Gould of Limerick city
Our family starts with Bridget Gould who married John Ebrill. Their children were Catholic.
Bridget Gould is a close relation of the Protestant
William Gould below.
They look like they might be siblings.
Could Bridget be born Protestant and converted?
Or could William be born Catholic and converted?
Confusing matters, Bridget is rather a Catholic name
and William is rather a Protestant name.
Our line starts with:
- Bridget Gould,
born 1785 [death notice] or 1786 [grave].
See entry
in tree by Paddy Waldron.
Pat Lavelle and
Brian Ebrill say "Brigid".
But her grave and stained glass window both say "Bridget".
She was
possibly born Protestant.
Though she was later Catholic.
Her children were Catholic.
She mar pre-1805 to
John Ebrill
[born 1780]
and had issue.
He was in wool business, on Mungret St, Limerick.
[Pigot's directory, 1824]
shows
John Ebrill
in Mungret Street, Limerick.
Our Bridget Gould
married John Ebrill, who had a
wool business on Mungret St, Limerick.
Her children were Catholic.
Bridget Gould
is a close relation of the following Protestant
William Gould, who had a
wool business on Mungret St, Limerick.
His children were Protestant.
Proof they are close relations:
- First the paperwork indicated it.
William Gould's Protestant son-in-law
William D. Wilkinson
witnessed the Catholic wedding in Dublin in 1864 of
Bridget Gould's son
William Ebrill.
If Bridget and William are siblings,
then Wilkinson's wife Mary Anne Gould
is 1st cousin of William Ebrill.
- Then in 2020 DNA finally proved it.
There was a DNA match between the two families.
Many more DNA matches emerged in 2023.
- DNA says that
Bridget and William are close relations.
But are they siblings?
And were they born Catholic or Protestant?
William is quite a bit older than Bridget, but they still could be siblings.
-
William Gould,
born 1770 [by age at burial].
He could be born Protestant,
or born Catholic and converted when married.
Married 1stly in Protestant church in 1804.
Married 2ndly in Protestant church in 1831.
His children were Protestant.
He was in wool business, on Mungret St, Limerick.
[Pigot's directory, 1824]
shows
William Gould
in Mungret Street, Limerick.
The families were right beside each other on Mungret St, Limerick.
Here is an extract from
Mungret St in Griffith's Valuation, 1850.
Mary Anne Gould
is orphaned and has
inherited her father William Gould's business.
She is leasing a house (must be her late parents' house)
at plot no.17,
right beside
John Ebrill and Bridget Gould
(Bridget is possibly her aunt).
William Gould's son-in-law, the Protestant
William D. Wilkinson,
witnesses the Catholic marriage
of
what must be his wife's cousin
William Ebrill
in Dublin in 1864.
See full marriage cert.
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