Dorothy March Whyte (nee HUDMAN) was my wife's great grandmother. She died on 23 Feb 1943 in Raheny, Dublin. She is buried, alpmg with her husband Lewis and son Alan in Balbriggan Cemetery in a plot alongside her father Thomas and mother Ada HUDMAN. Dorothy moved to Raheny from George's Hill Balbriggan following the death of Lewis in 1938. Her house in Raheny, 'Keady', Howth Road still exists, but not in family now.
Lewis Whyte and his father William were the MDs of Smyth & Co (Smyco) major hosiery manufacturers in Balbriggan (see Babriggan.net for more information on company and also a picture of Lewis & Doroyhy celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary)
Thomas Edmund Hudman was an architect and published a number of articles in specialist journals about architecture and was involved in a number of major Dublin projects, However, he went to work for Smyth & Co as Company Secretary (I believe) until his death.
Ada his wife is the sister of Sir Thomas C Devereux PILE - 1st Baron Kenilworth. Thomas Pile was an auctioneer, wholesale fish and game salesman and an ice merchant. .He was elected to Dublin City Council in 1887, was High Sheriff in 1898 and became Lord Mayor of Dublin on 23 February 1900. Queen Victoria visited Dublin in April 1900 and was welcome by Pile as Lord Mayor. Since it was customary for the monarch to honour Dublin's first citizen during royal visits, Pile was granted a baronetcy to mark the event.
I have a little more information if you need it. I would be interested in also receiving any information you find, particularly on the Whyte line.
