Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 15 - Obré

by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

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Obré.

“The family of Obré is of French extraction, being Huguenot refugees, and obtained their property in Ireland by the marriage of Captain Francis Obré with Elinor Stanhowe in 1632.”

Francis Obré Esq. of Clantilew, Co. Armagh, married in 1752, died 1812.

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Mary Clarke of Ardress, died 1814.

Edward Obré, Esq. of Clantilew, married in 1802, died 1817.

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Sarah O'Neill, died 1835.

Francis, died unmarried.

Edward, died unmarried.

Ralph Smith Obré, Esq. of Clantilew, born 1814, mar. 1844.

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Jane Caroline, dau. of H. Coote Bond, Esq. of Bondvile.

Edward Stanley Obré, born 1845, married 1871.

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Georgina Augusta, daughter of Capt. William R.N.

(From “Burke’s Landed Gentry.”)