Henry Kirkwood, Bookbinder

[Kiki1958]

I've found my paternal great great grandfather, Henry Kirkwood, through dublinheritage.ie:  in 1850, he married Mary Doyle.  in 1850, their eldest child, Mary Gertrude was born, followed by Frances in 1852.  and Michael in 1855 ( found Michael through the 1871 UK census, with his Father and Sister's in Liverpool. 

Could somebody look at Thom's between 1852 and 1870 to determine when Henry Kirkwood stops appearing in the Dublin directory?  According to church records, he stood as Godfather to Vincent Doyle in 1857, but I haven't found Henry or his children in the 1861 UK census--their first appearance is in 1871, in Liverpool.  From that census, both Henry and Michael Kirkwood give their professions as bookbinders.

So, if I could get an idea as to when Henry Kirkwood moved from Dublin, I'd appreciate it.

[shanew147]

there's a few Kirkwood listing in the directories but just one specific mention of a Henry. The listings only list the business owners (employees are not usually be listed). There are also a number of other Kirkwood connections in similar trades that might be of interest : 

1850 :
  Henry Kirkwood, bookbinder, 3 Arran St East
  Kirkwood & Son, law printers, 13 Ormond quay upr.
  John Kirkwood, circulating library, printer & stationer
    90 George's St lwr, Kingstown 

1852 :
  Kirkwood & Son, law printers, 13 Ormond quay upr.
  John Kirkwood, circulating library, printer & stationer
    90 George's St lwr, Kingstown 

1863 :
  John T. Kirkwood, law & general printer, 28 Ormond Quay, lwr
  Wm. Kirkwood, law & general printer, 33 gt. Brunswick st

1868 :
  S. Kirkwood, law & general printer28 Ormond Quay, lwr
  Wm. Kirkwood, printer, 33 gt. Brunswick st
 
following up on the location for Henry in 1850 of Arran Street east, show that it ran from Upr. Ormond Quay to Mary's Abbey, so close to the Ormond Quay Kirkwood business and the four courts. In later directories the address is tenements.


Shane

[Kiki1958]

Shane, many thanks.  I did some archival search, and found that Kirkwood and Son was taken over by a Mr. O'Brien, who filed for bankruptcy in the late 1850S.  All the printing equipment was listed for auction--can't help but wonder if that triggered the Kirkwood migration to Liverpool?

[gmccullo]

That contains interesting material for me. My great great grandfather was John Kirkwood and family oral history is that he was the "Queen's Printer" in Dublin, but up until now I had not any information on him.

As far as I know he was dead by 1878 and his wife moved to Toronto, Canada to be with her daughter Elizabeth and her husband William Henry McCullough.

Is there any source of information on the family of John Kirkwood - children, brothers or anything?

Many thanks,
Grant

[Kiki1958]

Grant, go to dublinheritage.ie and look in the baptismal records.  I found my great grandmother, Frances Kirkwood, in the baptismal registry. 

Family names can be valuable evidence.  The names "Frances" and "James" were used in my family, so I have deduced that James and Frances Doyle may be my great great great grandparents. 

There are Kirkwoods, upper class ones from Roscommon--do a search on google books for John Kirkwood.

Are your branch of the Kirkwoods Catholic or Protestant?  Henry Kirkwood married a Roman Catholic, Mary Doyle, but I can't find a baptismal record for him

your (perhaps) very distant cousin,

Peggy M.
Brooklyn, NY

[shanew147]

a more comprehensive set of Dublin City parish records is available on www.irishgenealogy.ie



Shane

[gmccullo]

Hi Peggy M

The Kirkwood family in my family tree were Protestants. The famly story is that the men had to fight their way home from Sunday church service through Catholic parts of the town. Religious tensions ran very strong in Ireland.

Grant

[gmccullo]

Hi Shane

Thanks for the link, it should prove useful to me.

Grant

[kenley]

An aunt of my grandfather married a John Kirkwood about 1900. Her family lived in Chapelizod (3 miles west of Dublin).  He may have been the John Kirkwood who had been baptised in St. Laurence's Church, Chapelizod, in 1864.  If so, his father's name was Thomas and both families were Protestant.  According to a family narrative written in the 1970, (a) they had three children, Andrew, Tom and Sheila, (b) the family emigrated to South Africa, perhaps about the time of WW1 (1914-18), (c) Sheila had married and was living in St Helena at the time and (d) Andrew had a son Denis who published 'Behold the Man' in 1975.
Ken
Dublin