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- William Fishbourne appears in Alumni Dublinensis as entering Trinity College Dublin on November 4 1816, aged 17, son of William, Generosis, b. Carlow. B.A. Vern. 1821, M.A. Aest. 1834.
Much of the information about this William's family has been sourced from a manuscript document in the PRO Dublin, pertaining to a dispute about land at Springhill, which extended over about 150 years from 1761. This document appears to be an attempt by various lawyers to unravel the complexities of the inheritance of this land by quite a number of people over time, including members of the Fishbourne family. The document contains numerous attempts at constructing family trees, all of which I recorded by hand. Some of these attempts appear to be quite confused, however where the material is coherent I have made use of it. This source has been listed as "PRO Dublin land dispute document".
A judgement about this issue in the High Court of Justice in Ireland, Chancery Division- Land Judges, and referring to the Irish Land Act 1903, records as follows: "And in the matter of the Estate of- Julia Moffett, Joseph L. Fishbourne, Gordon F. Fishbourne, John G. Fishbourne, Ruth Spearing Widow, Frances Deborah Robinson, Bessie Fishbourne Spinster, Jane Fishbourne Widow, and Robert Stewart McNicholl surviving trustee, for sale under the will of Joseph Fishbourne and Anne Telford, Widow. Owners of land." Now you work it out. Gordon F. Fishbourne died in 1905, I have his will. Therefore this document post dates 1905. Bessie may or may not be Elizabeth b. abt 1837, Jane may be the widow of David William, or more likely as now occurs to me,she's Jane Going, the widow of Joseph who d. 1876. She is not the widow of either of the boys from Anchoretta's family, as William m. Charlotte Jacob and Gordon Finch m. Margrett Charlotte (from his will) I can see some work on the Civil Registration films coming up. William Fishbourne of Fonthill Co. Carlow, original fragmentary will (salved) abstract proved 3. Sept. 1875 in an abstract of title T11269b. I saw this document in the PRO in Dublin, it was unreadable, but in 1990 still smelt of the fire ! I think it may have been this William who was agent to the Duke of Buckingham, according to the Westmeath Journal (various references, 1826 through to 1843) In Carlow Now and Then (vol.4, summer 1998) William Fishbourne (and I think it must be this one) was described as Chairman of the Board of Guardians (of the workhouse) in 1848. The article describes the terrible stresses generated by the famine.
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Dutton, Berrett & Hungerford Twigs
1799 - 1875 (75 years)
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