Frank Muspratt

[Mr Grinch]

Hi all,

Im trying to find info on a distant reli of mine. He was Frank Muspratt and apparantly he was a Professor of Music in Limerick. Any help much appreciated.

regards

G

[shanew147]

What sort of details do you have already ?

Presume you already have this 1901 census entry :

  Muspratt household, Henry St. Limerick City

[shanew147]

the same family at the same location in 1911 : Muspratt household

Likely Marriage reference :

  Name: Frank Muspratt
  Registration district:   Limerick
  Event type: Marriage
  Quarter and year: Jan - Mar 1891
  Volume: 5 / Page: 279

  This cross matches with a Frances Jane Rogers

Possible death for Frank, also in Limerick registration district.
   
  Name: Frank Muspratt
  Registration district:   Limerick
  Event type: Death
  Quarter and year:   Apr - Jun 1939
  Age : 78  (est. year of birth 1861)
  Volume: 5 / Page: 217

Two possible births that I see on FreeBMD - both in 1860 in St George Hanover Square district in London. One in the September quarter with the middle name Greville, amd the 2nd in the Dec. quarter with no middle name.

[Mr Grinch]

Hi,
I have him on the 1901 and 1911 but its more what he actually did in Limerick. Why did he go there, what did he do etc etc
I have him on an earlier census in London as a apprentice organist but seems a massive leap from that to Limerick in Ireland.

G

[aghadowey]

Here's an interesting bit about his time as organist in Limerick (also explains how he met the wife)-
http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Sch069.pdf

[shanew147]

The reason for most people moving from Ireland to England was for work - so suspect Frank was the same only the other way around. A job opportunity with a step up arose in Limerick ...

[aghadowey]

More career details for him and father-in-law:
George Frederick Handel Rogers ... ... 1835 1885

Born 1806. Appointed Vicar Choral, 1861. Resigned, 18S5. Died, 1892.
The Choral Foundation ceased, after the Disestablishment of the Church
of Ireland, in 1871.

Frank Muspratt ... ... ... ... ... 1885

Born in London, i860. Pupil of Frederick Gunton, Organist of Chester
Cathedral. Afterwards Pupil- Assistant to Sir Frederick Bridge at
Westminster Abbey. Organist of St. Mary's, Ealing, 1882; Limerick
Cathedral, 1885.

http://www02.us.archive.org/stream/cathedralorganis00west/cathedralorganis00west_djvu.txt

[Mr Grinch]

Here's an interesting bit about his time as organist in Limerick (also explains how he met the wife)-
http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Sch069.pdf

I think Nellie Muspratt is his 2nd wife as Handel Rodgers was the father of Frances his first wife i think.

[sio59]

Obituary and funeral reports 8/7/1930 of Francis Jane are listed on www.Limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies
Search for Muspratt in Alphabetical Listings under Obituaries.

As the library online obituary list  only goes to 1929 at present, you can email Mike Maguire at library and request copies of these.

Siobhan