagement annoucement first, i.e. George D. Walsh. Burke's Landed Gentry and BLG of Ireland, 1899, sub Croker of Ballynagarde, both give his father's name as George WALSH, of Lisbon. I expect that J. Walsh is either an error, or possibly indicates the first letter of that name in Portuguese, which is spelt Jorge, as in Spanish, but pronounced with a Portuguese 'J', which sounds like a French 'J'.]
MARRIAGES
On the 3d instant, at Fedamore Church, by her uncle, the Rev. Robert Croker, and afterwards by the Right Rev. Doctor Ryan, Catholic Bishop of Limerick, Francis M. Walsh, Esq, eldest son of J. Walsh. Esq, of Lisbon and Cintra, to Jannette, daughter of John Croker, Esq. of Ballinagarde, county Limerick, and niece of Colonel Croker, of the 17th regiment.
5 December 1845 - Freeman's Journal, Dublin, p. 4, col. 6
