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Balfour
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Bookeys of Castlepollard
« on: Sunday 05 March 06 22:26 UTC (UK) »
I am trying to track a teacher called Richard H Bookey who taught at Berkhamsted in 1891.  He originated from Castlepollard, and moved back to Ireland around 1891.  I would like to find out whether he started up another school in Ireland and whether he took some of his Berkhamsted pupils with him.  The pupils I am particularly interested in are Cecil Rowland (aged 13 in 1891) and Lancelot Bullock (10 in 1891).
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Christopher
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Re: Bookeys of Castlepollard
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 March 08 20:45 UTC (UK) »
Hello Balfour,

Does the source which states that Richard H Bookey moved back to Ireland give any clue where he settled when he returned? Searching through the records of all Irish schools around 1891 could be quite a task.  Does the school where he taught at Berkhamsted have any records ... possibly a school magazine ... which would say whereabouts he went settled in Ireland?

Why would Cecil and Lancelot have accompanied Richard? Did these pupils have Irish connections?

Was Cecil a son of Annie Ellen and the Rev. William Rowland?

Christopher
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Re: Bookeys of Castlepollard
« Reply #2 on: Monday 03 March 08 08:31 UTC (UK) »
Dear Christopher

Good to hear from you.  I am winding my brain back to Cecil and Sydney.  I have neglected the poor chaps lately.  Yes, Cecil was Sydney's younger brother, born in India and the son of Annie Ellen and William Rowland.  His mother later eloped with Cornelius John M'Kenna, leaving the Revd. William with four children.  The children were all farmed out at schools/boarding houses for a bit.

My notes are all in disarray, but I am pretty sure I didn't know whereabouts in Ireland Cecil's schoolmaster went to after he left Berkhamsted.  I was just guessing that perhaps he went back to his home town of Castle Pollard. 

I was also guessing that he might have taken Cecil with him to his next school back in Ireland.  If Cecil's father was happy with the way Richard Bookey was educating him, and his mother was perhaps living in Ireland with her Irish Cornelius M'Kenna so that she could have Cecil during the holidays, they might have felt this was a good idea.

I hadn't thought of the possibility of a school magazine, but I have the feeling perhaps the school was too small for that.  I think it was one of those little places which sprang up to take on children of people working out in India etc.  Probably once Richard Bookey left, the house would have returned to being a private house.  It's an idea, though - I am going to have a look on the next census return, the 1901, and see who was living there. 

I am now late for work and it is all your fault.  How work interferes with the interesting things in life.

Thank you so much for your interest and getting me going again.

Angie
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