Ancestry of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle

Author, “Sherlock Holmes”

Catherine Pack

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• • Grandmother of Arthur Conan Doyle — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • William Pack 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Scott   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1809 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1862 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William Foley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Apr 1835 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland 
  • Child:

  Mary Josephine Elizabeth Foley (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Catherine Pack's given name is also seen as Katherine.

• Sources for Catherine Pack

  • ¹ 1851 Scotland Census, Midlothian, Edinburgh St. Andrew, E.D. 7, p. 16.
  • ² 1861 Scotland Census, Midlothian, Edinburgh St Andrew, E.D. 90.
  • ³ Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, Marriage record for William Foley and Catherine Pack.
  • ⁴ Ancestry.com, "The Surprising Link Between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", (accessed 06/27/2017).
  • ⁵ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Memories and Adventures, New York: Cambridge University Press (2012, orig. pub. 1924), 9.
  • ⁶ Lycett, Andrew, The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, New York, et. al.: Free Press (2007), pp. xiii, 11-12.