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sorry to kick this off on a sombre note - Times (London) deaths Dec 22nd 1941: ANDERSON Dec 19th 1941, at her residence Grace Dieu Manor, Waterford, SUSAN ALICE, daughter of the late T. W. ANDERSON, DL

All the hallmarks of privilege and wealth and yet a very handsome pair of pairs. Lovely photograph and an excellent composition.

From the NUIG site: "In the 1870s Thomas William Anderson of Grace Dieu Lodge, county Waterford, owned 836 acres in county Cork, 600 acres in county Waterford and 1,704 acres in county Kilkenny." and "This house is labelled on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s as Grace Dieu. In 1848 it was leased by James Anderson from the Carew estate and valued at almost £49. It is still extant and run as a retreat centre by a religious order."

This says that Susan Alice was the only daughter of TW, so who is the other Miss Anderson? A cousin?

In the 1901 census, Susan Anderson was 20, born in Kilkenny, and a scholar. Her father was 48, widowed, and listed his occupation as "Interest of Money". Nice one. By the 1911 census he was a magistrate and had remarried. Ellen Carew from Limerick, was the new Mrs. Anderson. Three years married. Susan Alice was still single.

I love this picture.

The children all look happy. What a great family portrait.

What happy faces!

The only Morrisseys in John's hill in 1911 are in the return of idiots and lunatics in institutions. There's a Thomas Morrissey in Convent Hill - an unemployed tailor aged 22.

derangedlemur I wonder if he might have worked at the Asylum?

Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (1851-1932), the formidable widow of Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Williamson_Averell

Father of W. Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) American Democratic Party politician, businessman, and diplomat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averell_Harriman

pennylrichardsca and artolog: Thanks. We'll add Harriman's full name to the description next time we update.