Robert Donohue (buried 1903)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Donohue
First name: 
Robert
Other Christian names: 
Jeffry
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
423
Born: 
0/0/1831
Died: 
02/12/1903
Buried: 
04/12/1903
Occupation: 
Division Officer Ireland Regiment
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
9
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
Sacred to the memory of Rober Jeffry Donohue late of Queen's Gate, London SW who died at Worthing December 2nd 1903 aged 79 years.

Life story

Life story

Robert Jeffry Donohue was born in Kingston, Dublin, Ireland in 1824, he was the son of James Donohue, of the Inland Revenue Dept.

In 1859, September quarter, Robert married Ellen Maria Barker, in Islington, she was born in Suffolk, in 1836. They had a daughter, Nora Ellen, in 1869, and Robert's wife died in Ireland, in 1874.

In the 1861 census, Robert listed his occupation as Division Officer Ireland Regiment. In 1871, he was recorded as a member of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland.

In 1885 Robert married Amelia Helbert at St. George's, Hanover Square, in 1901, Amelia was resident in the Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne, with a lady's maid.

Robert died, aged 79yrs, on 2nd December 1903 at Cecil House, Richmond Road, Worthing, probate was granted to William Fry, jnr. and Thomas Henry Robert Craig, solicitors.            Effects £25,993 16s 10d. Value 2024 - £3.9m.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1824
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Ellen Maria
Spouse one last name: 
Barker
Marriage one date: 
00/09/1859
Marriage one address: 
Islington, London, England
Marriage 2
Spouse two first names: 
Amelia Barned
Spouse two last name: 
Helbert
Marriage two date: 
00/00/1885
Marriage two address: 
Hanover Square, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
02/12/1903
Age (at time of death): 
79
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Cecil House, Richmond Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

Irish Independent, Dublin. 5th February 1904.

Mr. Robert Jeffry Donohue, of Cecil House, Richmond Road, Worthing, formerly of 169, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, and of 5, Adelaide Street, Kingstown, Dublin, who died on the 2nd December last, aged 79yrs, left personal estate of the value of £25,993 16s 10d. including £9079 9s 9d. in England. He bequeathed £100 to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie Willson Donohue, and £300 to his nephew, Robert Francis Plowman Donohue.  He left his residuary estate upon trust to pay £300 a year for five years after his death to his daughter, Nora Ellen, should she so long remain unmarried, and £5,000 a year for a further ten years should she still remain a spinster, the surplus income to accumulate, and upon marriage the whole of the income is to be paid to her. He left the ultimate upon trust for her issue, but failing issue, then upon trust for his said nephew, Robert Francis Donohue.

Personal effects
Executors: 
William Fry status: Solicitor: Thomas Henry Robert Craig status: Solicitor
Probate pounds: 
£25,993

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at Friars Street, St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk. Robert J. Donohoe, 30yrs, Division Officer of Ireland Regiment, wife, Ellen M., 24yrs.

Miscellaneous information

Amelia (Helbert) Donohue
Amelia (Helbert) Donohue

Amelia (Helbert) Donohue

  • His second wife, Amelia, appears to have continued living in hotels, and in 1924, she died while a resident at The Imperial Hotel, Bournemouth, aged 77yrs. She left £1.7m. at 2024 values, administration was granted to the public trustee. (Usually indicating there was a will, but no executor with power to obtain a grant of probate).
  •  
  • Robert’s daughter, Nora Ellen, married shortly after his death, but died in 1913, aged 44yrs.