Francis Edward Hynes 1880-1926
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1880. Francis Edward Hynes was born to Peter Hynes & Margaret Kennedy on 12/11/1880 at 155 Phibsboro Road, Dublin. His father a stone cutter.
Baptised at St. Michans on 15/11/1880. Address 155 Phibsboro Road - Ancestry
1884. By 1884 the family were living in Prospect Avenue, Glasnevin - entries in trade directories for his father
In the 1901 Irish census, the Hynes family were living at Prospect Avenue, Glasnevin.
| Hynes | Anne | 21 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Alice | 22 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Kathleen | 13 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Maria | 27 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Margaret | 25 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Peter | 63 | Male | Head of Family | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Alphonsus | 6 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Francis | 20 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Peter | 18 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Charles | 16 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Malachy | 14 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | John | 10 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Margaret | 47 | Female | Wife | Roman Catholic |
More details- occupations- shown on the above 1901C:
Peter Hynes, aged 63, a monumental Builder's Director
Margaret, his wife, aged 47,
Maria, daughter, aged 27, a Confectioner,
Margaret, daughter, aged 25, a Typist,
Alice, daughter, aged 22, a Costumer,
Anne, daughter, aged 21, a Stenographer,
Francis, son, aged 20, a Monumental Sculptor,
Peter, son, aged 18, a Monumental Sculptor, - this Peter J Hynes 1886 ; ran a business 1921-1951 at 9-17 Prospect Avenue
Charles, son, aged 16, a Scholar,
Malachy, son, aged 14, a Scholar,
John, son, aged 10, a Scholar,
Kathleen, daughter, aged 13, a Scholar,
Alphonsus, son, aged 6, a Scholar, all had been born in Co. Dublin.
1910. His well known father, Peter Hynes, dies. A large funeral for him.
1911 Irish C. Francis Hynes, 30, monumental sculptor, is living Juverna Terrace, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, with his widowed mother and 7 siblings , Peter, Charles, Paul & John also monumental sculptors, Kathleen a schoolteacher and Malachy & Alphonsus scholars . All born Dublin . Margaret had had 13 children, 12 still living. The house had 4 rooms & 13 windows in the front
| Hynes | Margaret | 59 | Female | Head of Family | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Margaret | 35 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Francis | 30 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Peter | 27 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Charles | 25 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Kathleen | 22 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Paul | 23 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | John | 20 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Hynes | Alphonsus | 17 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
More details:
Margaret, daughter, aged 35,
Francis, son, aged 30, a Monumental Sculptor,
Peter, son, aged 27, a Monumental Sculptor,
Charles, son, aged 25, a Monumental Sculptor,
Malachy, son, aged 14, a Scholar,
Kathleen, daughter, aged 22, a Schoolteacher,
Paul, son, aged 23, a Monumental Sculptor,
John, son, aged 20, a Monumental Sculptor,
Alphonsus, son, aged 17, a Scholar,
1913. Frank Hynes, of messrs Farrell & Sons, Glasnevin, designed the Monument to Myles the Slasher [1644 defended the bridge against Monroe] that was unveiled 1913 Westmeath
1917. Francis Edward Hynes, almost 37, stone cutter, married Catherine M. Conmey , ~22, in the Church of Drumcondra, Glasnevin, Dublin North on 16/10/1917. His father Peter Hynes, stone cutter: hers John Conmey, Assistant Junior at the Stores. His address 11 Finglas Road, Glasnevin: hers 8 St Teresa's Road, Glasnevin. Non family witnesses- Irish Civil Records.
His wife, Kathleen Hynes/Conmey , 1895 - 30 July 1976.
Francis Desmond R. Hynes, 30 Jan. 1918 - 15 Jan. 1964.
Kathleen M. C. Hynes, 9 June 1919 - 7 Aug. 2010. - she Paul's mother, known as Vivi
Terence Gerard Hynes, 10 Sept. 1920 - 13 Feb. 1974.
Charles Denis Hynes, 11 Apr. 1922 - 6 Apr. 1973. No births on irish Civil Records after ~1920!!.
& IV ( Ita Veronica) Hynes 1923-~2016/7
1918-1919. He a Sculptor, address Poplar Lodge, Cabra, Glasnevin - from children's b.cs , Irish gen
1920. He a Monumental Sculptor, address 8 Glenchee Villas, Glasnevin - from Terence's b.c , Irish gen
1926. Francis Edward Hynes, aged 43( actually 45) , sculptor, of 8 Prospect Square, Glasnevin- Dublin North - died 14/6/1926. Died of Phthisis pulmonis (TB). Exhaustion from haemorrhage, 21 days. Informant was Florence Conmey of 8 St Teresas Road, Glasnevin- she his sister in law.
. Apparently caught pneumonia after collapsing ( xxxx xxxxx) in the cemetery and remaining there all night! No obituary in FMP newspapers
Glasnevin Cemetery
Plot: KF 45
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He left a widow and 5 children, aged just 1-8.
His widow died 30/7/1976, County Wicklow Daughter Ita Veronica Hynes 1923-2016? also missing
Glasnevin
The city's historic cemetery has been core to the area, attracting work as well as funerals and literary references to Glasnevin Cemetery since it was set up in 1832. In 1834, when it was two years old, one John Farrell combined a family sculpting tradition with the business opportunity offered by the new cemetery and set up a marble works.
Farrell & Son, a short trot from the old cemetery entrance when it opened and a short trot from today's main entrance on the Finglas Road, is the oldest monumental firm in Dublin. There's a large, limestone Celtic cross against a wall in the yard. This, in 1910, was the company mascot.
The works remained in Farrell hands until 1882 when the Hynes family took over. This was also when the Brennan family's first link with the company was established.
"My grand-aunt married Charlie Hynes, likely born 1886," Peter- present owner - explains, "and took over when he died. She was a formidable businesswoman, an amazing lady. The staff never put a foot astray when Annie was around - nor smiled. She was noted for saying 'take that grin off your face, this is no place for levity' - and she meant it. She died in 1959."
But the company had been building history and a reputation long before Annie Hyne's reign. Peter Hynes had worked for the firm as a sculptor before becoming manager and, eventually, owner. When he took over the lease in 1881 it was signed by Peter Farrell, last of the original family to run things. Alexander Taylor, Thomas Crampton and Benjamin Banks also signed. A "platform and bust" made for R H Saden Smyth Esq of Rathgar in 1882 and erected on a tomb in Rathfarnham cost £20. 17s.6d.
By 1888 things were going well enough for Peter Hynes to be one of the original exporters to the Irish Exhibition in Olympia London and to have a season ticket. Of oval-shaped red leather, ticket number 6030 cost one guinea and has a couple of nifty, embossed shamrocks.
Peter Hynes' obituary gives testament to a life well lived, recounting how he "made the company known not only all over Ireland but outside Ireland also, especially in America. He erected some of the most important monuments in this country, spent some years in the United States and fought in Meagher's Irish Brigade, ~1861, during the Civil War for his service in which he had several medals. When he came back to Ireland he joined the Fenian Brotherhood. He was most competent in the designing and execution of artistic sculptural work. A good Irishman, charitable almost to a fault, a wit, humorist, a raconteur of the first water, and a citizen of the very finest type."
Peter Hynes also left behind "five or six" offspring to "carry on the business".
Charlie Hynes was one of these, and the redoubtable Annie became his wife. "She ran the business from the early 1940s," Peter Brennan says, "and died in 1959. But before then she'd implored my father Jack Brennan, who was an accountant in Craig Gardner at the time, to take over the business. He didn't really want to, but did."