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Ethel Kerr, daughter of Doctor Elias William Kerr (1850-1920) and Fanny Brady (1851-1886), was born 31 December 1875 in Kinlough, Leitrim, Ireland. She lived most of her life in Dorset, England. Ethel Kerr died in Bromley, Kent, England, on 31 October 1928.

Eleanor Grace Watney Roe, only daughter of Thomas Henry Roe (1858-1927) and Eleanor Jane Watney (1863-1897), was born 1 August 1885 in Norwood, Surrey, England. She was as suffragette. In 1915 served as chief organiser of the 'Women's Right to Serve' procession in London. She was arrested, and a photograph of her was printed in the 'Daily Mirror'. After World War I she studied theosophy. On 10 August 1921 she arrived in Detroit, Michigan, with her close friend Christabel Pankhurst. Both women settled in California. During the 1930s, Grace was became involved in social work. After the Second World War Grace Roe ran a book shop and metaphysical library in Santa Barbara, California. She acted as literary executor for Christabel after her friend's death in 1958. In 1961 she was vice-president of the Suffragette Fellowship of London. Grace Roe died in Tonbridge, Kent, England in 1979.

Anne Mary Somers, daughter of Richard Somers and Mary Roe, was born in Castletown, County Westmeath, around the year 1871. She married Richard Westropp Roe (1868-1914) at Christ Church, Norwood, Surrey, England, on 23 June 1907. They had two sons: Richard Henry Somers Roe (b 1909) and James Lewis Westropp Roe (1911-1986). By 1911 the family had taken up residence at Streamstown House, County Westmeath, three years before the death of her husband. Anne Mary Roe died in County Westmeath on 6 January 1934.

James Lewis Westropp Roe, second son of Richard Westropp Roe (1868-1914) and Anne Mary Somers (1871-1934), was born 9 July 1911 in Mullingar, County Westmeath. He proposed to Alice Blanche Anna Lamb (1905-1932) in August 1932, but they never married due to her untimely death in November 1932. Lewis Roe died 19 January 1986 in Chichester, England.

Grace Odell Westropp, youngest daughter of Edmond Odell Westropp (1778-1864) and Jane Gibbings (c. 1789), was born in Ballysteen, County Limerick, around the year 1831. She married Peter Henry Roe in Askeaton, County Limerick, on 14 October 1856. They had seven children: Thomas Henry Roe (1858-1927); George Roe (b. 1862); Peter Henry Roe Junior (b. 1864); Edmond Westropp Roe (b. 1865); Richard Westropp Roe (1868-1914); Mary Elizabeth Milly Deane Roe (b. 1869); and Elizabeth Henrietta Emily Florence Roe (1872-1944). Her husband, Peter Henry Roe died 6 August 1893 in Lambeth, London, England. Grace Odell Westropp died 1 October 1909 at 99 Gypsy Hill, Norwood, Surrey, England.