Dr Joseph Mansergh Palmer of Armagh Ireland 1850-1924 |
Born:
1850 and died 21 December 1924 and is buried at Armagh Cathederal.
Son of: Thomas
Montgomery Palmer (1823-18??, known as Thomas of Durrow) and
Charlotte Palmer (nee Ellis).
Brother of:
1. Abraham Palmer (never married and died
in Australia 19??).
2. Rev Montgomery Palmer M.A.
3. Frederick
Thomas Palmer (1858-1890) who
married Edith Caroline Bull.
4. Catherine
Sparling nee Palmer (1853-1898) who married George Christopher Sparling.
Joseph married: Georgina
Berlinda Palmer (nee Hartford, 1846-1939).
Joseph and Georgina had issue:
1. Vice
Admiral Alexander Robinson Palmer
(1879-19??) who married Charlotte Helen Burke in 1906.
2. Violet
Charlotte Mary Heath-Caldwell (nee
Palmer, 1885-1971) who married Rev
Capt Cuthbert Helsham Heath-Caldwell (1889-1979).
3. Commander Edwin Mansergh Palmer RN OBE (18??-1963).
4. Irving Montgomery Palmer RN OBE.
5. Major Richard Lodge Palmer DSO MC OBE
(Horse Artillery).
6. Miss Georgina Wilhelmina Palmer
Dr Joseph Mansergh Palmer: An Overview
I know very little about Joseph except that he was a surgen in Armagh, Ireland.
He was admitted as a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgens in Ireland 25 April 1872.
On 5th May 1919 Cuthbert Helsham Heath-Caldwell married Violet Mary Palmer at Armagh Cathedral, in Ireland.
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Notes from Joe Palmer read as follows:
Dr Joseph Mansergh Palmer D.L. J.P. F.R.C.S.I., of Derreen Queen's County, surgeon of the Armargh County for 46 years, was born in 1850 and died 21st December 1924. He was Deputy Lord Lieutenant and High Sherrif of Armagh County, Ireland. His family had been settled in Ireland for 3 centuries. His father was Thomas Montgomery Palmer, known as Thomas of Durrow. Thomas Montgomery Palmer married Charlotte Ellis in 1849. The Armagh Palmers were descended from William Palmer who went to Ireland with Cromwell.
Known brothers of Dr Joseph Mansergh Palmer were:
1) Abraham Palmer. (never married and died in
Australia 19?).
2) Rev Montgomery Palmer M.A. Little is known
about "Monty". He did have children and was known to be
Rector of Wicklow at one time.
3) Frederick Thomas Palmer (picture) born 1858
died London approx 1890. Married Edith Caroline Bull in 1887 at St
Peters, De Beauvoir Square,London. They had one surviving son: Rev.
Frederick Thomas Montgomery Born 1888 died Newcastle Australia 1975.
Frederick married Norah Violet Gerard at Grafton Cathedral Australia
on 26th October 1931. They had six children: Ianthe Monica Asquith,
Dara Gibbs (died 7-12-2001), Freya Freguson, Rosalind McLeod, Joseph
Gerard Palmer, and Primrose Nelson.
Dr Joseph Mansergh Palmer married Georgina
Hartford. Joseph and Georgina had known issue:
1) Vice
Admiral Alexander Robinson Palmer R.N. A.D.C. D.S.O. O.B.E.
(1879-19??). He married Charlotte Helen Burke of Armagh County
in 1906. They had issue:
Commander Joseph Palmer R.N. and Shiela De
Quincey (nee Palmer).
2) Irving Palmer R.N. O.B.E. who had two
children, a girl, and a boy Michael.
3) Commander Edwin Palmer R.N. O.B.E. (18??-1963).
4) Major Richard Lodge Palmer D.S.O. M.C. O.B.E.
(Horse Artillery). He took his piano with him on campaign to
entertain the troops.
5) Violet Mary Heath-Caldwell (nee Palmer) died
1971, who married Rev Captain Cuthbert Heath-Caldwell in1919.
At the entrance to Armagh Hospital there is a
memorial plaque which reads:
The Two Principal Wards of this Infirmary
With The Entrance Hall,
Board Room, Operating Room, Surgery and Stair-Case,
Have been ReConstructed by Public subscription
In Commemoration of the Great Services
rendered by
SURGEON PALMER and the STAFF of this INSTITUTION
To the Sufferers in the Railway Accident near Armagh,
18th June 1889.
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