Veronica Frances, known as ‘V’, was born on 23 June 1902 at Magazine Rd., Cork. She was the eighth child of Mary B. (O’/Callaghan) and George DAVIS, and the fourth to survive infancy.
V did not marry.[1]
Veronica played cello and it’s believed she may also have taught it.
Veronica spent some time in New York. She departed from Cobh on the Cleveland on 23rd April 1928. At the time she was a draper’s assistant, and was recorded as being from the Irish Free State. She arrived 6th May.
In the 1930 US Census Veronica F DAVIS was living at 14 Madison Ave and 45th Street, in Manhattan. She was a hotel maid, living and working at what was and still is the very grand Hotel Roosevelt, then a new hotel built in art deco style, opened in 1924. [2]
I have not found details of when Veronica returned to Cork. [3]
Veronica did lovely crochet work, and she made the HYLAND sisters petticoats and berets. She crocheted a salmon pink suit for her nephew Tony when he was about 2 or 3 years old, and his oldest sister recalled that Tony, who was fair, ‘looked so handsome in it’. When V had a holiday in Thurles with the HYLAND family she lined the children up, seated on a railway sleeper, and taught them how to crochet.
V was described by nieces and nephews as a lovely character, a gentle lady, very pretty, and with a droll sense of humour.
Death
V died suddenly on 23 September 1964. A post mortem found V had died of acute cardiac failure, the result of coronary thrombosis (blood clot in a coronary artery), at the age of 58.
At the time of her death V was working as a Canteen Manageress.
On Thursday, October 8th, 1964 a notice was placed in the Examiner expressing the family’s thanks:
A year later older sister Madge placed an In Memorium notice in the Examiner:
Veronica is buried at the old Garrycloyne cemetery along with her mother and younger sister Ita.
[1] My aunt Maura believed V had had a German boyfriend who was put in an internment camp but was unclear where or when.
[2] https://www.theroosevelthotel.com/
[3]It may have been the Great Depression that resulted in V’s return. It seems likely she was back by 1936 if she made Tony’s outfit for him as a 2 or 3 year old.
In Search of Thomas Davis 
The second daughter of George Francis Davies, was named Veronica after her aunty. As I recall she also had a very similar sense of humour and character.
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