Halpins of Co. Wicklow, Portarlington and Dublin City - Part 2

[pacobirdcr]

For those who may be interested;
...Alderman Thos Meade was married to Harriet Brownrigg, daughter of Henry Brownrigg of Wingfield, Co. Wexford who died in 1723.

[BillW]

A recent article in the Irish Times referring to a donation to the Dublin City Library of issues of the Dublin Evening Mail from 1838 to 1855 can be freely viewed at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0803/1224276088126.html.  Have these never been viewable before?  Could be invaluable.  Bill

[kenneth cooke]

Reply to Pacobirdcr-
Eugene Sweny, after the death of Elizabeth, nee Halpen, married Lydia Jane Brownrigg, daughter of John & Jane, of Dublin, on 1.11.1794. She was bapt. 26.3.1761. They had no children.
Then there was General Brownrigg who defeated the King of Kandy and claimed Ceylon for the British.
Ken

[Shanachai]

     Correction: there were two men of god associated with the Protestant church in Wicklow town - Rev. Brownrigg and Rev. Rook.  Going on recollection, I claimed above that a Brownrigg turned up as a juror in the wake of Charles G. Halpine's death in New York City (witnessing the coroner's postmortem, disputing his findings).  I've rechecked - the man's surname was Rook.  Sorry about the mix-up.

[Diane Carruthers]

A recent article in the Irish Times referring to a donation to the Dublin City Library of issues of the Dublin Evening Mail from 1838 to 1855 can be freely viewed at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0803/1224276088126.html.  Have these never been viewable before?  Could be invaluable.  Bill

Bill,
Are copies of the paper viewable online or just the newspaper article about the donation?

Nicholas John was the editor of the Dublin Evening Mail.  I tried finding copies for interlibrary loan but it was only available in two libraries, Galaway and an American library. I thought it might be a good source for Halpin obituaries plus I was interested in his editorials. Would be great if it was online.

Diane

[BillW]

No Diane, the article was about the donation of actual copies of the newspaper covering that period that had been accumulated by a collector.   I don't know about other copies.  I presume that in time these will be viewable in Dublin and eventually scanned or microfilmed.  I agree that these papers could contain very valuable information including the death of George Halpin senior on 8th July 1854 and his wife in July 1850, NJH himself in 1850, James Halpin in 1847, just to name a very few.  Bill.

[J.M. Flannery]

Extracted  from Wicklow Directory dated 1910.

HALPIN James Henry Wentworth Villas L.R.C.P.S.I., L &L.M., Physisian and surgeon medical officer, Wicklow Dispensary, Admiralty surgeon, and surgeon to the Royal Irish Constablulary

KENNEDY Francis Church Street and 17 Clare St Dublin Solicitor, and land agent, Commissioner for Oaths, agent for the Royal Exchange Assurance Co.,

KENT G A Abbey Street Family grocer, provision merchant and Italain Warehouesman
KENT MASON S & CO, George And sons South Quay Wholesale and family bakers and flour  merchants

HALPIN Miss Bachelor's Walk
HALPIN Miss Ida Wentworth Cottage Church Hill
HALPIN James Henry L.R.C.S.I Wentworth Cottage Church Hill
HALPIN James Main Street

KENNEDY Francis Church Street
KENNEDY Miss Lydia Wentworth Place

[BillW]

Was the Miss Halpin at Bachelor's Walk Louisa Grace 1867-1937 or Sarah d. 1915 or Frances Margaret 1858-1926, daughters of Richard Mathews Halpin and Sarah Gregg?  I believe this family lived at Leitrim Lodge in that street.  Sisters Frances Margaret and Sarah were executors for the estate of their brother Richard James Augustus, engineer who died in Sierra Leone.  A witness to that will was Francis B Gregg MD.  Would this have been Sarah's father or brother?  I understand that the only member of this family who married was Mary Anne Halpin whose husband was Swinton Bond.  When Frances died, she lived at 1 Church Street.

And who was the James Halpin in Main Street?  I think the only Halpin that I have recorded in Main Street was Robert Wellington Halpin who died in 1883.

[BillW]

We are already on Page 20 of this, our second series, and we (Ray) may well be asked to start a fresh series.  I am sure you all agree that there is plenty of life still left in this topic.

I have been led back to a posting on Page 6 of this series and there noticed Reply 82 by Diane that incorporated a summary by me.  On re-reading this, the general hypothesis stands.  May I suggest that you may care to re-read this also before we head off to new fields?
Bill.