John Eustace; son of James Eustace and Mary McEvoy of Lisheens, was
born/baptized 28 February 1848; sponsors Oliver Eustace and Mary Browne.
John Eustace lived and farmed at Ballyfolan Townland, Kilbride
District, County Wicklow.
Griffith’s
Valuation of 1848-1864 lists John Eustace of Ballyfolan.
Also listed in Ballyfolan were Michael and
James Eustace, probably brothers. Census records for 1901 and 1911 show
that members of the family could read and write and were Roman Catholic.
John Eustace, married twice; first to Brigid Balen/Bealen,
before 1878, and second on 21 January 1891, to Ellen Walsh, daughter of
John and Anne Walsh of Scorlex Leap. Witnesses
at the wedding of John Eustace and Ellen Walsh were Michael Bealan of Ballyfolan and
Margaret Walsh of 32 Lower
Erne Street, Dublin;
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Family of John Eustace and Brigid Balen
of Ballyfolen, Blessington
District:
John Eustace and Brigid Balen
of Ballyfolan, Blessington
District were the parents of;
1). Mary Eustace; born/baptized 10 December 1878;
sponsors Joseph Eustace and Mary Balen;
2). James Eustace; born/baptized 18 February
1880; sponsors James Eustace and Julia Eustace;
3). Michael Eustace; born/baptized 17 Dec. 1883;
sponsors Michael Eustace and Margaret Kelly;
4). Ann Eustace; born/baptized 25 March 1887;
sponsors James Kelly and Elizabeth Bealin;
Family of John Eustace (widower of Brigid Balen) and Ellen Walsh of Ballyfolan,
Manor Kilbride:
John Eustace and Ellen Walsh of Ballyfolan,
Blessington Parish/District, were the parents
of the following children:
1) John Joseph Eustace; born/baptized 14 Jan.
1892; sponsors Laurence Walsh & Margaret Walsh;
2). William Patrick Eustace; baptized 22 Nov.
1893; sponsors James Murphy & Brigid Walsh;
3). James Eustace; born/baptized 24 June 1896;
sponsors James Byrne and Mary Ann Murphy;
4). Ann Eustace; born/baptized 7 April 1898;
sponsors James Lalor and Anne Walsh;
5). Laurence Christopher Eustace; born/baptized 5
December 1899; sponsors Thomas Birthistle and
Kate Murphy;

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Family of John Eustace of Ballyfolan,
Young
boy unknown, (who is not a Eustace), Annie Eustace and brothers Jim and
Lawrence (all unmarried).
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