Garde Family of Ireland
(Information supplied by C. Danes)
Descendants of Captain de la Garde,
a Huguenot, who landed at Corkbeg, Ireland.
2nd Generation
Benjamin Garde, son of John Garde,
married Fanny (?Shannahan?) in Ireland.
Children of Benjamin and Fanny Garde nee ?.
i)
Benjamin Garde.
ii)
William Garde.
iii)
Christopher Garde.
3rd Generation
Benjamin Garde, son of
Benjamin and Fanny Garde, married Catherine Cashman in 1837.
Children of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman.
i)
William Garde.
ii) Ellen
Garde.
iii) Maria Garde.
iv) Patrick
Garde.
v) Thomas
Garde.
vi) Fanny Garde.
vii) Kate Garde.
viii) Jane Garde.
ix) Ben Garde.
x) Matt Garde.
William Garde, son of
Benjamin and Fanny Garde, married .
Christopher Garde, son of
Benjamin and Fanny Garde, married .
4th Generation
William Garde, son of
Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman,
joined the merchant service. William married in Liverpool England and
immigrated to Boston USA. William had no family.
Ellen Garde, daughter of
Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman, born
1839. Ellen married William Coughlan of Saleen in 1866 in Aghada Parish,
Ireland. William served in the British Navy and died in 1917.
Children of William and Ellen Coughlan nee Garde:
Maria Garde, daughter of
Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman,
married Pat Cashman of Ballyshane and went to Boston. Their decendants are still
in Boston.
Patrick Garde, son of
Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman,
married Miss Aherne of Ballynoe. Patrick died at Ballynoe in 1929, they had no
family.
Thomas Garde, son of
Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee Cashman, did
not marry but worked the farm at Ballybrannagan and died there.
Fanny Garde,
daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee
Cashman, married Richard 'Tom' Scanlon of Tulaheen.
Children of Tom and Fanny Scanlon nee Garde:-
i) Tom Scanlon.
ii) Dick Scanlon.
iii) John Scanlon.
iv) Mike Scanlon.
v) Maggie Scanlon.
vi) Cissie Scanlon.
Kate Garde,
daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee
Cashman, married John Kennefick of Mogeely. John died January 1935.
Children of John and Kate Kennefick nee Garde:-
i) Molly Kennefick.
ii) Jim Kennefick.
iii) Ben Kennefick.
iv) Fanny Kennefick.
Jane Garde,
daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee
Cashman, married William Curtin of Kilbeg. Jane went and lived with her brother
Ben at Ballybranagan where she died.
Ben Garde,
son of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee
Cashman, had two farms in Ballybranagan before he sold them after WW1. Ben then
went to live with his neice Maggie Scanlon at the Wood, Cloyne. Ben never
married. The land sold by Ben was purchased by the Kennedy's in 1920.
Matt Garde,
son of Benjamin and Catherine Garde nee
Cashman, never married and had a farm.
5th Generation