Census
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| 1901 Irish Census - Vines-O'Rourke Household
House contains: William Vines (Head of Family) 36 and an Agricultural Labourer. His wife Elizabeth is 27 and does not have an occupation listed. They have three children - William 2, and 9 month old twins John and Jane. They house also has a nurse child Annie Keelar, 14. It notes that she was born in Co Meath.
All the adults can read and write. |
| 1911 Irish Census - Vines-O'Rourke Household
For this census the family are enumerated as Divine. William (47) and Elizabeth, given as Bessie, (36) are now married for 13 years. Together they have had 8 children of which 5 are still alive.
William 12, Jane 11, John 10 (This is not the same son listed on the 1901 census), James 5 and Michael 3.
The family also have a four year old girl, Josepheina Doyle, listed as a boarder.
William is still listed as being an Agricultural Labourer. All the children are listed as scholars.
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| 1901 Irish Census Returns for Spring Farm
The building return (form B1) for Kilquade shows William Vines and family to be living on Spring Farm estate.
Spring Farm was owned (and he resided in House 1) by William Joseph Corbett a prominent MP and friend of Charles Stewart Parnell (who also stayed at Spring Farm).
On 1 Dec 1909 Corbett died. His probate went through in January 1909 and everything went to a Thomas M. Corbett, Medical Doctor, Dublin. Spring Farm is sold to a Richard Hudson. In the 1911 census 7 of the 16 houses on the estate are uninhabited. The only family to remain since 1901 is the Price family- although they appear to have moved from House 3 to House 4 - William Vines old home.
This offers a time line (and reason) as to the move to Glendarragh. |