Pump Lane Graveyard – Society of Friends (Quakers) 1812 – 1822

The 1823-1833 burials

The following are extracts from the burial records for the Limerick Society of Friends, covering those buried in Pump Lane Graveyard which was once situated at the end of Pump Lane in English Town. You can read the original registers for this graveyard at Society of Friends Burial Papers. Following the death of Rebecca Mark Harvey on Christmas Day 1831, Joseph Massey Harvey her husband donated a portion of his land in Ballinacurra as a burial ground for the Society of Friends. Rebecca was the first to be interred there on the 8th of July 1833, this would become the main graveyard for the Society of Friends from 1834 onwards.

Pump Lane is now known as St. Francis Place and the graveyard is located under St. Mary’s Girls Primary School.

Pumplane Graveyard

Pump Lane Graveyard marked by red X.

*not a member of the Society but asked permission to be buried in the Pump Lane Graveyard

#previous member disowned mostly due to marrying outside the faith.

Name Age Address Died Buried
Jane Mark (wife of John Mark) 36 George Street 13 Apr 1812 2 May 1812
Richard Desmanoiss (son of Jas. Desmanoiss, French Teacher) .* 10m 2 May 1812 3 May 1812
Sarah Toomey 84 Francis Street 19 Oct 1812 21 Oct 1812
Joseph Mayne (Son of Thomas & Bridget Mayne, shopkeeper)* 3m 16 Aug 1813 16 Aug 1813
Louisa Tauerner (daughter of Thomas Tauerner)* 6w 23 Sep 1814 24 Sep 1814
George Alleyn (Master Cooper)# 56 Old Clare Street 23 Nov 1814 25 Nov 1814
Maria Hill (daughter of James Hill) 2w 02 Feb 1815 03 Feb 1815
William Hill (Tanner) 62 Irish Town 17 May 1815 19 May 1815
Elizabeth Kendal (wife of Tho Kendal, a woollen draper)# 77 George’s Quay 04 Oct 1815 06 Oct 1815
John Thomas Thacker (Grocer) 36 George’s Street 11 Oct 1815 13 Oct 1815
Rebecca Murphy (widow) 81 Mungret Street 08 Nov 1815 10 Nov 1815
Henry Hill 19 William Street 28 Oct 1816 30 Oct 1816
John Newsom (Ironmonger) 35 Anne Street 22 Jan 1817 24 Jan 1817
Joshua Dudley (Clerk)*Drown in the Canal going home, came from Cork aged about 50. 60 The Canal Brewery 10 Feb 1817 13 Feb 1817
Sarah Mayne (daughter of Thomas & Bridget Mayne)* 3m 31 Mar 1817 01 Apr 1817
Samuel Beale (Shopkeeper) 45 Rutland Street 15 Jun 1817 17 Jun 1817
William Richard Unthank (Shopkeeper) 34 George’s Quay 21 Dec 1817 24 Dec 1817
William Phillips (Apothecary) 37 Mary Street 27 Dec 1817 30 Dec 1817
William Mayne (son of Thomas and Bridget Mayne)* 3 1/2 years 29 May 1818 30 May 1818
Robert Evans * 38 Broad Street 21 Nov 1818 23 Nov 1818
Edward Phillips (Grocer) 31 George’s Street 29 Nov 1818 01 Dec 1818
Mary Lister 39 George’s Street 21 Jun 1819 23 Jun 1819
Hannah Banks 18 Cecil Street 27 Jun 1819 30 Jun 1819
Samuel Taverner (son of Thos. & Deborah Taverner)* 1y Upper Glentworth Street 06 Jan 1820 ? Jan 1820
Rebecca Fisher (daughter of James and Mary Fisher) 2y George’s Street 13 Jan 1820 15 Jan 1820
Anne Unthank (daughter of Isaac & Harriett Unthank)* 13 Anne Street 7 Feb 1820 9 Feb 1820
Elizabeth Fitt (daughter of Matthew & Catherine Fitt)* 4m Clare Street 8 Feb 1820 10 Feb 1820
George Fitt (son of Matthew & Catherine Fitt)* 2y Clare Street 09 Apr 1820 11 Apr 1820
Mary Fisher Untank 4y George’s Street 06 Jun 1820 08 Jun 1820
Catherine Fitt (wife of Matthew Fitt)# 29 Clare Street 29 Jun 1820 02 Jul 1820
Thomas Mayne# 36 Catherine Street 12 Oct 1820 22 Oct 1820
Susanna Banks 76 Clare Street 21 Dec 1820 24 Dec 1820
Rebecca Harvey (daughter of Joseph & Rebecca Harvey) 16 Summerville 06 Jan 1821 10 Jan 1821
Thomas Taverner 29 Thomondgate 23 Jan 1821 26 Jan 1821
Isaac Unthank 34 Rutland Street 24 Jan 1821 26 Jan 1821
Mary Fisher (wife of James Fisher) 25 Clareville, Castleconnell 05 Mar 1821 08 Mar 1821
Anna Hill (wife of John Hill)* 56 Nicholas Street 10 May 1821 13 May 1821
Francis Taverner (widow of Tho.) 75 Glentworth Street 08 Sep 1821 09 Sep 1821
Eliza Newsom (daughter of Thos. & Mary Newsom)* 15m Corn Market 01 Apr 1822 02 Apr 1822
Mary Woods (wife of John Woods) 56 William Street 22 Jun 1822 25 Jun 1822
James Fisher 77 Richmond 19 Jul 1822 21 Jul 1822
Mary Unthank (George Unthank)# 64 Anne Street 25 Nov 1822 28 Nov 1822