George Drew Keogh
Son of John Keogh and Mary Drew, baptised in 1782 at St Andrew's, Dublin
Married Ellen Plunkett on the 21st of August 1809 at St Mary, Newington, Southwark, Surrey
Six children according to family lore
George Plunkett, born c. 1809 in Lambeth
John Alexander, born cc1815
Alexander, (third son), born c. 1820 (not in Somerset)
?Edward, born c 1815
??Jane
Married Catherine Lewis on the 22nd of May 1828 in West Hackney Church, Middlesex
Children ("eighteen children, five of them died young")
Frances (Fanny), born 1830 in Bath, Somerset
Mary (Minnie), twin - ditto
Sophie, born 1832
Edward Drew, born 1834 in Bath, Somerset
Agnes Eliza, born 1836 in London
Harriett, born 1837/8 in Middlesex
Louis, born c1840
Maria Ellen (Marinella), born 1843 in Middlesex (Marylebone)
Charles George Neal, born 1847 in Middlesex (Marylebone)
Son of a wealthy Dublin merchant active in the cause of Catholic emancipation. Was active in the same cause in the first decade of the 19th century and was himself imprisoned alongside Daniel O'Connell.
Declared bankrupt on October 6th 1827 ("Commission Agent and Accountant of Cornhill")8
Married Catherine Lewis in London but then moved to Bath for four or five years before returning to London.
Living at Grove Terrace, Marylebone at the time of the 1841 census, describing himself as 'Clerk'.
Living at 5, Hamilton Terrace in 1848 (source Court Directory - Ancestry.co.uk)
Company secretary of the St John D'el Rey Mining Company and then went out (at the age of 64!) to Brazil to be Superintendent (1846-1853) of the Morro Velho mine5. Returned to 20, Randolph Street, Marylebone by 1856 from where Mary was married and the remainder of the family were living at the time of the 1861 census.
Died September 22nd, 1861, aged 78 at 20 Randolph Road, Maida Hill, London
Notes
1 See Keogh family stories
2 'Little turquoise ring from Sam and Bessie Richard - Evelyn's Grandmother's brother-in-law'
3 Since George is reported to have had six children by his first marriage, it implies he was born before 1805. He was still alive for Mary's marriage in 1856.
4 Death registered in the 3rd quarter of 1861 in Kensington, London.
5 Viagem ao Brasil através das províncias do Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
By Hermann Burmeister Published 1952
Livraria Martins 341 pages
((No dia seguinte, visitei o director da companhia, o sr. G. D. Keogh, um irlandês, que me recebu com grande amabilidade e convidou-me para almoçar, deixando-me bastante constrangido, pois meu traje não era apropiado para esta circunstância. As senhoras da família, a esposa e tres filhas, não tive-ram por certo, a melhor das impressões de minha pessoa quando me viram)
Babel fish translation - In the following day, I visited the director of the company, Mr. G. D. Keogh, an Irishan, who me recebu with great pleasantness and invited me to lunch, leaving me sufficiently constrangido, therefore my suit was not apropiado for this circumstance. Mrs. of the family, the wife and tres children, had not had for certain, the best one of the impressions of my person when they turn me
(Now available full text on Google in German - Gothic script!)
A reference to a letter from J. Routh to G.D. Keogh dated July 8th 1852 is included in "Business Imperialism and British Enterprise in Brazil: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Company 1830 - 1860" by Marshall G. Eakin in The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol 66, N0 4 (Nov 1986) pp 697 - 741 and in a book on the same subject by the same author ISBN 0822309149.
Another Portuguese reference says
"It was succeeded by Mr. George D. Keogh, former-secretary of the
Company, diligent and energetic man, but without practical knowledge. In
its management (1846)
6 1846 directory to Bath - Alexander Keogh, clerk, 9 East Twerton Terrace.
7 "The Monthly Record of Births, Deaths and Marriages" 1861 A-Z
8 "The Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of all the Bankrupts" George Elwick 1843
9 There is a reference in Google Books to a G.D. Keogh, Esq (Brazil) in an 1806 " Monmouthshire: Historical and Descriptive Account of the Ancient and Present State of Ragland Castle" by Charles Heath - apparently as a subscriber to two copies. Could George have been out to Brazil as a young man?
10 'Minas Geraes Mining Company (G.D. Keogh, sec) 9 Tokenhouse-yard'
- The Mining Almanac for 1840 p534 'Mining Companies.
St John Del Rey. - Brazil. - Gold
Manager and Director, W. Routh, London. Head, Capt. T. Treloar. Managing
Agent, Geo. D. Keogh, Esq., Brazil. Offices, 8, Tokenhouse-yard. Number
of shares, 11,000. Amount paid, £15. Dividends since 5th December, 1842,
paid £12. 17s. 6d. per share, of which £3 were paid in 1850.' - The
Mining manual and Almanac for 1851 p302
"On behalf of the Saint John del Rey Mining Company, George D. Keogh, Secretary ..." Parliamentary Papers 1843
11 "The Correspondence of Edmund Burke" contains some footnotes relating to the Keoghs. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), 'British statesman and philosopher' was himself born in Dublin and met John Keogh when John visited London as part of the Catholic delegation in 1792. He invited three of John's sons, who appear to have been at school in Hackney, to visit him at his home in Beaconsfield.
12 Will drawn up in 1847, proved 1861, mentions second and third sons by name but makes no bequest to George Plunkett Keogh - who possibly was provided for under his gradfather's will.
13 National Probate Calendar - Probate 5th Dec 1861
Middlesex, England
Keogh George Drew 5th December b Efects
under £8,000
The Will of George Drew Keogh late of 20 Randolph-road
Maida-hill Paddington in the County of Middlesex Gentleman
deceased who died 22nd September 1861 at 20 Randolph-road
aforesaid was proved at the principal registry by the oath of
Catherine Keogh of 20 Randolph-road aforesaid the Relict one of
the Executors.
Resworn at the Stamp Office July 1865 under £7,000.