EARLS FAMILY CHRONICLES

© Christopher Earls Brennen

Appendix 2A. EARLS FAMILIES OF ENNISKILLEN

FAMILY OF THOMAS EARLS OF DRUMGARROW:

Two interconnected Earls family trees with clear connections to Enniskillen are reconstructed in this and Dublin/Drumgarrow family history that follows. Both are almost certainly connected to our family though the precise connection remains to be found. First the records of Datafile 2E suggest the following partial tree of an Earls family living primarily in Drumgarrow:

Thomas Earls (1779-1872) was born in 1779 and may have been a son of Henry Earls. He may also be the Thomas Earls (tailor) who is listed in the 1850-55 Griffith Valuation as holding 3.53 acres of land worth 2 pounds 15 shillings in the townland of Aughaward. Though there is no house on that land, a Thomas Earls also held land (8.93 acres) with a house (worth 15 shillings) in the neighbouring townland of Drumgarrow. Thomas Earls (1779-1872) had a wife who died before 1872; his death was attended by Thomas McManus. Thomas was the father of:

  1. William Earls (1802-1884) did not marry and is buried in Enniskillen Workhouse.
  2. James Earls (1806-1873) did not marry. His death was registered by William Earls.
  3. Sarah Earls (1806-1883) did not marry. Her death was registered by Rebecca Earls.
  4. Rebecca Earls (1824-1916) did not marry. She is listed in the 1901 Census as a 75-year-old unmarried Methodist housekeeper living in Drumgarrow with her nephew John Cadden and his wife Theresa. Rebecca's death was registered by John Cadden in 1916.
  5. daughter Earls married a man named Cadden and had a son:
    1. John Cadden was born about 1846 and married a relative, Theresa Earls born about 1850 in Dublin. Theresa's family is described below under Dublin/Drumgarrow Earls. In the 1901 Census John and Theresa Cadden are listed as residing in Drumgarrow and he is listed as a farmer. Living with them are aunt Rebecca Earls, aged 75, and a neice Eileen Jameson, aged 17 and born in Dublin, who is listed in the Dublin/Drumgarrow family below. John and Theresa had no children but raised Eileen. Theresa died in Drumgarrow on Nov.26, 1920.
    2. Emily Cadden, born in 1855 in Fermanagh, became the second wife of Theresa Earls' brother, Thomas Earls (see next family).
  6. Mary Anne Earls (1821-1892) did not marry. Her death was registered by Theresa Cadden.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLS OF DUBLIN AND DRUMGARROW:

Reconstructed primarily from LDS records:

John Earls was born about 1809. It seems possible that John was a son of the above Thomas Earls (1779-1872). John became a tailor and married Theresa Crosbie, born about 1824 in Dublin, whose family owned a hotel in Dublin. John and Theresa may have helped run that hotel. John died at Harold's Cross, Dublin, about 1890. John and Theresa had eight children:

  1. Henry Earls born about 1842 in Dublin. It is possible that this is the Henry Earls that married Harriet Sherlock and had, perhaps, three children:
    1. Fanny Earls is remembered as Henry's daughter; she married Rob Maguire.
    2. Emily Harriet Earls, born in south Dublin on Apr.7, 1866, was registered as the daughter of Henry and Harriet.
    3. Lilly Earls, born in south Dublin on Feb.19, 1872, was registered as the daughter of Henry and Harriet.
  2. John Earls was born in 1844 in Dublin. His children:
    1. Adelaide Earls, known as Addie, married a man named Scales.
    2. Beatrice Earls
    3. Charles Earls
    4. another son
  3. Thomas James Earls was born on Aug.10, 1846, in Dublin. On Dec.12, 1870, he was married in St.Andrews Parish, Dublin, to Jane O'Connor, born about 1850, the daughter of William and Jane O'Connor. They had seven children listed below. During the period 1873-78, they moved from Dublin to Belfast for three of their children were born there. They lived at 103 Vernon Street, Belfast, and Thomas worked as a tailor. By mid-1878, they had returned to Dublin. Jane Earls died on Mar.13, 1880, and is buried in Mt. Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. On Apr.28, 1882, Thomas was married in St. Peter's, Dublin to his second wife, Emily Cadden, born in 1855 in Fermanagh, the daughter of James Cadden. They probably came to know each other through family connections for the Caddens were long-time residents in Drumgarrow. Thomas and Emily had four children making a total of eleven children for Thomas. Emily died in Dublin on Feb.2, 1918; Thomas died in Dublin on Dec.15, 1929; both are buried in Mt. Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
    1. William Earls was born in Dublin on Sep.24, 1871. He died in the Boer War on Aug.20, 1901.
    2. Edith Jane Earls was born in Dublin on Dec.15, 1872.
      John Jennins and Edith Attwooll and their family
      On Mar.23, 1895, in Dublin she was married to John Jennins Attwooll, born Jan.3, 1862 in Weymouth, Dorset, the son of Jennins and Jane (Comben) Attwooll. They lived at 89 The Rise, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, County Dublin. John Jennins Attwooll worked for the Post Office and was called up to serve in the First World War. In Dublin, he embarked with other troops and post office workers on HMS Leinster. The Leinster was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea on Oct.10, 1918, and John Jennins was lost. Edith died on Nov.11, 1954 in Dublin and is buried in Mt. Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. Jennins and Edith had 10 children:
      1. Mildred Attwooll, born Jan.11, 1896, in Dublin.
      2. John Jennins Attwooll, born May 17, 1897, in Dublin served in France during the First World War. His children:
        1. Robert Attwooll lives in Australia.
        2. Ann Attwooll died in 2003.
      3. Thomas Earls Attwooll, born Feb.1, 1899, in Dublin served in the armed forces during the First World War.
      4. Eva Adelaide Attwooll, born Jul.19, 1900, in Dublin.
      5. Hazel Attwooll, born Dec.26, 1901, in Dublin.
      6. William Harold Attwooll, born Jan.26, 1904, in Dublin. He died on Jun.3, 1978.
      7. Edith Doreen Attwooll, born Aug.8, 1905, and emigrated to Canada with her sister Eva about 1922. She married Neil Angus MacNeill of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their children:
        1. Sheila Doreen MacNeill
        2. Marilyn Aileen MacNeill
        3. Helen Judith Earls MacNeill
        4. Bryan Thomas MacNeill currently (2002) lives in Vancouver, Canada.
        5. John Dennis MacNeill
        6. Bruce MacNeill died as an infant
      8. Mabel Attwooll, born about 1907.
      9. Hylda Attwooll, born about 1908.
      10. Charles Thrift Attwooll was born about 1910. He emigrated to Los Angeles, California about 1950. His children:
        1. William Attwooll was born in Dublin in 1940 and emigrated to Los Angeles, California about 1950. He became a Civil Engineer, graduating from BYU and from Arizona State University. He worked as an engineer in California, Colorado and Wyoming.
        2. Hilary Attwooll
    3. Henry James Earls was born in Belfast on Dec.23, 1873. He died in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jun.30, 1943.
    4. Theresa Adelaide Earls was born in Belfast on Sep.24, 1875. On Nov.22, 1911, she married John Charles Hayes, born about 1871 in Belfast. Theresa died on May 5, 1965.
    5. Eva Laura Earls was born at 103 Vernon Street, Belfast on Jan.24, 1877. In her registration her father is listed as a tailor. On Apr.28, 1913, in Calgary, Canada, she married David McClure, born Jan.16, 1877, in Foyagh, Donegal, the son of Andrew and Jemima (Corr) McClure. Eva died in Edmonton, Canada, on Aug.13, 1939, and David on Mar.2, 1972, in Victoria, British Columbia. Eva and David had six children:
      1. David Baskin McClure was born on Apr.6, 1914, in Edmonton. On Sep.14, 1944, in Calgary, he married Mildred Penney, born in 1910 in Newfoundland. He died in Vancouver on Jan.14, 1977. They had 2 children:
        1. Penny Maureen McClure, born in 1947, in Vancouver.
        2. David James McClure, born in 1948, in Vancouver, married Sharon Christian and had 4 children:
          1. Angela Dawn McClure, born Mar. 1971, in Vancouver.
          2. David James McClure, born Aug. 1973, in Vancouver.
          3. Dorothy Sondra McClure, born Nov.21, 1975, in Vancouver.
          4. Deborah McClure, born Nov.16, 1977, in Vancouver.
      2. Andrew Earls McClure was born on Jan.17, 1916, in Edmonton. He died in Edmonton on Nov.25, 1920.
      3. Edith Mary McClure was born on Feb.26, 1917, in Edmonton. On Sep.12, 1946, in Edmonton, she married Jack Pullar Mitchell, born in 1914 in Fife, Scotland. Their children:
        1. Robert Jack Mitchell, born Jun.29, 1947, in Edmonton, married Helen Hope Hunter on Jul.29, 1972, in Calgary and had 3 children:
          1. Andrew Hunter Mitchell, born Dec.4, 1974, in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia. He married Marissa Hahn on Oct.27, 2000, in Australia.
          2. Patrick Corey Mitchell, born Jun.6, 1976, in New South Wales,
          3. Courtenay Brooke Mitchell, born Oct.24, 1980, in Sydney, Australia.
        2. Joan Edith Mitchell was born on Jul.29, 1948, in Edmonton. On Jan.28, 1974, in Edmonton she married Lorence Douglas Isaman. They are wheat farmers in Consort, Alberta, Canada and have 3 children:
          1. Diane Joan Isaman was born Sep.10, 1974, in Consort, Alberta. On Mar.25, 2003, she married David Sandbrand in Cuba.
          2. Janis Maureen Isaman was born Dec.29, 1976, in Edmonton.
          3. David Edwin Isaman, born Feb.17, 1981, in Edmonton.
        3. David Bruce Mitchell, born Sep.4, 1950, in Edmonton, married Maureen Gladys Gauley on Jun.16, 1975, in Red Rock, Ontario. They had four children:
          1. Erin Elizabeth Mitchell, born Nov.23, 1978, in Brandon, Manitoba.
          2. Graeme Lloyd Mitchell, born Jun.26, 1980, in Brandon, Manitoba.
          3. Scott Alexander Mitchell, born Dec.13, 1982, in Brandon, Manitoba.
          4. Ian McClure Mitchell, born Apr.23, 1984, in Brandon, Manitoba.
      4. Ruth Elizabeth McClure was born on Oct.4, 1918, in Edmonton. She becames the first Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta.
      5. Grace Evelyn McClure was born on Apr.20, 1920, in Edmonton. On Jul.15, 1942, in Toronto, she married William Arnell Smith, born in 1918 in Southhampton, England. They lived in England for a few years before returning to Canada. Grace became a well-known artist. She and Arnell had 2 children:
        1. Drew Arnell Smith, born May 11, 1945, in Silloth, England, first married Nelda Cox. He then married Helen Quesseth with whom he had two children:
          1. Suzanne Yvette Smith, born Mar.1, 1968.
          2. David Arnell Smith, born Nov.4, 1970.
        2. Avril Maureen Smith, born Apr.21, 1944, in Carlisle, England, married Reginald Hayward and had 4 children:
          1. Christopher Neil Hayward, born Jul.11, 1965, in Victoria, BC.
          2. Terry David Hayward, born Jul.11, 1965, in Victoria, BC. He has a daughter Sasha Hayward, born 1992, in Victoria.
          3. Reginald Martin Hayward, born Oct.17, 1966, in Victoria, BC, has two children Charles Hayward, born in 1989 in Port Hardy, BC, and James Hayward born in 1990.
          4. Phillip Hayward, born in 1969.
      6. Laura Adelyn McClure was Grace's twin sister. She moved to Victoria in 1941 and served in the Canadian Air Force from 1942-1945. On Apr.28, 1973, in Vancouver, she married Albert Cameron, born in Nova Scotia in 1895. He died in 1982 and Laura on Dec.10, 1995, in White Rock, BC.
    6. Ernest Earls was born in Dublin on Apr.15, 1878. He died on Jul.6, 1953.
    7. George or Thomas Edward Earls was born in Dublin on Aug.13, 1879, and died as an infant on Oct.10, 1879.
    8. Garrett Alfred Cadden Earls was born in Dublin on Jul.2, 1883, and died within a year on Apr.28, 1884.
    9. Arthur Carew Earls was born in Dublin on Nov.26, 1885. On Apr.9, 1914, he married Margaret Adelaide Kyle, born about 1893 in Dublin. Arthur died in May 1970.
    10. Ethel Emily Earls was born in Mullingar, Westmeath, on Feb.11, 1888. On Sep.22, 1915, she married James Robertson Campbell. Ethel died on Sep.30, 1974.
    11. Thomas Cadden Earls was born in Dublin on Apr.8, 1890. On Apr.30, 1917, he married Eleanor Virginia Dowling, born about 1896, in Dublin. Thomas died on Jun.30, 1972.
  4. Rebecca Earls, known as Rabie, was born about 1848 in Dublin. She married Albert Calvert and died of sunstroke 6 months later. She was pregnant at the time.
  5. Theresa Anne Earls, known as Tessie, was christened on Sep.24, 1848, in Saint Nicholas Within in Dublin. Another record says she was born in Fermanagh in 1848 which may also be true. She married John Cadden, a farmer from County Fermanagh (probably from Drumgarrow) born about 1846 who was a member of the Drumgarrow Earls family and is listed in the preceding family. John was also the brother of Emily Cadden who became Thomas Earls second wife. It seems likely they all met through family connections. John and Theresa's history is listed above. They had no children but raised Eileen Jameson, Theresa's sister Adelaide's girl. Theresa died in Drumgarrow on Nov.26, 1920.
  6. Adelaide Elizabeth Earls, known as Addie, was born in Mar.1851, in Dublin. On Dec.17, 1873, in Dublin she married Frances Robert Jameson. Adelaide died on Apr.10, 1941. Frank and Adelaide had 7 children:
    1. Frank Jameson
    2. Leopold Jameson
    3. Reginald Jameson was raised by his aunt and uncle, Laura and Thomas Watson. He married Peggy Lovell.
    4. Roland Jameson
    5. Henrica Jameson married a man named Grundy.
    6. Ada Jameson married a man named O'Grady.
    7. Eileen Jameson was born about 1854 in Dublin. She was raised in Drumgarrow by her aunt and uncle, Theresa and John Cadden. She is listed in the 1901 Census as a 17-year-old living with John and Theresa in Drumgarrow. She married Crawford Little.
  7. Laura Earls was born about 1852 in Dublin. She married Thomas Watson, the brother of her brother William's wife, Agnes. They had no children but raised her sister Adelaide's boy Reginald Jameson.
  8. William Berger Weiblenger Earls was born about 1854 in Dublin. About 1881, William married Agnes Watson in Dublin. William died in Dec.1920. He and Agnes had at least five children:
    1. Olive Earls first married a man named Kempson. Her second husband was Albert Johnson.
    2. Leah Wilhelmina Earls was born Nov.22, 1883, in Dublin.
    3. Laura Agnes Earls was born May 9, 1885, in Dublin.
    4. Reuben Earls
    5. Aileen Isabella Earls was born Oct.27, 1887, in Dublin.

FAMILY OF WILLIAM EARLS OF ENNISKILLEN:

Records in the datafiles suggest the following partial tree of an Earls family that lived in Belleek and Enniskillen:

William Earls (1789-1878) was with the Royal Irish Constabulary and married a woman called Eliza (1802-1876). This may be the same William who was a policeman in Belleek in 1829/30 during the birth of two children. Eliza Earls, a pensioner's wife, died at Aughaward on Jun.13, 1876; her death was registered by Eliza Fry. William, a pensioner of the constabulary, died at Cross, Enniskillen on Nov.5, 1878; his death was also registered by Eliza Fry. The probable children of William and Eliza Earls:

  1. George Earls, the son of William and (jno) Earls of Belleek was baptized in the parish of Belleek on Aug.12, 1829.
  2. William Earls, the son of William and Elizabeth Earls of the constabulary, Belleek, was baptized in the parish of Belleek on Jun.12, 1830.
  3. Eliza Earls registered the deaths of both her father and her mother. She married a man named Fry.

James Earls (1806-1873), a bachelor farmer of Drumgarrow, who died of bronchitis on Dec.15, 1873, may have been a brother of the above William Earls. William Earls of Drumgarrow registered James's death.

FAMILY OF THOMAS EARLS OF ENNISKILLEN AND VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA:

Betty Jeffrey of 4427 Melba Highway, Glenburn 3717, Victoria, Australia provided the following genealogy for an Earls family from Enniskillen that must be connected in some way with our family:

Thomas Earls was born in Enniskillen on Mar. 20, 1814, and became a tailor. It seems possible that Thomas was a son of the above Thomas Earls (1779-1872). He or his father may well be the Thomas Earls (tailor) who is listed in the 1850-55 Griffith Valuation as holding 3.53 acres of land worth 2 pounds 15 shillings in the townland of Aughaward. Though there is no house on that land, a Thomas Earls also held land (8.93 acres) with a house (worth 15 shillings) in the neighbouring townland of Drumgarrow. Thomas Earls married Catherine O'Leary (born Feb. 25, 1814, at Queenstown) on Oct. 31, 1836, at All Souls, Langham Place, Marylebone, London. Their many travels are then partially followed by the birthplaces of their children. They lived in Dublin in 1837 and 1839, in London in 1841 and 1843, in Enniskillen in 1845 and 1848, in Nottingham in 1850. They then emigrated to Australia, sailing on the steam ship "Black Eagle" which left Liverpool on Jul.16, 1854, and arrived in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct.19, 1854. There they lived in the suburb of St. Kilda, where Thomas plied his trade as a tailor. At that time, the streets in St. Kilda had not been named and when Thomas learnt that his friend had been killed at the Battle of Alma (the charge of the Light Brigade) in 1854 during the Crimean War he painted Alma on his house and the street thus acquired that name. Thomas and Catherine's children:

  1. Elizabeth Earls was born in Talbot Street, Dublin, on Nov.30, 1837. She became a schoolteacher and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where she married James Knox of Beleek, County Fermanagh about 1860. The Knox family were storekeepers in Beleek where the shop still existed in 1996 with a Knox descendant still in possesion; however was in poor condition due to an IRA bomb and a tenant that tried to burn it down. James's brothers, William, Henry and John also emigrated to Australia. In Victoria, James became a JP and Eliza became the first registered female school teacher when the government took over the educational system about 1880. Eliza and James had children:
    1. Robert Stephen Knox married Lucy Cogle. They had a daughter:
      1. Dorothy Elizabeth Knox married Thomas Jeffrey. Dorothy and Thomas had a son:
        1. John Raymond "Ray" Jeffrey married Betty Watts. This family history was constructed by Betty Jeffrey and reported to me in 2001. Ray and Betty had three children:
          1. Meredith Jeffrey married Paul Williamson
          2. Lester Jeffrey
          3. Fraser Jeffrey married Rosemary Storey and had two children, Michelle Jeffrey born about 1988 and Stacey Jeffrey born about 1990.
    2. A younger son who had a son, Rex Knox. Rex married Margaret. Margaret Knox lives in Sydney (2001) and is in possesion of the family bible that records much of the family history.
  2. Sarah Jane Earls was born on Oct. 13, 1839, reputedly on Anglesey Street, Dublin.
  3. Catherine Theresa Earls was born on Dec. 4, 1841, in Fleet Street, London (?).
  4. Thomas Earls was born on Nov.14, 1843, on Finsbury Pavement, London. He became a tailor like his father.
  5. Rebecca Earls was born on May 10, 1845, in Enniskillen and died on May 18.
  6. William Hugh Earls was born on Oct. 15, 1848, in Enniskillen.
  7. Katherine Margaret Rebecca Earls was born on Jul. 14, 1850, in Park Square, Nottingham. It is believed that she married a man named Massey in Australia.

The individuals in Datafile 2E who remain unconnected with either our family or the above families are as follows:

John Earls (1763-1834).
Catherine Earls (1792-1872), a spinster and a pauper.
John Earls (1788-1878), a widower and a labourer.
John Earls (1795-1891) from Enniskillen, a bachelor farmer.
Anne Earls (1818-1889), a farmer's widow.

Last updated 1/1/00.

Christopher E. Brennen