Pietro BIANCONI

Family/Spouse: Marie Caterina MAZZA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1846 he bought the estate of Longfield, in the parish of Boherlahan, county of Tipperary. It consisted of about a thousand acres of good land, with a large cheerful house overlooking the river Suir. He went on buying more land, until he became possessor of about eight thousand English acres.

Birth:
Costa Magnaza,Tregolo
The Lombard Highlands of La Brianza about 10 miles from Como

Charles married Elizabeth HAYES on 14 Feb 1827. Elizabeth (daughter of Patrick Philpott HAYES and Henrietta BURTON) was born est 1806; died in 1891 in Longfield; was buried in 1891 in Bianconi Mortuary Chapel, Boherlahan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
DEATH OF CHARLES BIANCONI, ESQ., JUN.
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We deeply regret to announce the death of Charles Bianconi, Esq., jun., only son of Charles Bianconi, Esq., D.L., of Longfield Park, county of Tipperary. This young gentleman, who had been for a very long time suffering from a severe illness, had reached his thirty-fourth year of age, and he was esteemed by those who knew him for his kindness of heart and amiability of disposition. He died on Wednesday morning at Holyhead, on his way to London. His remains will be conveyed for interment to the mortuary church of the family at Boherlahan.—Limerick Reporter.

Charles married Eilie (Eileen) FITZSIMON in 1859. Eilie was born on 25 Jan 1838 in Dublin; died in 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the authoress and compiler of various works, including a life of her father and one of Lt. General Daniel Charles Count O'Connell, her husband's grand uncle, under the title "The Last Colonel of The Irish Brigade"

Mary married Morgan John O'CONNELL on 21 Feb 1865 in Dublin South. Morgan was born on 27 Aug 1811 in Grenagh, Killarney; died on 2 Jul 1873(5) in Longfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Clement Joseph RYAN in 1882 in Cashel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: BIANCONI
• Name Change (Legal or Official): 1908

Notes:

http://www.hehir.info/lack/people-and-activity/personalities/bianconi-john-oconnell-1871-1928/

Name Change (Legal or Official):
Changed his name by Deed Poll to BIANCONI after his mother died, on the wishes of his Grandfather Charles Bianconi.

Buried:
Alongside his grandfather, Charles Bianconi

Died:
The memorials erected in the chapel at Boherlahan to John Coppinger and his father bear the arms:-
1st and 4th - O'Connell with crescent for difference
2nd - Coppinger: Az. a bull's head between 3 stars for difference
3rd - McMahon: Arg. 3 lions passant guardant.

John married Arabella Burke HAYES on 10 Jan 1894. Arabella (daughter of Thomas Patrick HAYES, Junior and Helen Mary BURKE) was born on 25 Jun 1873 in Dublin; was christened on 3 Jul 1873 in Dublin; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived Cobham Court, Bekesbourne, Canterbury and later at Ballydowling House, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow

Helen married William TYNDALL in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918 Transcription First name(s) Molly O'Connell Last name Bianconi Initials M O'C Rank Chauffeur Certificate number 15975 Department First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Passport number 163618 Destination St. Omer Joined F.A.N.Y. in 1st World War. Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the British Military Medal for gallantry in action. Was a Junior Commandant in A.T.S. during 2nd World War. London Gazette 30-7-1918 Miss Muriel Thompson, F.A.N.Y. Miss Winifred Millicent Elwes, F.A.N.Y. Miss Elsie Agnes Courtis, F.A.N.Y. Miss Mary Richardson, F.A.N.Y. Miss Mollie O'Connell-Bianconi, F.A.N.Y. Miss Hilda May Dickinson, F.A.N.Y. Miss Elizabeth Beveridge Callander, F.A.N.Y. For conspicuous devotion to duty during an hostile air raid. All these lady drivers were out with their cars during the raid, picking up and in every way assisting the wounded and injured. They showed great bravery and coolness, and were an example to all ranks. Molly O’Connell-Bianconi went to France in 1917 with the all-female First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and was awarded the Military Medal after rescuing a group of injured soldiers from an ammunition dump set on fire by enemy shells.

Notes:

Name:
She used the surname - O'Connell-Bianconi

Mary married Arthur Stanley WATSON on 18 Dec 1919 in Brompton Oratory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Una married Michael Philip KENNEDY in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unmarried. In 1948 living at Ballydowling House

Birth:
Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: Mabel Arabella O'Connell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1899
Registration district: Killadysert
Volume: 4
Page: 232
FHL Film Number: 101067

Died:
First name(s) MABEL ARABELLA
Last name O'CONNELL-BIANCONI
Gender Female
Birth day 5
Birth month 10
Birth year 1899
Death quarter 4
Death year 1979
District WORTHING
County Sussex
Volume 18
Page 2470

Notes:

Educated Beaumont and Cambridge.
Captain R.E. Served in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Middle East and Singapore.