On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 11:50:32 PM UTC+2, Vivienne Keon wrote:   
   > I have a family tree of my paternal side going back to 1704 and was using   
   Ancestry.co.uk.  I was stunned by the pig's ear some experts have made by   
   mixing-up my ancestors. Leaving that aside, I want to delve into the de   
   Blaquiere family in the 1800s    
   before the baronetcy title became extinct in 1920. My great-grandfather   
   Ferdinand William Plunkett Keon married The Hon Maria de Blaquiere in Dec 1847   
   in Dublin.  I have nothing else for a Maria but plenty for a host of other   
   names (It may be a second    
   name she preferred to use) I believe her father was the 4th Baron (John) Does   
   anyone have knowledge of the family please?   
      
   Hello Vivienne   
   I can confirm that Maria de Blaquiere was the daughter of the 2nd Baron de   
   Blaquiere. John de Blaquiere 2nd Baron did not marry but had seven children   
   with a lady whose surname  appears to be Nugent. Maria was the 6th child with   
   five elder brothers    
   namely John, George, Edmund, Henry and Alfred and one younger sister Anne.   
   Since her father did not marry their mother none of the children were eligible   
   to inherit a title which then passed to the 2nd Baron's younger brother and so   
   Maria is erroneously    
   referred to as the Honorable Maria de Blaquiere.    
   The 2nd Baron settled mortgages held on the land and houses including the   
   family seat" Portlemon" in Mullingar and estates in and around Londonderry and   
   was able to pass those to his children.  Maria de Blaquiere's (Keon) grandson   
   John Joseph Treacy    
   would have been in line to inherit but circumstances changed and they passed   
   out of the family.   
   Our family is descended from an elder brother of Maria Keon (nee de Blaquiere)   
   I hope the information is of use and/or interest to you   
      
   Regards   
   Celia   
      
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