Pim Family of Knocksinna
The Pim family were the owners of a large department store in South Great Georges Street designed
by Sandham Symes and built in several stages. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for an
office building. They were also the owners of the Dublin City marlet, built 1881, rebuilt in 1894
after a fire and now known as the George's Street Arcade and owned by Dunnes Stores.
Jonathan Pim of Greenbank, Monkstown born circa 1806 was the co-owner of the Greenmount Mills
in Harold's Cross along with his brothers Thomas Pim and Greenwood Pim. He married Susan J
Todhunter, daughter of John Todhunter of Dublin. An MP, he was returned for Dublin in 1865 and
in 1868. He was a director of Pim Brothers of South Great Georges Street. Susan died at Greenbank
20 Jan 1868. Jonathan died at Greenbank on 6 Jul 1885 and was buried at Temple Hill Cemetery.
1 Thomas Pim, J P born circa 1831was chairman of Messrs Pim Bros of Georges Street and
on the council of the Chamber of Commerce and the council of the RDS. He married
Suzanna Evans, daughter of John Evans, MD of Richmond Street. Thomas became managing
director of Pim Brothers of South Great Georges Street and died 19 Jan 1900 at Greenbank
and was buried at Temple Hill.
1 Jonathan Ernest Pim born circa 1858, graduated from the University of Dublin in 1881
and entered Gray's Inn in 1882. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1886 and became
King's Counsel in 1909. After the Easter Rising of 1916 he was appointed a Lord Justice
of Ireland. Johnathan Pin, High Court judge, former Attorney General and bachelor died
at Burlington Road on 22 Apr 1949.
2 H Leopold Pim born 10 Apr 1863 at Birch Grove, Dublin was a merchant/Draper of George's
Street. He married Helena Eveleen Beale, daughter of George Cotter Beale of Elmgrove,
St Luke's, Cork at the Friends meeting house in Monkstown 20 19 Dec 1900. The lived at
Seapoint Villa before moving to Knocksinna in Stillorgan. Leopold was auditor of the Great
Northern Railway Company for 50 years and became a director of the Royal Insurance
Company in place of his father in 1900. Helena died at Knocksinna on 6 Dec 1920 and
Leopold died 13 Mar 1947 at 10 Hatch Street and was buried at Temple Hill Blackrock.
1 Jonathan Pim born 18 Oct 1901 at Seapoint Villa married Dorothy May Vendlaine Phelps,
the daughter of Ernest Phelps, at Christchurch, Leeson Street on 24 Apr 1928. Jonathan
became managing director of the family firm and died 22 Jun 1958 as Lismallon, Foxrock.
2 Margaret Alison Pim born 19 Sep 1904 at Seapoint Villa married Henry Mitchell Hall of
Ardmore, Stillorgan on 15 Oct 1924 at St Ann's Church.
3 Alfred Cecil Pim (Cecil) born 17 Jun 1870 at Birch Grove, Kill Avenue married Mary (Marie)
Pike, stepdaughter of John Barcroft of Beech Hill, Armagh and daughter of Joseph Pike on
20 Jul 1897 as Lisnadell Church, Armagh. He was managing director of Greenmount
Spinning in Harold's Cross. They lived in Armagh for most of their married lives but
returned to Dublin to live at Claremont Road, Howth. Alfred died 11 Jan 1942.
1 Thomas Pim born 4 May 1898 at Northbrook Road joined the RAF and was
killed on active service on 28 Aug 1918.
2 Richard Pike Pim born at Dunmurry 10 Jul 1900 was graduated from Trinity.
He served as a midshipman in the R N Volunteer Reserve attaining the rank of
commander in 1929 and was a district inspector of the RIC. He was appointed
principle officer in charge of the Home Office and right hand man of Lord
Dufferin.
4 Edith Norah Pim married Alfred John Alexander son of Edward Alexander of Richmond
Villa Monkstown at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown 20 14 Jun 1865.
5 Nora Pim
6 Elizabeth Eveleen Pim married Henry Theodore Bewley, MB, son of Henry Bewley of
Willow Park, Booterstown on 16 Aug 1887 at the Friends Meeting house Monkstown.
Henry was president of the Dublin University Biological Association. He was on the
medical staff of the Adelaide Hospital and lecturer on Typhoid and its prevention.
It was elected to the consulting staff of the Rotunda Hospital in 1917. Eveleen died
5 Aug 1930 and Henry died 8 Jan 1945 aged 84.
1 Charles Henry Bewley born 12 Jul 1888 at Baggot Street.
1 Thomas Kenneth Bewley born 3 Jul 1890 at Baggot Street.
3 Arthur Geoffrey Bewley (Geoffrey) born 6 Sep 1894 at Baggot Street.
4 Richard Maurice Bewley born 1 Sep 1897 at Baggot Street.
7 Susan Amy Pim married Frederick Littleboy from Sunderland, a corn miller and son
of Graham Thomas Littleboy on 12 Oct 1892 at the Friends Meeting House in Monkstown.
2 Frederick William Pim, second son born circa 1830 married Hannah Beale, second daughter of
Joshua Beale of Adelaide Place Cork at The Friends Meeting House, Cork on 14 Sep 1865. Frederick
was a principal of Pim Bros. Poplin manufacturers and Greenmount Spinning company and the
chairman of the Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Railway Company. Hannah died 14 Mar 1876 at
Heathville, Monkstown. Frederick died at his house Lonsdale, Stillorgan 7 Jan 1925.
1 Ivan Frederic Pim born 16 Sep 1869 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown.
2 Edgar Athelstan Pim born 1871 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown. Edgar of Lonsdale Stillorgan
married Arabella Evans at the Friends Meeting House, Eustace Street on 7 Feb 1901. He was
a director of Messrs Pim Brothers and company of William Street and also a director of the
Hosiery Company - Smyths of Balbriggan. He died in 1938 and is buried at Temple Hill
Cemetery.
3 Henry Beale Pim born 2 Mar 1876 at Heathville Monkstown. Henry of Lonsdale Stillorgan
married Susan Ethel Evans, daughter of John Evans at the Friends Meeting House,
Eustace Street 16 Jul 1902.
3 Mary Pim, eldest daughter born circa 1834 married John Richardson Wigham at the Friends
Meeting House, Monkstown on 4 Sep 1858. John born in Scotland to a Quaker family was a
mechanical engineer and an inventor. His sister married John Edmunson who had a brass
foundry in Capel Street and John as a 15 year old moved to Dublin to work as an apprentice
there. In 1863 the Dublin Ballast Board funded Wigham’s research and his new gas light was
installed in the Baily Lighthouse. He was president of Blackrock Township and chairman
of the Blackrock & Kingstown Drainage Board. They had six children. Mary died 23 Dec 1899.
On his death he was described as a former chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and president
of the YMCA. He died at his home on Albany Road Monkstown on 16 Nov 1906 age 77 and was
buried at Temple Hill Cemetery. Some of his inventions can be seen at the Maritime museum in
Dun Laoghaire.
4 Joseph Todhunter Pim born circa 1841, was educated at York Quaker School. He was chairman
of Pim Bros Ltd, the linen and woollen retail and wholesale branch of the company. He served as
a director of the Bank of Ireland eventually becoming a Governor of same. Treasurer of the
Dublin Hospital Society Fund and chairman of the South City Markets Company Joseph died a
bachelor on 2 Jul 1925 at Rinnamara, Monkstown.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2019
The Pim family were the owners of a large department store in South Great Georges Street designed
by Sandham Symes and built in several stages. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for an
office building. They were also the owners of the Dublin City marlet, built 1881, rebuilt in 1894
after a fire and now known as the George's Street Arcade and owned by Dunnes Stores.
Jonathan Pim of Greenbank, Monkstown born circa 1806 was the co-owner of the Greenmount Mills
in Harold's Cross along with his brothers Thomas Pim and Greenwood Pim. He married Susan J
Todhunter, daughter of John Todhunter of Dublin. An MP, he was returned for Dublin in 1865 and
in 1868. He was a director of Pim Brothers of South Great Georges Street. Susan died at Greenbank
20 Jan 1868. Jonathan died at Greenbank on 6 Jul 1885 and was buried at Temple Hill Cemetery.
1 Thomas Pim, J P born circa 1831was chairman of Messrs Pim Bros of Georges Street and
on the council of the Chamber of Commerce and the council of the RDS. He married
Suzanna Evans, daughter of John Evans, MD of Richmond Street. Thomas became managing
director of Pim Brothers of South Great Georges Street and died 19 Jan 1900 at Greenbank
and was buried at Temple Hill.
1 Jonathan Ernest Pim born circa 1858, graduated from the University of Dublin in 1881
and entered Gray's Inn in 1882. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1886 and became
King's Counsel in 1909. After the Easter Rising of 1916 he was appointed a Lord Justice
of Ireland. Johnathan Pin, High Court judge, former Attorney General and bachelor died
at Burlington Road on 22 Apr 1949.
2 H Leopold Pim born 10 Apr 1863 at Birch Grove, Dublin was a merchant/Draper of George's
Street. He married Helena Eveleen Beale, daughter of George Cotter Beale of Elmgrove,
St Luke's, Cork at the Friends meeting house in Monkstown 20 19 Dec 1900. The lived at
Seapoint Villa before moving to Knocksinna in Stillorgan. Leopold was auditor of the Great
Northern Railway Company for 50 years and became a director of the Royal Insurance
Company in place of his father in 1900. Helena died at Knocksinna on 6 Dec 1920 and
Leopold died 13 Mar 1947 at 10 Hatch Street and was buried at Temple Hill Blackrock.
1 Jonathan Pim born 18 Oct 1901 at Seapoint Villa married Dorothy May Vendlaine Phelps,
the daughter of Ernest Phelps, at Christchurch, Leeson Street on 24 Apr 1928. Jonathan
became managing director of the family firm and died 22 Jun 1958 as Lismallon, Foxrock.
2 Margaret Alison Pim born 19 Sep 1904 at Seapoint Villa married Henry Mitchell Hall of
Ardmore, Stillorgan on 15 Oct 1924 at St Ann's Church.
3 Alfred Cecil Pim (Cecil) born 17 Jun 1870 at Birch Grove, Kill Avenue married Mary (Marie)
Pike, stepdaughter of John Barcroft of Beech Hill, Armagh and daughter of Joseph Pike on
20 Jul 1897 as Lisnadell Church, Armagh. He was managing director of Greenmount
Spinning in Harold's Cross. They lived in Armagh for most of their married lives but
returned to Dublin to live at Claremont Road, Howth. Alfred died 11 Jan 1942.
1 Thomas Pim born 4 May 1898 at Northbrook Road joined the RAF and was
killed on active service on 28 Aug 1918.
2 Richard Pike Pim born at Dunmurry 10 Jul 1900 was graduated from Trinity.
He served as a midshipman in the R N Volunteer Reserve attaining the rank of
commander in 1929 and was a district inspector of the RIC. He was appointed
principle officer in charge of the Home Office and right hand man of Lord
Dufferin.
4 Edith Norah Pim married Alfred John Alexander son of Edward Alexander of Richmond
Villa Monkstown at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown 20 14 Jun 1865.
5 Nora Pim
6 Elizabeth Eveleen Pim married Henry Theodore Bewley, MB, son of Henry Bewley of
Willow Park, Booterstown on 16 Aug 1887 at the Friends Meeting house Monkstown.
Henry was president of the Dublin University Biological Association. He was on the
medical staff of the Adelaide Hospital and lecturer on Typhoid and its prevention.
It was elected to the consulting staff of the Rotunda Hospital in 1917. Eveleen died
5 Aug 1930 and Henry died 8 Jan 1945 aged 84.
1 Charles Henry Bewley born 12 Jul 1888 at Baggot Street.
1 Thomas Kenneth Bewley born 3 Jul 1890 at Baggot Street.
3 Arthur Geoffrey Bewley (Geoffrey) born 6 Sep 1894 at Baggot Street.
4 Richard Maurice Bewley born 1 Sep 1897 at Baggot Street.
7 Susan Amy Pim married Frederick Littleboy from Sunderland, a corn miller and son
of Graham Thomas Littleboy on 12 Oct 1892 at the Friends Meeting House in Monkstown.
2 Frederick William Pim, second son born circa 1830 married Hannah Beale, second daughter of
Joshua Beale of Adelaide Place Cork at The Friends Meeting House, Cork on 14 Sep 1865. Frederick
was a principal of Pim Bros. Poplin manufacturers and Greenmount Spinning company and the
chairman of the Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Railway Company. Hannah died 14 Mar 1876 at
Heathville, Monkstown. Frederick died at his house Lonsdale, Stillorgan 7 Jan 1925.
1 Ivan Frederic Pim born 16 Sep 1869 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown.
2 Edgar Athelstan Pim born 1871 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown. Edgar of Lonsdale Stillorgan
married Arabella Evans at the Friends Meeting House, Eustace Street on 7 Feb 1901. He was
a director of Messrs Pim Brothers and company of William Street and also a director of the
Hosiery Company - Smyths of Balbriggan. He died in 1938 and is buried at Temple Hill
Cemetery.
3 Henry Beale Pim born 2 Mar 1876 at Heathville Monkstown. Henry of Lonsdale Stillorgan
married Susan Ethel Evans, daughter of John Evans at the Friends Meeting House,
Eustace Street 16 Jul 1902.
3 Mary Pim, eldest daughter born circa 1834 married John Richardson Wigham at the Friends
Meeting House, Monkstown on 4 Sep 1858. John born in Scotland to a Quaker family was a
mechanical engineer and an inventor. His sister married John Edmunson who had a brass
foundry in Capel Street and John as a 15 year old moved to Dublin to work as an apprentice
there. In 1863 the Dublin Ballast Board funded Wigham’s research and his new gas light was
installed in the Baily Lighthouse. He was president of Blackrock Township and chairman
of the Blackrock & Kingstown Drainage Board. They had six children. Mary died 23 Dec 1899.
On his death he was described as a former chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and president
of the YMCA. He died at his home on Albany Road Monkstown on 16 Nov 1906 age 77 and was
buried at Temple Hill Cemetery. Some of his inventions can be seen at the Maritime museum in
Dun Laoghaire.
4 Joseph Todhunter Pim born circa 1841, was educated at York Quaker School. He was chairman
of Pim Bros Ltd, the linen and woollen retail and wholesale branch of the company. He served as
a director of the Bank of Ireland eventually becoming a Governor of same. Treasurer of the
Dublin Hospital Society Fund and chairman of the South City Markets Company Joseph died a
bachelor on 2 Jul 1925 at Rinnamara, Monkstown.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2019