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Messages - Leo Kearon

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Monday 13 August 18 07:56 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: dillon smith on Sunday 12 August 18 20:54 BST (UK)
Hi Leo my great great grand father was Richard Dillon, brother Thomas galway and Jonathan America  I would like to know why you are looking for information ??? Are you related ???

No, I'm not related. I was working in St. Patrick's Gateway Centre, doing research on the graveyard and church for some historical leaflets for them and Jonathan Dillon's name appeared in the burial records.

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Monday 13 February 17 10:24 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Sinann on Thursday 09 February 17 16:09 GMT (UK)
1814
Joseph Robbins Dillon, doesn't say he's a jeweller but the year fits.
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/dw/details.jsp?id=265491

There is another Joseph R Dillon in 1874, a relative perhaps
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/dw/index.jsp

Name matches the jeweller and the date matches the burial records. Joseph Dillon in St. Patrick's was buried 14 Oct 1814, So it could be him. It is a shame it doesn't give any more detail though, even the word jeweller would have pretty much confirmed it.

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Thursday 09 February 17 10:28 GMT (UK)  »
I've found that Joseph's full name was Joseph Robbins(Robins) Dillon and he was born roughly 1758, annoyingly still no date of death

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Monday 23 January 17 14:02 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: rathmore on Monday 23 January 17 12:56 GMT (UK)
Have you been in touch with the shop in Galway

have you seen this site

www.claddaghring.ie

Dillion still going in Galway, 1 William Street Galway

I have sent them an email just now, hopefully they might get back to me.

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Monday 23 January 17 10:48 GMT (UK)  »
I've read about Lincoln's watch, it is very interesting. Still looking for any info on Joseph in particular his death. The  A+H article mentions

Quote
Joseph Dillon's son John (aka Jonathan) was described as a
goldsmith in the deed covering the disposal of his father's dwelling house in Great
Barronstrand Street on 28 January 1809

which makes me wonder if Joseph was already dead by 1809, which would be disappointing for me since the Joseph Dillon in St Patrick's died in 1814

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Waterford / Re: Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Thursday 19 January 17 12:32 GMT (UK)  »
The article confirms that Thomas and Richard are Jonathan's kids which is a big help and also very interesting and I'm 95% sure that Jonathan (of Lincoln's watch) is Jonathan's son. So now hopefully I can find when Joseph died.

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Waterford / Dillon Jewellers Waterford
« on: Thursday 19 January 17 11:56 GMT (UK)  »
I was wondering if anyone could help me with confirming some information about Dillon Jewellers.

Up in St Patrick's Graveyard  there is a Jonathan Dillon who died in September 1846 aged 67and is described as a watchmaker in the burial records. From what I can gather, he may have had 3 sons all who followed their dad into the jeweller business.

The first seems to be Jonathan, who may have wrote a hidden message in Abe Lincoln's pocket watch.
The others seem to be Richard and Thomas who made Queen Victoria her Claddagh ring and Thomas later went to Galway in 1850.
Also I believe Jonathan Dillon's dad was a Goldsmith called Joseph Dillon and I noticed there is a Joseph Dillon buried here in St. Patrick's who died in October 1814 and I was wondering if it could be Jonathan's Dad


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Waterford / Re: Mayor James Sempill/Semple
« on: Monday 09 January 17 10:42 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: gaffy on Friday 06 January 17 15:05 GMT (UK)
Quote from: MaureeninNY on Friday 06 January 17 12:15 GMT (UK)

October 3, 1797 - Dublin Evening Post - Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Friday James Sempill,Esq. M.D. was sworn into the office of Mayor of Waterford....

Maureen


Those letters M.D. up the ante a good bit, what are the chances there were 2 James Sempills and both of them doctors? Slim I would think.

But what a weird obituary not to mention that...

It is strange, the chances of two doctors with the same name living in the same city but also being part of city council seems quite slim. It is strange that the obituary doesn't mention he was mayor  just his role as an Alderman, still learning he is an alderman of Waterford does help with the local connection.

Maybe he was an alderman at the time of his death hence it was mentioned in the obituary.

Still the fact they might be the same person is very interesting

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Waterford / Re: Mayor James Sempill/Semple
« on: Thursday 05 January 17 09:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Sinann on Thursday 05 January 17 00:41 GMT (UK)
His death was reported in the Limerick Chronicle
http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesetcfromtheLimerickChronicle/Alphabeticallistingsofobituariesdeathnoticesetc/s.pdf
Only says he was an Alderman, you would expect it would say former Mayor, if it was the same man.
Of course that is only a one line transcript there could be more.

That's where I learned he was an alderman, granted given it is a Limerick newspaper they might not have bothered with  any non-local details.

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