Anderson, Emily (1891–1962), academic, civil servant, and translator, was born 17 March 1891 at Taylor's Hill, Galway, second daughter of Alexander Anderson (qv), professor of natural philosophy and later president of…...
Byers, Margaret (1832–1912), educationist,
suffragist, and philanthropist, was born
15 April 1832 in Windsor
Hill, Rathfriland, Co. Down, fourth child and
only daughter of Andrew Morrow ,
farmer and mill operator, and Margaret Morrow (née Herron). After the death
(c.1840…...
Foster, Lydia Mary (1867–1943), writer and schoolteacher, was born in Newmills, Co.
Tyrone in 1867, fourth of six
children (three sons and three daughters) of James Foster, presbyterian minister of
Newmills congregation 1850–90, and his wife Lydia (née Harkness), from a
presbyterian…...
Patterson, Sarah (‘Saidie’) (1904–85), trade unionist and peace activist, was born
25 November 1904 at 32
Woodvale St., Shankill Road, Belfast, eldest of
three children of William Patterson (d. 1912), shipyard blacksmith, and Sarah Patterson
(née Moore), both of whom were devout…...
Sandford, Irene (1937–2005), singer, was born
in east Belfast on 11 January 1937, eldest child of Francis Sandford,
who owned a hairdressing salon, and his wife Meta (née Nesbitt). She had two
younger sisters and a younger brother. She attended Belmont and Strandtown primary
schools…...