Sabina Glynn : Short Biography

Born 1795 Married to Timothy Shaughnessy who left the British army in 1819.  Son Edward was born in Ardrahan, Galway in 1829. Timothy died in 1836. Sabina then married James Heath in Dublin, another soldier.  He died in 1847 and she was in and out of Dublin North Union Workhouse in 1848, 1849, 1860, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1867.  Her occupation was a capmaker, from Galway.  She usually stayed in for a week or two, but in 1848 was there for two months, and again in 1864.  She went to live with her son Edward in south London after he left the army around 1868.  She died in 1883.