My families history has " the mother of the poet, Oscar Wilde, was Jane Francisca Elgee. She had become a writher of local reputation under the signature, 'Speranza'. She was born in Wexford,Ireland, into the family of the conservative Protestant Irish Elgee's. Her father was a lawyer, and her grandfather was Archdeacon John Elgee,Rector of Wexford,of the Irish Protestant Church.