She was the daughter of Josephie & Harry Allen of New York, b.1894, d.1961 Wife of Robert Livingston Ireland whom she married Febuary 9, 1918 in NYC. She and her husband also lived at their other home, Foshalee Plantation in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.

Mrs. Ireland died suddenly. She and her husband had planned to return to their home at Foshalee Plantation when she was suddenly taken ill. She died of viral pnuemonia. Funeral services were held at Lake View Cemetery following a memorial service at Trinity Cathedral in Clevland. Brown Forward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangments. She leaves her husband, children, Mrs. Gilbert Humphrey, of Cleveland, Ohio & Miccosukee,FL., R. L. Ireland, III, of New York, Melville Hanna Ireland of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Parker(Pansy)Poe of Thomasville, GA.

Mrs. Ireland was a leader in civic, social and welfare causes. Her years of community service included the founding of Highland View Hospital, serving as Ohio's Director of Public Welfare (1957), and election as the first woman president of the Northern Ohio Opera Association (1959).

Born in Chicago, Margaret was raised in New York and graduated from Brearley School. She married Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. on 9 Feb. 1918 and later moved to Cleveland.

Ireland's interest in nursing led to her involvement with Cleveland's health-reform organizations. She was president of the Visiting Nurse Association and chaired its building committee and helped organize the Maternal Health Association. She headed the Welfare Federation's committee on the chronically ill and served on its board of trustees. She was the first board chairman of Highland View and headed its building committee. Ireland Drive, in front of the hospital, was named in her honor. In 1951 she established The Ireland Foundation primarily to benefit nursing and hospitals.

Politically active, she helped organize the Western Reserve Women's Republican Club of Cuyahoga County, chaired the Cuyahoga County Republican Party's Women's Committee, 1953-1957, and was an alternate delegate to the 1952 and 1956 Republican national conventions.

She received the Charles Eisenman Award for community service in 1954. The Women's City Club created the Margaret A. Ireland Citation to honor area residents exemplifying civic achievement and social devotion to community.


New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Margaret Ireland
Arrival Date: 5 Jun 1925
Birth Year: 1894
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth Location Other: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Aquitania
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Margaret Ireland
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1935
Birth Year: c1895
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth Location Other: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Europa
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Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Name: Margaret Ireland
Birth Date: 1895
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence City: Shaker Heights
Residence County: Cuyahoga
Residence State: Ohio
Residence Country: United States
Death Date: 22 Oct 1961
City of Death: Cleveland
County of Death: Cuyahoga
Certificate: 69201
Age at Death: 66
Certifier: Physician
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed
Marital Status: Married
Census Tract: 0602
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She was the daughter of Josephie & Harry Allen of New York, b.1894, d.1961 Wife of Robert Livingston Ireland whom she married Febuary 9, 1918 in NYC. She and her husband also lived at their other home, Foshalee Plantation in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.

Mrs. Ireland died suddenly. She and her husband had planned to return to their home at Foshalee Plantation when she was suddenly taken ill. She died of viral pnuemonia. Funeral services were held at Lake View Cemetery following a memorial service at Trinity Cathedral in Clevland. Brown Forward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangments. She leaves her husband, children, Mrs. Gilbert Humphrey, of Cleveland, Ohio & Miccosukee,FL., R. L. Ireland, III, of New York, Melville Hanna Ireland of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Parker(Pansy)Poe of Thomasville, GA.

Mrs. Ireland was a leader in civic, social and welfare causes. Her years of community service included the founding of Highland View Hospital, serving as Ohio's Director of Public Welfare (1957), and election as the first woman president of the Northern Ohio Opera Association (1959).

Born in Chicago, Margaret was raised in New York and graduated from Brearley School. She married Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. on 9 Feb. 1918 and later moved to Cleveland.

Ireland's interest in nursing led to her involvement with Cleveland's health-reform organizations. She was president of the Visiting Nurse Association and chaired its building committee and helped organize the Maternal Health Association. She headed the Welfare Federation's committee on the chronically ill and served on its board of trustees. She was the first board chairman of Highland View and headed its building committee. Ireland Drive, in front of the hospital, was named in her honor. In 1951 she established The Ireland Foundation primarily to benefit nursing and hospitals.

Politically active, she helped organize the Western Reserve Women's Republican Club of Cuyahoga County, chaired the Cuyahoga County Republican Party's Women's Committee, 1953-1957, and was an alternate delegate to the 1952 and 1956 Republican national conventions.

She received the Charles Eisenman Award for community service in 1954. The Women's City Club created the Margaret A. Ireland Citation to honor area residents exemplifying civic achievement and social devotion to community.


New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Margaret Ireland
Arrival Date: 5 Jun 1925
Birth Year: 1894
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth Location Other: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Aquitania
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Margaret Ireland
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1935
Birth Year: c1895
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth Location Other: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Europa
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Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Name: Margaret Ireland
Birth Date: 1895
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence City: Shaker Heights
Residence County: Cuyahoga
Residence State: Ohio
Residence Country: United States
Death Date: 22 Oct 1961
City of Death: Cleveland
County of Death: Cuyahoga
Certificate: 69201
Age at Death: 66
Certifier: Physician
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed
Marital Status: Married
Census Tract: 0602
.