Aston, Ernest Albert
(1873–1949), journalist and urban planner, was born 6 October 1873 in Dublin, eldest of at least three sons and a daughter of Thomas J. Aston, book-keeper, and Jane Hawkshaw Aston (née Bennett). After education at Wesley College and training as an engineer, he…...
Gamble, James (1803–91), soap manufacturer in
the USA, was born 3 April 1803
in the Graan, near Enniskillen, Co.
Fermanagh, eldest among four sons and two daughters of George Gamble
and his wife Mary Norris. They were related to prosperous farmers, merchants, and linen
bleachers…...
Harrison, Letitia Dunbar- (Crawford, Aileen) (1906–94), librarian and methodist activist, was born Letitia
Elizabeth Eileen Dunbar in Dundrum, Co. Dublin, on 4 February 1906, the youngest of at least four children of
Arthur Dunbar, a commercial traveller, and his wife Margaret (née…...
Malley, James Young (‘Jim’)
(1918–2000), civil servant
and airman, was born 24 July 1918 near Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, one of four sons and one daughter of
Francis William Malley, a local farmer and merchant, and his wife Ruby Elizabeth
(née Young). The family was methodist. He…...
