Norah Greene (1885-1962) was Dora’s cousin – their fathers were brothers. Henry (Norah’s father) was the oldest boy of 14 siblings, with George Percy (Dora’s father) ten years his junior. Henry was manager at the Bank of Ireland in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. My impression is that Norah was the cousin (of many) that Dora was closest to. Norah married Charles Erskine Barton (1882-1918) from Glendalough in 1906, with Dora as one of her bridesmaids.
They lived at an estate called Ruane in County Wexford, until Ernie was killed in France in the summer of 1918. Norah then married Cecil Deane-Drake, who was Ernie’s best friend and neighbour, in 1919, and they had a daughter called June (1927-1996). June was great friends with her cousin Betty, daughter of Howard Greene, and the friendship down these strands of the family continues to this day.
A Bitter Equation 