Pim Family of Knocksinna
The Pim family were the owners of a large department store in South Great George's 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 market, 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 George's Street. Susan died at Greenbank
20 Jan 1868. Jonathan died at Greenbank on 6 Jul 1885 and was buried at Temple Hill Cemetery.
1 Susan Pim born 5 Dec 1829 in Dublin died 28 Jun 1837 aged 8 at Parnell Place, Dublin.
2 Thomas Pim, J P born 5 Oct 1831 was chairman of Messrs Pim Bros of George's 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 George's 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 Henry 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 on
19 Dec 1900. The lived at Seapoint Villa, Seapoint, Blackrock 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.
2 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.
3 John Todhunter Pim born 14 Apr 1833 at Parnell Place, Dublin died 14 Sep 1841 age 8½ at Tivoli
Terrace.
4 Mary Pim, eldest daughter born 14 Dec 1834 at Parnell Place 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 Richardson Edmundson who
had a brass foundry in Capel Street and John as a 15 year old moved to Dublin to work as an
apprentice. 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.
5 Edith Pim born 22 May 1836 at Parnell Place married Alfred John Alexander of Richmond Villa,
Monkstown, son of Edward Alexander on 12 Jun 2865 at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown.
Edith of 32 Crosthwait Park died on 25 Jul 1869 aged 33 years.
6 Frederic William Pim, second son born 8 May 1839 a Killiney 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 and is buried at the Friends Burial Grounds, Temple Hill.
1 Alice Pim born 18 Aug 1886 at 4 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar and died 15 Dec 1869 aged 3
years and 4 months at 4 Richmond Hill and is buried at Temple Hill.
2 Ellen Pim born 15 Dec 1867 at Kenilworth Square, Rathgar married Jonathan Goodbody of
Pembroke House on 19 Mar 1889 at Friends Meeting House, Monkstown. Ellen died
23 Feb 1947 aged 79 at Pembroke House and is buried at Temple Hill.
3 Ivan Frederic Pim, eldest son born 16 Sep 1869 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown, died
5 Mar 1874 at Heathville, Monkstown and is buried at Temple Hill.
4 Edgar Athelstan Pim born 29 Mar 1871 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown. Edgar of Lonsdale,
Stillorgan married Arabella Evans of 12 Upper Merrion Street, daughter of John Evans at the
Friends Meeting House, Eustace Street on 7 Feb 1901. He was a director of Messrs Pim
Brothers and Co of William Street and also a director of the Hosiery Company - Smyths of
Balbriggan. Edgar died on 23 Aug 1938 aged 67 and is buried at Temple Hill
Cemetery.
5 Enid Ethel Pim born 8 Jun 1873 at 4 Richmond Hill, Monkstown married Conrad Arthur Pim,
son of James Pim on 19 Apr 1906 at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown. Enid died
18 Aug 1934 aged 61 at Voewood, Foxrock and is buried at Temple Hill.
6 Ida Pim born 17 Dec 1874 at Heathville, Monkstown. Ida died unmarried on 24 Apr 1963
aged 88 years at 7 Richmond Hill and is buried at Temple Hill.
7 Henry Beale Pim born 2 Mar 1876 at Heathville Monkstown. Henry of Lonsdale, Stillorgan
married Susan Ethel Evans, of 14 Herbert Street and daughter of John Evans at the Friends
Meeting House, Eustace Street 16 Jul 1902. Henry died on 21 Oct 1957 aged 85 at a
Nursing Home, late of 12 Glenshane Park, Jordanstown, Antrim and formerly of Greencroft
Mansions, London.
Frederic secondly married Mary Sophia Pratt daughter of Erasmus C Pratt of Philadelphia, USA.
Mary died on 2 Feb 1884 and is buried at Deansgrange with her two children. Frederick died at his
house Lonsdale, Stillorgan 7 Jan 1925.
8 Sophia Pim born 04 Apr 1883 at Blackrock Lodge and died 21 Sep 1884 aged 1 year 5½
months at Blackrock Lodge and is buried at Deansgrange.
9 Rowland Parry Pim born 25 Jan 1884 at Blackrock Lodge died on 27 Jan 1884 aged 2 days
at Blackrock Lodge and is buried at Deansgrange.
7 Joseph Todhunter Pim born 12 Jul 1841 at Kingstown 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.
8 Louisa Pim born 3 May 1844 at Tivoli Terrace died 11 Jun 1851 aged 7 at Greenbank.
9 Emma Pim born 10 May 1846 at Greenbank died 5 Sep 1922 aged 76 years at Trafalgar Terrace.
10 Hannah Bewley Pim born 11 Apr 1848 at Greenbank died 21 May 1855 aged 7 at Monkstown.
11 Elizabeth Harvey Pim born circa 1850 at Greenbank married Edward Walpole, a linen merchant of
Windsor Lodge, Monkstown son of Edward Walpole on 27 Jun 1878 at the Friends Meeting House,
Monkstown. Elizabeth died on 19 May 1885 aged 34 at Greenbank, the residence if her father and
Edward died on 13 Jan 1917 aged 79 at 8 Seapoint Avenue.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2019/Updated April 2022
The Pim family were the owners of a large department store in South Great George's 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 market, 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 George's Street. Susan died at Greenbank
20 Jan 1868. Jonathan died at Greenbank on 6 Jul 1885 and was buried at Temple Hill Cemetery.
1 Susan Pim born 5 Dec 1829 in Dublin died 28 Jun 1837 aged 8 at Parnell Place, Dublin.
2 Thomas Pim, J P born 5 Oct 1831 was chairman of Messrs Pim Bros of George's 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 George's 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 Henry 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 on
19 Dec 1900. The lived at Seapoint Villa, Seapoint, Blackrock 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.
2 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.
3 John Todhunter Pim born 14 Apr 1833 at Parnell Place, Dublin died 14 Sep 1841 age 8½ at Tivoli
Terrace.
4 Mary Pim, eldest daughter born 14 Dec 1834 at Parnell Place 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 Richardson Edmundson who
had a brass foundry in Capel Street and John as a 15 year old moved to Dublin to work as an
apprentice. 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.
5 Edith Pim born 22 May 1836 at Parnell Place married Alfred John Alexander of Richmond Villa,
Monkstown, son of Edward Alexander on 12 Jun 2865 at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown.
Edith of 32 Crosthwait Park died on 25 Jul 1869 aged 33 years.
6 Frederic William Pim, second son born 8 May 1839 a Killiney 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 and is buried at the Friends Burial Grounds, Temple Hill.
1 Alice Pim born 18 Aug 1886 at 4 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar and died 15 Dec 1869 aged 3
years and 4 months at 4 Richmond Hill and is buried at Temple Hill.
2 Ellen Pim born 15 Dec 1867 at Kenilworth Square, Rathgar married Jonathan Goodbody of
Pembroke House on 19 Mar 1889 at Friends Meeting House, Monkstown. Ellen died
23 Feb 1947 aged 79 at Pembroke House and is buried at Temple Hill.
3 Ivan Frederic Pim, eldest son born 16 Sep 1869 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown, died
5 Mar 1874 at Heathville, Monkstown and is buried at Temple Hill.
4 Edgar Athelstan Pim born 29 Mar 1871 at Richmond Hill, Monkstown. Edgar of Lonsdale,
Stillorgan married Arabella Evans of 12 Upper Merrion Street, daughter of John Evans at the
Friends Meeting House, Eustace Street on 7 Feb 1901. He was a director of Messrs Pim
Brothers and Co of William Street and also a director of the Hosiery Company - Smyths of
Balbriggan. Edgar died on 23 Aug 1938 aged 67 and is buried at Temple Hill
Cemetery.
5 Enid Ethel Pim born 8 Jun 1873 at 4 Richmond Hill, Monkstown married Conrad Arthur Pim,
son of James Pim on 19 Apr 1906 at the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown. Enid died
18 Aug 1934 aged 61 at Voewood, Foxrock and is buried at Temple Hill.
6 Ida Pim born 17 Dec 1874 at Heathville, Monkstown. Ida died unmarried on 24 Apr 1963
aged 88 years at 7 Richmond Hill and is buried at Temple Hill.
7 Henry Beale Pim born 2 Mar 1876 at Heathville Monkstown. Henry of Lonsdale, Stillorgan
married Susan Ethel Evans, of 14 Herbert Street and daughter of John Evans at the Friends
Meeting House, Eustace Street 16 Jul 1902. Henry died on 21 Oct 1957 aged 85 at a
Nursing Home, late of 12 Glenshane Park, Jordanstown, Antrim and formerly of Greencroft
Mansions, London.
Frederic secondly married Mary Sophia Pratt daughter of Erasmus C Pratt of Philadelphia, USA.
Mary died on 2 Feb 1884 and is buried at Deansgrange with her two children. Frederick died at his
house Lonsdale, Stillorgan 7 Jan 1925.
8 Sophia Pim born 04 Apr 1883 at Blackrock Lodge and died 21 Sep 1884 aged 1 year 5½
months at Blackrock Lodge and is buried at Deansgrange.
9 Rowland Parry Pim born 25 Jan 1884 at Blackrock Lodge died on 27 Jan 1884 aged 2 days
at Blackrock Lodge and is buried at Deansgrange.
7 Joseph Todhunter Pim born 12 Jul 1841 at Kingstown 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.
8 Louisa Pim born 3 May 1844 at Tivoli Terrace died 11 Jun 1851 aged 7 at Greenbank.
9 Emma Pim born 10 May 1846 at Greenbank died 5 Sep 1922 aged 76 years at Trafalgar Terrace.
10 Hannah Bewley Pim born 11 Apr 1848 at Greenbank died 21 May 1855 aged 7 at Monkstown.
11 Elizabeth Harvey Pim born circa 1850 at Greenbank married Edward Walpole, a linen merchant of
Windsor Lodge, Monkstown son of Edward Walpole on 27 Jun 1878 at the Friends Meeting House,
Monkstown. Elizabeth died on 19 May 1885 aged 34 at Greenbank, the residence if her father and
Edward died on 13 Jan 1917 aged 79 at 8 Seapoint Avenue.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2019/Updated April 2022