Frances Ellen Work was an American heiress. Born in New York City, she was a daughter of Franklin H. Work, a well-known stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt (the Commodore Vanderbilt), and his wife, Ellen Wood. In 1880, Frances Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche, who would become the 3rd Baron Fermoy, at Christ Church, New York City. They had four children: two daughters, Cynthia and Eileen, and twin sons, Edmund (later 4th Baron Fermoy, … Wikipedia
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