Person:Horatio Croskery (1)

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Horatio Collingwood Croskery
b.21 Jul 1842 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
d.5 Jun 1929 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 May 1834
  1. Hugh Croskery1835 - 1886
  2. Ann Croskery1836 - 1931
  3. Alexander Brown Croskery1838 - 1897
  4. Albert James Croskery1840 - 1865
  5. Horatio Collingwood Croskery1842 - 1929
  6. Frederick C. Croskery1845 -
  7. Captain Samuel Maxwell West Croskery1847 - 1933
  8. Wallace Brown Croskery1851 - 1926
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 Sep 1874
  1. Margaret Croskery
  2. Charlotte Wallace CroskeryAbt 1883 -
  3. Catherine Elizabeth CroskeryAbt 1885 -
  4. Winifred CroskeryAbt 1888 - 1967
  5. Horatio Collingwood CroskeryAbt 1891 -
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Facts and Events
Name Horatio Collingwood Croskery
Gender Male
Birth? 21 Jul 1842 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation[1] 1869 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland Ballywarren
Marriage 8 Sep 1874 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern IrelandUniterian?
to Annie Arnold Hutton
Occupation[3] 1901 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern IrelandPublican and General grocer
Occupation[4] 1911 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern IrelandFarmer (Ballywarren house)
Death[2] 5 Jun 1929 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern IrelandBallywarren

Horatio was a General Merchant and had a warehouse at 16 Market Street, and yards in Market Street and Quoile Quay — the departments were Family Groceries, wines and Spirits, Home and Foreign Provisions, Farm and Garden Seeds, Artificial Manures, Iron and Coal[1]. He owned a stable and yard, and either owned or leased (from Major Robert Wallace?) Nos. 5,6, 7 and 86, Irish Street, Downpatrick. (S3) In the 1901 Census he is noted as being a Publican and Grocer, but by 1911 he listed himself as being a Farmer at 1 Ballywarren. The family were Unitarian and could all read and write. He also owned two ships, the schooners 'Glide' and 'Nelson' (see notes, S6). In his will he left (pounds) 7,445-8s-0d and the testator was his son Horatio Collingwood, Coal Merchant.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Advertisement, in County Down Guide and Directory by George Henry Bassett
    p. 194, 1886.
  2. ↑ .

    Will (Irish Probate Records, PRONI)

  3. ↑ .

    General valuation of Ireland 1870, Vol. 12B/18/7E p.145; Vol. 12B/18/7F p.40

  4. ↑ .

    General Census of Ireland 1901

  5.   .

    www.lecalehistory.co.uk/ShipsLecale.pdf; also
    MNL/MB; LM1995 p.75

  6.   No. 37182 Glide; registered Belfast; a schooner of 64 tons; built Bay of Verte New
    Brunswick 1861; owned by Horatio Croskery of Downpatrick;
    Lloyd’s- builder Edward Gooden; dimensions 70.7 x 21.5 x 8.3; re-registered Belfast Nov
    1900 upon restoration to seaworthiness and all Belfast owned; register closed March
    1915- being broken up
  7.   No. 64460 Nelson; registered Belfast; a schooner of 134 tons; built Coverdale 1870;
    owned by Horatio Croskery of Downpatrick;
    Lloyd’s- builder Wright; dimensions 94 x25.8 x 9.4;
    Board of Trade 2887/88- on 7 Aug 1887 on Strangford to Ardrossan, in ballast, about w
    mile north of Corsewell Point, Firth of Clyde, sank following collision with the steamer
    Ayrshire of Belfast; crew (6) and a passenger (master’s wife?) all saved.
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