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6. MUCKROSS PURCHASED BY WILLIAM BOWERS BOURN, 1911
Maud Bourn (1883-1929) was the only surviving child of William and Agnes Bourn, a wealthy and influential couple from San Francisco.
The Bourn family travelled extensively. It was while they were on board ship for Europe in 1906 that Maud met her future husband Arthur Rose Vincent from Clonlara, Co. Clare. The couple were married in California in 1910 and Arthur then retired from the foreign Judicial Service.
William and Agnes purchased Muckross House and its Estate in 1911 as a wedding present for Maud and her husband. The couple had two children, Rosie (d. 1981) and Billy (d. 2012).
William Bowers Bourn
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