Born: 19 December 1907, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Died: 30 August 2001, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland.
Father: Thomas Henry Greene
Mother: Edith Smith
Married: Benjamin Oakley, August 1928, Toronto, Canada.
Children:
Mary Edith, b. 8 March 1930, d. 5 February 1996,
Stirling, U.K.
Dorothy Eleanor, b. 23 November 1931
Benjamin, b. 24 August 1933
Muriel Lorna Eveline, b. 25 March 1939
Career:
Worked in Bagnall’s drapery shop in Birr before marriage. After death of husband did various jobs including working for the (Protestant) archbishop of Dublin as a housekeeper/receptionist (1957-1958). Companion/housekeeper to Fanshawe family in Guernsey (1959). Worked in a LCC hostel in London c. 1960-c. 1972.
Other information:
Wrote this piece about her childhood.
With family, c. 1954. L->R Dorothy, Benjamin sr., Mary, Ester, Benjamin jr., Muriel.
