Jon Varnedoe of the Barnane
branch
A few days ago I was amazed to
hear from Jon. He is descended from Lionel Gillette Carden of California
1899-1971 who inherited the ‘Carden fortune’ after a lengthy legal process in
Dublin in 1946. This was the sum held by the Public Trustee ever since the
Barnane estate was sold to the Irish Land Commission in 1908, though Andrew
Murray Carden continued to live there until he died in 1932. His heir,
Lionel Berkeley Carden, went to USA as a young man and disappeared there.
The full story is told in my book ‘Carden of Barnane.’
Lionel Gillette Carden was an
enthusiastic correspondent with various family members and after his death his
widow Mabel met some of us in England. But we lost touch with his children, one
of whom, Jane, had a child in 1962 who was given to adoptive parents.
That child was Jon Varnedoe!
Jon is a very successful real
estate agent in New York. See https://www.compass.com/agents/nyc/jon-varnedoe/
It is probable that he will come to the Carden Gathering in September to
meet us all.
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