TEENEY, MARY (MAY) (Nee CLARKE) – February 16th, 2010, passed away peacefully at her home, late of 59 Iniscarn Drive, Newtownabbey. Dearly loved wife of the late Albert Teeney, much-loved mother of Son Albert and Daughter-in-law Margaret and Daughter Marilyn, also a loving Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. Flowers welcome. Service will take place on Friday 19th February 2010 from her home at 1.00 p.m. with Funeral afterwards at Carnmoney Cemetery at 2.00 p.m. Safe with the Angels.
TEENEY, MARY (MAY) – Passed away February 16, 2010, peacefully, at her home, dearly-loved mother of Marilyn and grandsons Brian and Paul. God saw you getting weary, the hill too steep to climb, He put His arms around you and whispered peace be thine.
TEENEY, MARY (MAY) (Nee CLARKE) – Died February 16, 2010. Will be sadly missed by her loving son Al and daughter-in-law Margaret. It broke our hearts to lose you but you did not go alone, for part of us went with you Mum, the day God called you Home. Sleep peacefully Mum.
TEENEY, MARY (MAY) – Died February 16, 2010, loving granny to her three granddaughters Louise, Vicky and Ali and their partners, as well as her six great-grandchildren. You will always be in our hearts. Night, night.
TEENEY, MARY – Deeply regretted by Carolyn, Steven and family. Time slips past, but memories last.
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Today we found a newspaper clipping containing the death notices for
Maria Teeney who died 16th October 1945 at 33 Oregon Street, Belfast.
One of the death notices was from her brother Robert Morrow,
276 Alliance Avenue, Belfast. On his notice it is mentioned that
his occupation is “Palestine Police”.
I have contacted the Palestine Police Old Comrades Association
in the hope of getting some information on Robert and his role with the
Palestine Police. I will also be searching the National Archives online.
NEWS JUST IN!!!
Robert Morrow served with the Palestine Police
stationed at Latrun Detention Camp as British Constable 3784
from 09/07/1944 to 14/01/1947
on which date he was medically discharged from the Force.
His last known address was Sandown, Isle of Wight.
No other information is available at this time.
Information kindly provided by:
Graham Jenkins, Ex Palestine Police.
For background information on the Palestine Police
you can check out the links to these websites:
- Palestine Police Old Comrades Association
- Wikipedia Information on the Palestine Police
- Flags of the Palestine Police Force
- Middle East Centre Archive – British Mandate Palestine Police
Oral History Project at St. Antony’s College, Oxford - http://www.lawrencemcdonald.us/
The Tegart Fort at Latrun, Israel where Robert was stationed at
New information has been passed to me including service information, photo and further leads. (Thanks Sean!) I will post these up asap.
I have just been searching the Canadian Immigration Records for 1925-1935 and think I may have found William James Best’s record of landing.
Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935)
Surname: Best
Given Name: William James
Age: 26
Sex: M
Nationality: Ir
Date of Arrival: 1928/08/05 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Ship: ATHENIA, Anchor Donaldson
Reference: RG76 – IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 17
Page Number: 228
Microfilm reel: T-14746
Note: Due to the poor legibility of the original indexes, some information in this database may be incorrect and/or incomplete.
Source: FINDI76-609488
S.S. ATHENIA INFO
Two 13000grt replacements for war losses were delivered in 1923/24, becoming Athenia (2) and Letitia (2). These ships were similar to Cunard’s 13000grt A-Class. In 1935, Anchor Line went into voluntary liquidation, and Donaldson acquired their half of Anchor-Donaldson. The passenger route was renamed the Donaldson Atlantic Line. Athenia (2) was lost during the Second World War, being the first British merchant ship to be sunk by a U-Boat on 1st September 1939.
You can read more about this here:
Unknown sailor, 12th Sept 1942. HMS Impregnable Training Base
I have found half a photograph of a young Royal Navy sailor, he is unknown and I would like to try and identify him. The photo was found in a personal collection belonging to either Mary Clarke or Albert Teeney’s family.
He is wearing a cap with what seems to have H.M.S. Impregnable on it. I have looked into other bases and ships but this seems to be the only candidate. This photo has been cut down the middle so the left portion is missing.
On the reverse of the photo in pencil is written:
12 Sept. 1942
Left
Again this may or may not be the fill inscription due to the photo being trimmed.
As far as I can tell H.M.S. Impregnable was a training base for ‘hostile only’ communications ratings at Plymouth / Devonport betweeen 1935-1947. After decommissioning H.M.S. Impregnable was reopened soon after, remaining in commission until 1948.
Any information you may have would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE
Mum may have just had a memory recall… the chap in the photo could possibly be a Madden from Oregon St. Belfast. A friend of the Teeney family.