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Nov 17, 2019 · The Brontës’ paternal grandmother was Alice McClory (some accounts give her name as Ayles McClory or Eleanor McClory) of Ballynaskeagh, County Down, and her son Patrick Brontë remembered her thus in a letter to Elizabeth Gaskell: ‘He [Patrick’s father Hugh] was left an orphan at an early age. It was said that he was of ancient family…
Apr 17, 2018 · Biography. Elinor was born in 1757. Eleanor (Alice) McClory of Ballynaskeagh. [1] Alice McClory’s Cottage (Brontë Road). The cottage was the childhood home of Patrick’s mother, Alice McClory. Alice, a Catholic, and Hugh, a Protestant, used to court secretly and some say they eloped to their wedding in Magherally Church, near Banbridge.
- Female
- Hugh Brunty
Elinor Alice McClory was born in 1757, in Ballynaskeagh, County Down, Ireland as the daughter of Patrick McClory. She married Rev Hugh Brunty about 1776. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1822, at the age of 65.
- Female
- Hugh Brunty
- Ballynaskeagh, County Down, Ireland
John’s sister Nancy McClory married John Kearney in 1843, the first of the several great potato crop failures occurred in 1845, their first child was born in 1846, and sometime after that Nancy’s family arrived in Pittsburgh where John’s family was living. Sometimes the reasons appear less obvious.
May 10, 2016 · Alice McClory’s Cottage One of ten children, Juliet Barker theorizes in her biography The Brontës that his family must have been well-enough off if Patrick hadn’t been required to take on his father’s occupation, instead being allowed to become a teacher at Drumballyroney, where he lived, preached and taught.
Jun 17, 2018 · We have one more memory of Brontë grandfather Hugh, and it comes from his daughter, and Patrick’s sister, Alice. Reminiscing in 1891, at the grand old age of 95, she recalled: ‘My father came originally from Drogheda. He was not very tall but purty stout; he was sandy-haired and my mother fair-haired.
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Sep 14, 2023 · Alice was born June 7, 1930 in Buffalo and was the daughter of Walter and Eloise Sly Rupert. On July 26, 1952 in Franklinville she married Chris E. McClory who predeceased her on August 14, 1988. She then married Paul Stokes on November 14, 2015 in Ellicottville who predeceased her on September 15, 2019. Alice was a 1949 graduate of Bennett ...