William Richard MEMERY married Susan ?

[Vimto]

Hi

I am trying to trace a part of my father-in-law's family tree.

William Richard Memery (my father-in law's GGGF) was born in Dublin in c. 1816 (anyone have anything on his birth? and parents?). William married Susan (surname unknown). We don't know the date or location of their marriage and we only have some limited details of their children:

Betsey (b. 8 July 1841)
Mary Ann (b. 29 December 1843) - my father-in law's GGM
William Richard (b. 6 January 1846)

William Richard Memery (b. c. 1816) died Q4, 1879, Dublin South, 2, 522.

Any help filling in any gaps would be very gratefully appreciated.

p.s. my father-in-law believes that the Memery's of Dublin may have originally hailed from Devon. So any help going back further into William Richard's family tree would be most interesting.

Vimto

[Sinann]

Don't have time to look just now but suggest you try this site http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/
This could be of interest
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/b154650147725

[Vimto]

Cheers Sinann for the links

The second link looks like a potential cousin. There are 2 known William Richard Memery's in the tree we are following - the one born in c. 1816 and his son born in 1846.

Vimto

[Sinann]

Try searching for Memory
Betsey 8 July 1841
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/e36b000147314

[Captain2]

Maybe something of interest...

From the Irish Prison Registers
12 April 1843
Dublin:
William Memmory aged 28 (dob 1815) trial 11th April 1843, committed 12th April
2 months and £10 or 2 months additional sentence discharged 7th July 1843
Description: 5'8" hazel eyes. black hair, dark complexion - fisherman
Prisoner at Kilmainham Prison, Dublin
Offence : Assault

5th Jan 1843 - this entry does not have a sentence
Dublin:
William Memory aged 24 (dob 1819)
Prisoner at Kilmainham Prison, Dublin
Offence : Violent assault

[Captain2]

William Memery (head of family) 65 (1846)
born Co. Dublin
Ex-Fisherman
Married to Isabella (5 years)  aged 50 (1861) born Co. Dublin

Just the two of them in the household
Thorncastle Street
Pembroke East
Dublin

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There may be further generations of William richards?

William Richard Memery
Born 7 Sep 1873, Dublin
Father    William Richard Memery
Mother    Rebecca Winter


William Richard Memery
Birth Registration    Jul-Aug-Sep 1893
Dublin South Vol 2, p546

[LH]

Hi

Take a look at these old postings re the Memery Family from Ringsend....

Cheers

[Vimto]

Thanks a lot for the help. So, we have a rather thuggish fisherman in the family! At least at one point in his life. And thanks for picking up on the possible alternative surname spelling. The entry for Betsey has confirmed William's occupation which was news to us and ties into the prison record. Interestingly my father-in-law has a newspaper article about Ringsend and its ties through fishermen to SW England (and Devon in particular). Mary Ann (b. 1843) daughter of William Richard went on to marry John Gray. The Gray and Memery families were believed to hail from Devon and to have arrived in Ringsend as a result of the fishing industry links. This information helps to cement that view.