William Ebrill
- References:
- Wreck of Leon XIII at Quilty, Co.Clare:
Elizabeth Bowler (with her grandson Brian Ebrill), c.1916.
From this picture.
William Ebrill
(see here),
born 1818,
after his father John Ebrill died 1854,
he built up his father's wool business,
[Slater's Directory, 1856]
(and here)
lists
"William & John Ebrill",
Wool Combers & Clothiers,
and "John Abrill", Feather & Skin Merchants,
both at
Mungret Street,
Limerick,
think the name of the business
refers to his father rather than his brother John,
it seems he kept his late father's name on the business
for decades (and long after his brother John died in 1863),
he is listed as bachelor, merchant, living Limerick,
at time of mar,
mar 12th Jan 1864
[him age 46, her age 20],
St.Andrew's church, Westland Row, Dublin
[GROI],
and see
record
in [LDS IGI],
to Elizabeth Bowler [Eliza,
born 11th Jan 1844 in Limerick,
dau of Thomas Bowler, sea captain,
by his wife Ellen
Gleeson],
she is listed as
living Limerick at time of mar,
she is poss. "Lissie Ebrill" who wit the mar of her niece
(who was the same age as her)
Ellen Pigott 1867,
he
imported and exported wool,
owned lots of property in Limerick,
[Henry & Coghlan's directory, 1867]
lists
William & John Ebrill,
Wool Merchants & Brokers,
25 Mungret Street
and 18 William Street,
Limerick,
[Slater's directory, 1870]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1875]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1877]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1879]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1880]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1884]
and
[Guy's directory, 1886]
list
William & John Ebrill,
Wool Merchants & Brokers,
18 Upper William Street, Limerick,
[Bassett's directory, 1875]
also lists William Ebrill,
Wool Merchants & Brokers,
Garryowen,
the O'Mara's,
who had started out in wool,
still did a thriving business in wool with the Ebrills
during the slack bacon period,
lived "Summerville Cottage", Courtbrack, Ballinacurra, Limerick,
this is
"Laurel Hill Cottage", Summerville Avenue,
listed as his residence in
[Bassett's directory, 1877]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1880]
and
[Bassett's directory, 1884],
Summerville Ave is
off the South Circular Rd,
on S side of
Laurel Hill,
which is S of the
Redemptorists church,
a bit S of Summerville Ave is Courtbrack Ave,
and a bit further S is Ballinacurra,
note that
Laurel Hill school
existed at this time
(their daus were educated there),
the Ebrills lived on the land beside Laurel Hill,
and later sold part to Laurel Hill,
[Gail O'Sullivan] says:
"Ashbourne Ave and Summerville Ave are the long avenue and the short avenue
... They formed a square around the land from South Circular Rd to Dock Rd
and their land was in between the two avenues.
They later sold part to Laurel Hill.
Various houses and "cottages" on the estate were called various versions
of Summerville.",
think Summerville Cottage is now gone,
William Ebrill, of St.Michael's par, Limerick,
is among those writing an open letter, 4 May 1877, to the
Bishop of Limerick,
expressing their wish to organise celebrations of the
Golden Jubilee
of
Pope Pius IX
(50th anniv of him becoming a
bishop),
see
Freemans Journal,
9 May 1877,
p.2,
William's will dated 29th Dec 1887
[NAI, ref. 1A-7-128, p.405],
[Ashe's directory, 1891]
lists "W. Ebrill", Wool Merchants, 18 Upper William Street,
listed as "wool merchant"
at death,
died 16th June 1892, at his home,
Summerville Cottage, Limerick,
age 74 yrs
[GROI],
[NAI],
[grave, Garryowen],
left estate of £8607
[NAI],
this is about £3m in
today's money.
Elizabeth
must be
Elizabeth Ebrill, of Short Avenue (unidentified,
but think this is the short avenue leading to Summerville Cottage),
Dock Ward
(town end of South Circular Road), Limerick,
listed as Head of Household
in
[Census, 1901],
(todo) see entry,
St. Michael's Civil Parish,
[NAI] film 69 (P-W), MFGS 17/22,
she is listed as living Summerville Cottage
when she registered her mother's death 1904
[GROI],
she fl c.1916,
their daus were educ
Laurel Hill,
Limerick,
their sons were educ
Crescent College, Limerick,
and
Clongowes,
had issue:
- John Ebrill,
born 6th Nov 1864, Limerick
[entry
in [LDS IGI],
formerly
here,
think from
[GROI]],
bapt 13th Nov
[St.Michael's, Limerick],
died in infancy, bur Garryowen
(there is another John).
- Mary Ebrill,
bapt 5th Sept 1866 [St.John's, Limerick],
see
record
in
[LDS IGI],
didn't marry,
her father's will 1887 left his 2 houses in Victoria Terrace, South Circular Road,
Limerick, to "my dau Mary"
[NAI],
lived with her sister Elizabeth in
family home, Summerville Cottage, Limerick,
died c.1956, age c.90 yrs.
- Ellen Ebrill,
born 27th Jan 1868, Limerick
[record
in
[LDS IGI]],
bapt 8th Feb 1868
[St.Michael's, Limerick],
died in infancy, bur Garryowen
(there is another Ellen).
- William Ebrill, Willie,
born 9th Apr 1869, Limerick
[record
in
[LDS IGI]],
bapt 10th Apr [St.Michael's, Limerick].
-
Elizabeth Ebrill,
Lizzie,
bapt 9th July 1870 [St.Michael's, Limerick].
- John Ebrill (second John),
born 17th Aug 1871, Limerick
[entry
in [LDS IGI]],
bapt 20th Aug
[St.Michael's, Limerick],
educ Clongowes,
his father's will 1887 left:
(a) his houses
1 and 2 Bellevue Terrace, Limerick
(unidentified,
there is a Belle Vue Gardens
on the N Circular Rd),
and:
(b) "the ground rent of Capt. Walsh's house
and Courtbrack Villa", Ballinacurra, Limerick,
to "my son John"
[NAI],
a letter survives in the Ebrill family
from "John F. Ebrill",
written on a typewriter from
UCD,
5 Nov 1889,
to "My Dear de Courcy" [unidentified,
note that
de Courcy is
not yet linked to either O'Mara or Ebrill at this stage],
this would look like John,
but confusingly
there is another letter on a typewriter from
UCD, 6 Nov 1889,
from "John S." to "My darling Ka" who is his sister,
John is clearly a student at UCD, and asks "Ka" to
"send me up as soon as you can, a little book called
Epistles and Ars Poetica",
he says
"Give my fond love to Father, Mother & all the children",
didn't marry.
- Thomas Ebrill, Tom,
educ Clongowes,
registered his father's death 1892, living Courtbrack
[GROI],
his father left him his houses 3 and 4 Bellevue Terrace
(see his brother John above),
mar Nell Walsh [Ellen, from Cappoquin, E of Lismore, Co.Waterford],
he was offered job as professor at
UCD
but she wouldn't go, wanted to stay near family,
he took job teaching at secondary school at
Mount Melleray
monastery, N of Cappoquin, Co.Waterford,
"T.E. Ebrill, B.A." listed as member of Cappoquin Race Committee (horse racing) in
Munster Express, 30 Nov 1934,
had issue:
- Rosaleen Ebrill, born est c.1920,
mar Jimmy Geary [Jim, from Limerick],
"Mrs. Geary (nee Ebrill) and Mr. Geary, Dublin and Limerick"
are listed as attending
opening of Doorus House 1961,
had issue:
- Gwendolen Geary,
or poss. Gwendolin
or Gwendoline
or Gwendoln,
had issue:
- Jennifer ---.
- Ellen Ebrill (second Ellen, "Eileen", "Eily"),
entry
in [LDS IGI]
says born 28th May 1874, Limerick,
maybe this should be 28th Apr?,
bapt Ellen Mary, 1st May 1874 [St.Michael's, Limerick],
her father's will 1887 left his houses 3 and 4 Summerville Terrace
(see her sister Elizabeth)
to "my dau Ellen"
[NAI],
mar Tom Mc Kern,
they went to Argentina,
had issue:
- Hugh Mc Kern, didn't marry,
lived Argentina.
- Frank Ebrill,
Stephen Francis, Stephen Frank, Francis,
born 2nd Aug 1875, Limerick
[entry
in [LDS IGI]],
bapt "Stephen", 9th Aug [St.Michael's, Limerick],
educ Clongowes,
his father left his 5 houses in Garryowen, E Limerick city,
and his 11 houses in Dwyer's lane
(unidentified), Limerick,
and his house 5 Bellevue Terrace
(see his brother John above)
to "my son Francis"
[NAI],
didn't marry,
lived with his sisters Mary and Elizabeth in
family home, Summerville Cottage, Limerick,
ran family business, "Ebrill Brothers",
estate agents,
and general auctioneers, Limerick,
with his brother William,
in 1907 he witnessed the rescue of the crew
of the
French ship, the
Leon XIII,
which sank off Quilty, Co.Clare,
in 1949 he traced the bell of the Leon XIII to London,
bought it,
had it engraved,
and on Sun 6th Nov 1949
(think NOT 11th)
presented it to
the Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) church
at Quilty
(which has a memorial honouring
those involved in the 1907 rescue),
he fl c.1954.
"Ebrill Brothers",
estate agents,
and general auctioneers (cattle, horses, furniture, etc.),
Agricultural Hall, Military Road, Limerick:
Ebrill Brothers, Agricultural Hall, listed as
Auctioneers in
1910,
Ebrill Bros,
House, Land & Estate Agents,
Agricultural Hall,
listed in
[Guy's directory, 1913]
(see here)
and
[Cork & Munster directory, 1918],
Ebrill Brothers, Limerick, listed as
Auctioneers in
1920,
Ebrill Bros,
Auctioneers & Valuers,
Agricultural Hall,
listed in
[Limerick City Trades Directory, 1931]
and
[Thom's, 1931]
and
[Thom's, 1933],
business went bust in
Economic War
(De Valera's crippling economic policy, 1933-38),
not listed any more in
[Thom's, 1934].
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- George Ebrill,
born Limerick,
bapt 20th Oct 1876
[St.Michael's, Limerick].
- Charles Ebrill,
Charles Edward,
born 28th July 1878, Limerick,
see entry
in
[LDS IGI],
bapt 2nd Aug 1878 [St.Michael's, Limerick].
- Daniel Ebrill, bapt 24th June 1880
[St.Michael's, Limerick],
NOT Neil,
died 1887, age 7 yrs.
Summerville Cottage, Limerick.
See full size.
Summerville Cottage, Limerick, 1955.
See full size
and original.
Back (Left to Right):
George Ebrill,
William Ebrill.
Front (Left to Right):
Susan James,
Brian Ebrill (born 1911),
Elizabeth Bowler,
Sarah Nestor.
Must be c.1916.
See full size
and original.
See alternative scan.
Back (Left to Right):
William Ebrill,
George Ebrill.
Centre (Left to Right):
Sarah Nestor (holding one of her children),
Elizabeth Bowler,
Elizabeth Ebrill.
Front (Left to Right):
Margaret Foley,
(another son, perhaps Charles Ebrill),
(unknown child),
(possibly Frank Ebrill).
See larger
and original.
Thomas Ebrill, his wife
Nell Walsh, and dau Rosaleen, c.1930s.
From this picture.
See larger
and original.
Frank Ebrill.
Photo c.1954.
- Descendant of Thomas Bowler:
- Yvonne Elsworth,
researching Bowler family tree.
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