LI-KTLY-0297

William  Lundon (1839-1909), son of Michael Lundon & Alice Moloney of Ballinlough, Kilteely, Co. Limerick, was baptised in Kilteely RC on the 31^st Aug 1839.

He was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood and following the 1867 Fenian Rising, was imprisoned for two years. He was a supporter of John Redmond’s Irish Parliamentary Pary

He was a classical teacher in Kilteely and was elected MP for East Limerick in 1900.

He was ill with a severe cold for several weeks before his death in London on Mar 24th 1909. His funeral took place from New Pallas, Co. Limerick railway station to Kilteely on the 27th Apr 1909 where Requiem Mass was celebrated by John Power PP Kilteely

Chief mourners were his sons Thomas & John .Lundon and daughter Mary O’Neill

 William  Lundon (1839-1909)  married  Anne  Torpey (1850-1929), daughter of Hugh Torpey & Anne Londrigan on the 12^th Feb 1879 in Kilteely RC

Children born to them in Kilteely were :

 Michael Lundon  24^th Jan 1880. Died 24^th Apr 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Married Deborah  Tobin 28^th Oct 1906 in Kilfinane RC, Co. Limerick. Emigrated to the USA on the SS Campania on the 13^th Dec 1908

 Mary Lundon  11^th Mar 1881. Died 27^th Mar 1948 in Knockarron, Knocklong, Co. Limerick. A National School teacher. Married Timothy O’Neill (1889-1954) on the 27^th Jul 1915 in St Joseph’s RC, Limerick City.

NB. See notes for memorial TS-EMOG-0610 isiten Emly cemetery, Co. Tipperary on the historicgraves web

 Thomas  Lundon  20^th Jun 1882. Died 28^th Oct 1951 in Barnes, London, UK. Married Maud O’Gorman on the 27^th Sep 1921 in St Peter & Paul  RC, Cork City. He was elected MP for East Limerick in the 1909 by election held to replace his late father William Lundon (1839-1909)

 NB. See relevant memorial LI-KTLY-0010 in this cemetery on the historicgraves website

 John (Jack)  Lundon  27^th Sep 1883. Died 19^th May 1942 in Donnybrook, Dublin. Married  Mary Elizabeth Roberts on the 15^th Nov 1911 at St Josephs RC, Berkley Rd, Phibsboro, Dublin

 Hugh  London  28^th Dec 1884. Died Jun 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Married Margaret O’ Connor on the 17^th Oct 1908 in the Bronx, New York

James Patrick Lundon  28^th Nov 1885. Died 10^th Jan 1940 in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. A bachelor. Initially enliste in the Irish Guards, transferred to the  Royal Munster Fusiliers as a 2^nd Lieutenant and later transferred to the Royal Flying  Corps and then to the RAF as a flying officer.

Patrick  Lundon  1^st Mar 1887. Died 15-05-1891 due to influenza.

Alice  Mary London  2^nd Jun 1889.  Died 14^th Jul 1968 in Brandenton, Florida, USA. Married Cornelius  Joseph  Nicholas (1888-1968) on the 26^th Sept 1917 in Manhattan, New York, USA. Emigrated to the USA from Liverpool, UK on the SS St Louis on the 30^th Sept 1916

William  London  9^th May 1891.  Died 8^th May 1892 due to pneumonia