Hester Varian

Life
1828-1898; b. Cork; dg. Amos Varian and s. of Ralph Varian; m. George Sigerson, 1865; contrib. to Harp, Cork Examiner; Irish Fireside, The Gael, Young Ireland, and Irish Monthly; mother of Hester Sigerson [Piatt], Dora Sigerson [Shorter], as well as the boys William and George, the first of whom died in childhood and the second in young manhood; d. Dublin; bur. Glasnevin.

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Works
A Ruined Race, or the last MacManus of Drumroosk (London: Ward & Downey 1889).

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Notes
Kith & Kin: Hester Varian was married to George Sigerson, their daughter being Dora Shorter Sigerson.

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