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McCormick dynasty of Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and Monkstown
The Rev Charles McCormick and Henrietta Smith
Samuel Smith McCormick and Julietta Gardiner – the Shandons
Samuel Smith McCormick of Shandon belonged to the third generation of the coal and shipping McCormick family in the Monkstown-Blackrock area of Dublin. He was the fourth child of John McCormick and Eliza Rice of Stradbrook House (and thus brother to Thomas Charles McCormick of Somerset and Blackrock House and grandchild to Rev Charles McCormick and Henrietta Smith). Samuel was born in 1845 in Mallow. In 1883 in London he married Julietta Maria Emily Gardiner who was born 1862 in Hendon Middlesex of John Gardiner and Julia Gossett. Julietta identified her religion as Church of England and Church of Ireland in census records.
John McCormick was certainly living at Stradbrook House in 1860 and possibly earlier as he was already in business in Dublin by 1850. In either case it is likely that Samuel was brought to Dublin with his parents. It is not known if he lived in London where he married Julietta or had met her elsewhere but by 1885 they were in their in residence in Monkstown which they renamed Montpelier House to Shandon. Winifred, their first child was born there in December of that year. The couple had eight known children, four sons and four daughters among whom was a pair of twins. The fourth, Hilgrove, was the only one born away from Shandon.
In the 1901 census all eight children were at home with their parents, all ‘scholars’. Curiously the eldest child (Winifred) is described as Church of Ireland while the others are listed as Methodists like Samuel. in 1911, five of the children are at Shandon on the night of the census. Winifred, Francis and James Gardiner are absent. John Gardiner is a farmer and a member of the armed forces, and Hilgrove is a law student.
Two of Samuel’s son predeceased him, both losing their lives in WW1. He had this in common with his brother Thomas Charles of the Somerset/Blackrock McCormick’s whose son John Arthur Rice died in action in 1915.
Samuel was actively involved in the family business, McCormick Coal and Shipping that became Tedcastle and McCormick (see above John McCormick of Stradbrook). He is listed at the company’s main premises 7 D’Olier Street in various trade directories. The 1901 and 1911 census records describe his occupation as director of companies and his means as annuities and dividends. By 1890 he had been appointed a Peace Commissioner. He was a chairman of the Port and Docks Board and a member of the Blackrock Urban District Council.
Samuel died of cardiac failure in 1921 at Shandon where he had lived since 1855. Julietta survived him by 30 years, dying of atherosclerosis at Shandon in 1951 aged 88. They are buried in Mount Jerome.
Samuel Smith McCormick m. 1883 in London Julietta Maria Emily Gardiner
b. 1845, Mallow, Co Cork b. 1862, Middlesex
d. 1921, Shandon, Co Dublin d. 1951, Shandon, Co Dublin
Offspring:
1 Winifred Eliza McCormick 1885-1955, m 1916 Adeline Thompson Waters Taylor.
2 John Hugh Gardiner McCormick 1886-1914. Died in action in Belgium.
3 Francis McCormick 1887-1951
4 Hilgrove McCormick1888-1952, m (1) Margaret Anne Cliff 1930 in London (2) Dorothy Strick
1939 in London.
5 Eileen Maria McCormick 1890-
6 Julie Rose McCormick 1890-1972
7 Norah McCormick 1893-
8 James Gardiner 1894-1915. Died in action in France.
Sources General Registry Office UK, General Register Office Ireland, Census records, Church records,
Directories, Press reports.
Contributor Bríd Nolan & Ross Nolan
Date July 2017, updated Jan 2020
McCormick dynasty of Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and Monkstown
The Rev Charles McCormick and Henrietta Smith
Samuel Smith McCormick and Julietta Gardiner – the Shandons
Samuel Smith McCormick of Shandon belonged to the third generation of the coal and shipping McCormick family in the Monkstown-Blackrock area of Dublin. He was the fourth child of John McCormick and Eliza Rice of Stradbrook House (and thus brother to Thomas Charles McCormick of Somerset and Blackrock House and grandchild to Rev Charles McCormick and Henrietta Smith). Samuel was born in 1845 in Mallow. In 1883 in London he married Julietta Maria Emily Gardiner who was born 1862 in Hendon Middlesex of John Gardiner and Julia Gossett. Julietta identified her religion as Church of England and Church of Ireland in census records.
John McCormick was certainly living at Stradbrook House in 1860 and possibly earlier as he was already in business in Dublin by 1850. In either case it is likely that Samuel was brought to Dublin with his parents. It is not known if he lived in London where he married Julietta or had met her elsewhere but by 1885 they were in their in residence in Monkstown which they renamed Montpelier House to Shandon. Winifred, their first child was born there in December of that year. The couple had eight known children, four sons and four daughters among whom was a pair of twins. The fourth, Hilgrove, was the only one born away from Shandon.
In the 1901 census all eight children were at home with their parents, all ‘scholars’. Curiously the eldest child (Winifred) is described as Church of Ireland while the others are listed as Methodists like Samuel. in 1911, five of the children are at Shandon on the night of the census. Winifred, Francis and James Gardiner are absent. John Gardiner is a farmer and a member of the armed forces, and Hilgrove is a law student.
Two of Samuel’s son predeceased him, both losing their lives in WW1. He had this in common with his brother Thomas Charles of the Somerset/Blackrock McCormick’s whose son John Arthur Rice died in action in 1915.
Samuel was actively involved in the family business, McCormick Coal and Shipping that became Tedcastle and McCormick (see above John McCormick of Stradbrook). He is listed at the company’s main premises 7 D’Olier Street in various trade directories. The 1901 and 1911 census records describe his occupation as director of companies and his means as annuities and dividends. By 1890 he had been appointed a Peace Commissioner. He was a chairman of the Port and Docks Board and a member of the Blackrock Urban District Council.
Samuel died of cardiac failure in 1921 at Shandon where he had lived since 1855. Julietta survived him by 30 years, dying of atherosclerosis at Shandon in 1951 aged 88. They are buried in Mount Jerome.
Samuel Smith McCormick m. 1883 in London Julietta Maria Emily Gardiner
b. 1845, Mallow, Co Cork b. 1862, Middlesex
d. 1921, Shandon, Co Dublin d. 1951, Shandon, Co Dublin
Offspring:
1 Winifred Eliza McCormick 1885-1955, m 1916 Adeline Thompson Waters Taylor.
2 John Hugh Gardiner McCormick 1886-1914. Died in action in Belgium.
3 Francis McCormick 1887-1951
4 Hilgrove McCormick1888-1952, m (1) Margaret Anne Cliff 1930 in London (2) Dorothy Strick
1939 in London.
5 Eileen Maria McCormick 1890-
6 Julie Rose McCormick 1890-1972
7 Norah McCormick 1893-
8 James Gardiner 1894-1915. Died in action in France.
Sources General Registry Office UK, General Register Office Ireland, Census records, Church records,
Directories, Press reports.
Contributor Bríd Nolan & Ross Nolan
Date July 2017, updated Jan 2020