Joseph Ivers
1854 - 1908 (54 years)
Set As Default Person 
1856 - -
Gender Male Born 29 Jan 1854 Leinster Street, Athy, Co. Kildare 
[1, 2, 3]
Christened 12 Feb 1854 St. Michael’s Parish Church, Athy, Co. Kildare [3]
- Sponsors: William Fogarty and Margaret Chiswell
The present church is built on the location of the original 1800s church.
Residence 1900 Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin [2]
– Mountpleasant Place is a short road leading away from the Square. Ivy Cottage, accessed via a lane - is located in the garden to the rear of No.3. With their property backing onto the gardens of Mountpleasant Square the Ivers home is in an interesting location - on one side affluent townhouses with access to private tennis and squash courts, just a stones throw in the other direction - tenement buildings.
Mountpleasant Square was built in the 1830s and to this day stands as a prime example of Dublin's Georgian architecture. Now under a preservation order the Square contains 56 houses surrounding three sides of a private garden reserved for the use of its residents. The area was, of course, affluent - records will show the residents were professionals - Doctors, Military, Solicitors, etc.
At the turn of 1900s Rathmines Urban District Council began construction of Mount Pleasant Buildings. The buildings, just south of the Square, were built in response to the lack of housing available for the working classes. By 1930 the Buildings would eventually total 10 blocks tenement flats, their name becoming synonymous with poverty and bad planning practices.
In 1965 Lee Dunne would publish the Irish classic - 'Goodbye to the Hill'. The book is narrated by Paddy Maguire who tells the story of his life growing up in a Dublin slum in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is set in Mountpleasant Buildings.
Census 31 Mar 1901 Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin [2]
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Joe Ivers is 40 when the 1901 census is taken. Having married Lizzie O'Brien he has has settled his family in Ivy Cottage on Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh. He works as a plasterer.
After eight years of marriage Joe has a family of four - Richard (6), who has started school, Ellen (4), Thomas (3) and baby Jospeh (3 months).
The enumerator records Ivy Cottage as being 2nd class. Joe and Lizzie are house owners and the building is solid - brick walls and a slate roof, it has three front facing windows. In total their family of 6 people have use of 5 separate rooms.
Died 27 Jul 1908 Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin [1]
Age 54 years Buried 29 Jul 1908 Deansgrange Cemetery, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin [4]
- Plot: West/E2/25
Siblings11 siblings Person ID I576 Family Tree | O'Brien Branch Last Modified 9 Oct 2020
Father 
Richard Ivers, b. Abt Feb 1814, Castledermot, Co. Kildare , d. 1 Apr 1887, Preston's Gate Offaly Street, Athy, Co. Kildare (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Ellen Chiswell, b. 1825, Leinster Street, Athy, Co. Kildare , d. 1870, Athy, Co. Kildare (Age 45 years) Children12 children Family ID F153 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner Elizabeth "Lizzie" O'Brien, b. 18 Jan 1871, Rathdrum Workhouse, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow , d. 24 Aug 1951, Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin (Age 80 years) Married 3 Sep 1893 St. Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Co. Dublin [6, 7]
- Witnesses: Patrick O'Brien and Bridget Byrne [5]
Children6 children Last Modified 8 Oct 2020 Family ID F152 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Sponsors: William Fogarty and Margaret Chiswell
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Locations and Maps Advertisement | Sale of Ivy Lodge An advertisement for the sale of Ivy Lodge published in The Irish Times on 3rd October 1983.
Marriage Records 
Elizabeth O'Brien & Joseph Ivers | Civil Registration of Marriage 3 September 1893
Joseph Ivers | Full (Age) | Bachelor | Rank or Profession: Plasterer | Residence: 88 Lower Gardiner Street | Father: Richard Ivers (Deceased) | Father's Profession: Plasterer
Elizabeth Brien | Full (Age) | Spinster | Rank or Profession: Servant | Residence: 45 Waterloo Road | Father: Andrew Brien (Deceased) | Father's Profession: Bricklayer
Married in the Roman Catholic Church of Haddington Road [...]
Witnesses: Patrick Brien and Bridget Byrne
(Signed Joseph Ivers & Lizzie Brien)
Elizabeth O'Brien & Joseph Ivers | Extract from Parish Register of Marriages Anno Domini 1893
Joseph Ivers | Residence: 88 Lower Gardiner St | Parents: Ricardi et Helena Ivers | Parents Residence: Athy Kildare
Elizabeth Brien | Residence: 45 Waterloo Road | Parents: Andrea et Elizabeth Brien | Parents Residence: Wicklow
Banns Proclaimed Married 3 September 1893
Witnessed by Patritius Brien of Wicklow and Brigida Byrne of 45 Waterloo Road
Death Records 
Joseph Ivers | Registration of Death 1908 Twenty Seventh July, Ivy Cottage Mt Pleasant Place | Joseph Ivers | Male | Married | 47 Years | Plasterer | Malignant Stomach, Certified | Informant: Lizzie Ivers, Wife, Present at Death, Ivy Cottage, Mount Pleasant Place | Registered: 5 August 1908
Albums 
Civil Birth Registrations | Ivers of Ivy Lodge (1)
Images of entries to the civil registration of births relating to the children of Elizabeth O'Brien and Joseph Ivers.
1901 Census | Ivers-O'Brien Family in Ranelagh (2)
Images of the original census forms. Form A, the first form, is transcribed.
1911 Census | Ivers-O'Brien Family in Ranelagh (1)
Images of the original census forms. Form A, the first form, is transcribed. -
Event Map 
Born - 29 Jan 1854 - Leinster Street, Athy, Co. Kildare 
Married - 3 Sep 1893 - St. Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Co. Dublin 
Residence - Mountpleasant Place is a short road leading away from the Square. Ivy Cottage, accessed via a lane - is located in the garden to the rear of No.3. With their property backing onto the gardens of Mountpleasant Square the Ivers home is in an interesting location - on one side affluent townhouses with access to private tennis and squash courts, just a stones throw in the other direction - tenement buildings.
Mountpleasant Square was built in the 1830s and to this day stands as a prime example of Dublin's Georgian architecture. Now under a preservation order the Square contains 56 houses surrounding three sides of a private garden reserved for the use of its residents. The area was, of course, affluent - records will show the residents were professionals - Doctors, Military, Solicitors, etc.
At the turn of 1900s Rathmines Urban District Council began construction of Mount Pleasant Buildings. The buildings, just south of the Square, were built in response to the lack of housing available for the working classes. By 1930 the Buildings would eventually total 10 blocks tenement flats, their name becoming synonymous with poverty and bad planning practices.
In 1965 Lee Dunne would publish the Irish classic - 'Goodbye to the Hill'. The book is narrated by Paddy Maguire who tells the story of his life growing up in a Dublin slum in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is set in Mountpleasant Buildings.
- 1900 - Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin
Census - Joe Ivers is 40 when the 1901 census is taken. Having married Lizzie O'Brien he has has settled his family in Ivy Cottage on Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh. He works as a plasterer.
After eight years of marriage Joe has a family of four - Richard (6), who has started school, Ellen (4), Thomas (3) and baby Jospeh (3 months).
The enumerator records Ivy Cottage as being 2nd class. Joe and Lizzie are house owners and the building is solid - brick walls and a slate roof, it has three front facing windows. In total their family of 6 people have use of 5 separate rooms.
- 31 Mar 1901 - Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin
Died - 27 Jul 1908 - Ivy Lodge, Mount Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin 
Buried - 29 Jul 1908 - Deansgrange Cemetery, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S32] Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958, Jospeh Ivers; Age at Death: 47; Registered Year 1908; Registration District: Dublin South (Rathmines); Registered quarter: Jul - Sep 1908; Entry 5; Page No 437; Group Registration ID 4990563; Registered: 5 Aug 1908, 27 Nov 2019.
- [S43] 1901 Census of Ireland; Online Archives, National Archives of Ireland, (National Archives of Ireland (http://www.nationalarchives.ie)), 1901 Census Returns | County Dublin; Townland/Street: Mount Pleasant Place, DED: Rathmines & Rathgar-Rathmines East; House Number: 28, 26 Nov 2019.
- [S9] Catholic Parish Records at the NLI, National Library of Ireland, Microfilm 06479/04; Page 7; Counties of Kildare, Laois; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, Jan. 1854 to Feb. 1854 , 7 Oct 2020.
- [S141] Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, (https://www.discovereverafter.com), Deansgrange Cemetery (Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin), Date of Death 27 Jul 1908; Date of Burial 29 Jul 1908; Plot: West/E2/25, 9 Oct 2020.
- [S19] Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, Party 1: Joseph Evers; Party 2: Elizabeth Brien; SR District/Reg Area: Dublin South; Registration Quarter/Year: 3 1893; Registered on: 4 Sept 1893; Group Registration ID 2157271; Vol 2; Page 550; Date of Event: 3 Sept 1893, 12 May 2019.
- [S19] Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, Party 1: Joseph Ivers; Party 2: Elizabeth Brien; SR District/Reg Area: Dublin South; Registration Quarter/Year: 3 1893; Registered on: 4 Sept 1893; Group Registration ID 2157271; Vol 2; Page 550; Date of Event: 3 Sept 1893, 12 May 2019.
- [S9] Catholic Parish Records at the NLI, National Library of Ireland, Microfilm 09214/04; Page 65; Haddington Road; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Marriages, July 1893 to Oct. 1893, 12 May 1893.
- [S32] Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958, Jospeh Ivers; Age at Death: 47; Registered Year 1908; Registration District: Dublin South (Rathmines); Registered quarter: Jul - Sep 1908; Entry 5; Page No 437; Group Registration ID 4990563; Registered: 5 Aug 1908, 27 Nov 2019.
