Individual Details
Martin Joseph TREACY
(16 Nov 1883 - 19 Jan 1977)
Sponsors at Martin's baptism were Edmond Carew and Bridget Carew.
According to the 1901 census return for his mother's household in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary, Martin, aged 17, was a baker. By the time of the 1911 census he was a gasworks manager, living on The Quay, Carrick-on-Suir (presumably in the house that adjoined the gasworks on the Quay) with his widowed mother. In late 1914 Martin was promoted to manager of the gasworks in Wicklow and was replaced in Carrick by his elder brother Thomas.
We know from The Irish Times editions of 21 and 28 October 1916 that Martin saved a boy from drowning during his time in Wicklow: "Mr Martin Tracey (sic), gas manager, Wicklow, saved the life of a boy named Robert Culbert, Strand street, Wicklow... Mr. Tracey jumped in and brought him ashore in an unconscious condition."
It is known that Martin's brother Timmy was living in Wicklow in 1918, which makes me think that Timmy may have been living with Martin (and probably their mother) as the Treacy family appears to have had no other Wicklow connections (I have heard that Martin and Timmy did not get on). In 1919 Martin was transferred to Fermoy, Co. Cork as manager of the gasworks there. It appears he lived in Duntahane, Fermoy for the rest of his life. According to a newspaper death notice, he died in St. Patrick's Hospital in Fermoy.
According to the 1901 census return for his mother's household in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary, Martin, aged 17, was a baker. By the time of the 1911 census he was a gasworks manager, living on The Quay, Carrick-on-Suir (presumably in the house that adjoined the gasworks on the Quay) with his widowed mother. In late 1914 Martin was promoted to manager of the gasworks in Wicklow and was replaced in Carrick by his elder brother Thomas.
We know from The Irish Times editions of 21 and 28 October 1916 that Martin saved a boy from drowning during his time in Wicklow: "Mr Martin Tracey (sic), gas manager, Wicklow, saved the life of a boy named Robert Culbert, Strand street, Wicklow... Mr. Tracey jumped in and brought him ashore in an unconscious condition."
It is known that Martin's brother Timmy was living in Wicklow in 1918, which makes me think that Timmy may have been living with Martin (and probably their mother) as the Treacy family appears to have had no other Wicklow connections (I have heard that Martin and Timmy did not get on). In 1919 Martin was transferred to Fermoy, Co. Cork as manager of the gasworks there. It appears he lived in Duntahane, Fermoy for the rest of his life. According to a newspaper death notice, he died in St. Patrick's Hospital in Fermoy.
Events
| Birth | 16 Nov 1883 | Murgasty Cottages, Murgasty, Co. Tipperary | |||
| Marriage | 17 Jun 1919 | Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary - Catherine FOGARTY | |||
| Death | 19 Jan 1977 | Fermoy, Co. Cork | |||
| Burial | Kilcrumper Old Cemetery, Fermoy, Co. Cork |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine FOGARTY (1885 - 1964) |
| Father | Thomas TREACY (1821 - 1895) |
| Mother | Mary CAREY (1851 - 1929) |
| Sibling | John TREACY (1873 - 1874) |
| Sibling | John TREACY (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | Edmund TREACY (1875 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Timothy (Timmy) Joseph TREACY (1878 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Thomas Joseph TREACY (1881 - 1969) |