Mark Family of Whitehall House, Blackrock
George Mark married Eliza Hudson
born 10.11.1818 11.07.1845 born 01.12.1817
Caldbeck, Cumberland Enniscorthy, Wexford Cooladine, Wexford
died January 1907 died 23.02.1879 (61)
Gravesend at 9 Londonbridge Road
Sandymount, Dublin
George Mark born 10.11.1818 son of Joseph Mark, a carpenter and his wife Hannah from
Lowend, Cumberland. He married Eliza Hudson on 11.07.1845 at the Quaker Meeting House
in Enniscorthy. Eliza was the daughter of Samuel Hudson and Dinah Russell of Cooladine, Co
Wexford. George was a grocer and tea merchant of 23 North Earl Street and 26 Parliament
Street and wrote a essay on tea in 1848. They lived at Whitehall, Blackrock from 1849 to 1851.
George was bankrupt in 1852 and back in business at Dame Street by 1853 and at Sackville
Street trading as Mark & Co and the Alliance New Tea & Coffee Company in 1856. He roasted
and milled his own coffee under steam power, and offered a nationwide delivery service with
the coffee packed in sealed canisters. By 1857 they were no longer advertising. George was
working as a shopman- tea trade in Salford, Lancashire in 1871. Eliza died 23.02.1879 at
London Bridge Road, Sandymount and was buried at Temple Hill, Blackrock. She was survived
by her husband. George a retired, widowed grocer was living at Gravesend in 1901 and died
there in January 1907.
1 Helena Mark born 28.05.1846 at 137 Great Britain Street, Dublin. Helena died of
Scarlatina on 17.04.1853 aged 7 years at 18 Dame Street and is buried at Cork Street.
2 Emily Mark born 22.05.1847 Dublin. Emily was living at 3 Mount Merrion Avenue with
the Guthrie family in 1901 and with her sister Sophia in 1911. Emily died on 20.03.1943
aged 95 years at 23 Dartmouth Square late of 11 Clareville Road and is buried at Temple
Hill, Blackrock. Informant James O Guthrie.
3 Elizabeth (Lilly) Mark born 18.02.1849 at Blackrock. Elizabeth of 95 Lower Mount Street
married Thomas William Haynes son of Thomas Haynes on 08.03.1882 at St Stephen’s
Parish Church, Dublin. Witness Sophia Mark. The family were living at 11 Sandymount
Avenue in 1911. Thomas died on 04.02.1925 aged 75 years and Elizabeth died on
03.11.1928 aged 74 years both at 64 Pembroke Road. They are buried at Mount
Jerome.
1 Thomas Albert Haynes born 19.05.1883 at 6 Leeson Park Avenue, Rathmines.
Thomas married Ethel Boileau daughter of Edward John Boileau of Woodstock
Gardens, Sandford on 16.09.1908 at Sandford Parish Church.
2 George Reginald Haynes born 31.05.1887 at 6 Leeson Park Avenue, Rathmines.
George married Edith Mabel Cooke daughter of Walter William Cooke of Ferry
Bank, Anglesea Road on 09.08.1922 at Baggotrath Church, Dublin.
3 Arthur Gerald Haynes born 03.12.1888 at 15 Ormond Road, Rathmines. Arthur
married Olivia Wilmot Perrin daughter of George Arthur Perrin of 53 Serpentine
Avenue on 03.06.1919 at St Mary’s Parish Church, Donnybrook.
4 George Mark only son born 10.01.1851 Dublin and died on 27.04.1853 aged 2 years at
18 Dame Street and is buried at Cork Street.
5 Sophia Mark born 05.03.1853 married Richard Jocelyn Phillips son of Robert Walker
Phillips on 17.06.1897 at St Peter’s Parish Church, Dublin. They were living at 5.1
Maxwell Road, Rathmines in 1911 with Emily unmarried aged 59 years. Richard died
on 07.11.1922 aged 65 years at 54 Marlboro Road, Dublin and Sophia died 14.05.1941
aged 90 years at 53 Morehampton Road. They are buried at Mount Jerome.
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George Mark married Eliza Hudson
born 10.11.1818 11.07.1845 born 01.12.1817
Caldbeck, Cumberland Enniscorthy, Wexford Cooladine, Wexford
died January 1907 died 23.02.1879 (61)
Gravesend at 9 Londonbridge Road
Sandymount, Dublin
George Mark born 10.11.1818 son of Joseph Mark, a carpenter and his wife Hannah from
Lowend, Cumberland. He married Eliza Hudson on 11.07.1845 at the Quaker Meeting House
in Enniscorthy. Eliza was the daughter of Samuel Hudson and Dinah Russell of Cooladine, Co
Wexford. George was a grocer and tea merchant of 23 North Earl Street and 26 Parliament
Street and wrote a essay on tea in 1848. They lived at Whitehall, Blackrock from 1849 to 1851.
George was bankrupt in 1852 and back in business at Dame Street by 1853 and at Sackville
Street trading as Mark & Co and the Alliance New Tea & Coffee Company in 1856. He roasted
and milled his own coffee under steam power, and offered a nationwide delivery service with
the coffee packed in sealed canisters. By 1857 they were no longer advertising. George was
working as a shopman- tea trade in Salford, Lancashire in 1871. Eliza died 23.02.1879 at
London Bridge Road, Sandymount and was buried at Temple Hill, Blackrock. She was survived
by her husband. George a retired, widowed grocer was living at Gravesend in 1901 and died
there in January 1907.
1 Helena Mark born 28.05.1846 at 137 Great Britain Street, Dublin. Helena died of
Scarlatina on 17.04.1853 aged 7 years at 18 Dame Street and is buried at Cork Street.
2 Emily Mark born 22.05.1847 Dublin. Emily was living at 3 Mount Merrion Avenue with
the Guthrie family in 1901 and with her sister Sophia in 1911. Emily died on 20.03.1943
aged 95 years at 23 Dartmouth Square late of 11 Clareville Road and is buried at Temple
Hill, Blackrock. Informant James O Guthrie.
3 Elizabeth (Lilly) Mark born 18.02.1849 at Blackrock. Elizabeth of 95 Lower Mount Street
married Thomas William Haynes son of Thomas Haynes on 08.03.1882 at St Stephen’s
Parish Church, Dublin. Witness Sophia Mark. The family were living at 11 Sandymount
Avenue in 1911. Thomas died on 04.02.1925 aged 75 years and Elizabeth died on
03.11.1928 aged 74 years both at 64 Pembroke Road. They are buried at Mount
Jerome.
1 Thomas Albert Haynes born 19.05.1883 at 6 Leeson Park Avenue, Rathmines.
Thomas married Ethel Boileau daughter of Edward John Boileau of Woodstock
Gardens, Sandford on 16.09.1908 at Sandford Parish Church.
2 George Reginald Haynes born 31.05.1887 at 6 Leeson Park Avenue, Rathmines.
George married Edith Mabel Cooke daughter of Walter William Cooke of Ferry
Bank, Anglesea Road on 09.08.1922 at Baggotrath Church, Dublin.
3 Arthur Gerald Haynes born 03.12.1888 at 15 Ormond Road, Rathmines. Arthur
married Olivia Wilmot Perrin daughter of George Arthur Perrin of 53 Serpentine
Avenue on 03.06.1919 at St Mary’s Parish Church, Donnybrook.
4 George Mark only son born 10.01.1851 Dublin and died on 27.04.1853 aged 2 years at
18 Dame Street and is buried at Cork Street.
5 Sophia Mark born 05.03.1853 married Richard Jocelyn Phillips son of Robert Walker
Phillips on 17.06.1897 at St Peter’s Parish Church, Dublin. They were living at 5.1
Maxwell Road, Rathmines in 1911 with Emily unmarried aged 59 years. Richard died
on 07.11.1922 aged 65 years at 54 Marlboro Road, Dublin and Sophia died 14.05.1941
aged 90 years at 53 Morehampton Road. They are buried at Mount Jerome.
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