Denis Broderick from Brighton died around 1914

[XANDRA]

Was  that  photographers  by  any  chance SPINK and  son  Brighton. we  have  several photographs of the  Broderick's   taken by  them .

[Roy G]

Checked back and found that the photographer called Frederick Broderic was not their son after all.  (found his father who was another Frederick)

However here is some info on Spinks.  During the Victorian and Edwardian era, the Spink family worked under slightly different company names throughout the town and sometimes you can use these minor differences to date the photographs they took.

Spink Henry 109 Western Road   1865 - 1893
Spink S G       109 Western Road              1894      
Spink Henry Junior   109 Western Road   1895 - 1901   
Spink H      109 Western Road   1902 - 1910

Spink Henry Junior     48 Preston Road   1889
   
Spink H     36 Goldstone Villas   1879 - 1893   
Spink S G     36 Goldstone Villas   1894   
Spink H J     36 Goldstone Villas   1896

(note Goldstone Villas is in Hove)
Roy

[XANDRA]

They used  to  paint  portraits  from  photographs  they  took , and  the  one  of  the  BRODERICK'S in  the college  foyer  is  life  size AND   REALLY  EXCELLENT .
Pity  about  the  son , I do  wish  i  could  find  out  if  they  had  family , and  I  am  still  in  the  dark  about  how Denis  made  his  money, he  was  a  VERY wealthy  man .

[XANDRA]

KIZMIAZ , when you  found  Denis  Broderick  in  the  1880s in ireland  as  a  woolen  warehouseman did  it  by  any  chance  mention the  Foxford  Woolen  Mills ...

[Roy G]

I think you have grabbed the wrong end of the stick over 2 matters.

[1] The 1881 census showed Denis as an Irish warehouseman from Sligo, living in London and employing 2 men.  It gave his home address, but not where he worked.
[2] The photographer I found also in 1881 (living in London) was not their son, but the Frederick John Broderick who died in the Steyning district in 1896 still could have been.

Roy G

[kizmiaz]

Hi Xandra,

I can't see any details of how Denis made his money. I have found him with Catherine and mother-in-law Bridget Powers living at 2 Hanover Court, St Giles Cripplegate, London in 1861, where he was listed as a "traveller" [RG9/213 Folio 86 Page 3]

So we now have his wife's maiden name and we can now see that they married in London in 1858 [listed as Denis Brodrick, Sep 1858 City of London Vol 1c Page 253]

He doesn't seem to be on the 1851 census, so must have come over from Ireland in the 1850s.

Catherine's mother Bridget was widowed while Catherine was quite young. There was no father listed in 1841 and in 1851 she was listed as a widow. Catherine had an elder sister named Mary born about 1827.

That's all I've found so far...

Glen

[behindthefrogs]

The London Gazette shows Denis Broderick was a shareholder of the Union Bank of London ( I think, as he was identified as one of hundreds of owners) living at 91 Fore Street EC.

In 1879 he was a gentleman and on 25 Feb 1880 a Woollen Warehouseman.

David

[XANDRA]

We are  gradually  building  a  picture  of the  Broderick's . Thanks  so  much . He was  supposed  to  have  met  Bishop  Lyster in  the 1900s in  HaMMERSMITH  HOSPITAL  when  they  were  both  ill . The  Bishop  told  him  about the  old  Barracks  we  had  bought to  use  as  a  school ,  and  the  large  numbers  of   boys who  wished to  enter  the college  in  preparation  for  the  priesthood  and  the  professions . The  Bishop  had  the  dream of building  a  new  extension on  the  parade  grounds  and  Denis  promised  to  help  financially. It  was 1916 when  the  new  building  was opened  .
xandra