Father of
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett writer and playwright
son of William Beckett & Fannie Crothers Beckett who were married on 31 March 1869, at Sandymount, Dublin.
His father was a Builder. [a former chairman of Pembroke District Council]
In the 1901 census, William Frank Beckett was a 29 year old Surveyor.
His brother Gerald was aged 14.
William F. Beckett and Mary Jones Roe were married in Q3, 1901 in Dublin South district.
In the 1911 census, the Beckett family were living at Kerrymount, Foxrock.
Present were,
William Frank Beckett, aged 39, a Civil Engineer, born in Co. Dublin.
May, his wife, aged 39,
They had been married 9 years and had 2 children
Frank Edward Beckett, son, aged 8, [b. 1902]
Samuel Barclay Beckett, son, aged 4, [b.13 Apr. 1906-22 Dec. 1989]
Samuel Beckett related a story that during the Easter Rising in April 1916, his father [then described as a "Quantity Surveyor"] took himself and his brother up into the foothills of the Dublin Mountains to see the flames, smoke and destruction of the city.
Samuel said that he was appalled by the destruction he saw.
His father was said to be delighted, thinking of the future building work involved.
Father of
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett writer and playwright
son of William Beckett & Fannie Crothers Beckett who were married on 31 March 1869, at Sandymount, Dublin.
His father was a Builder. [a former chairman of Pembroke District Council]
In the 1901 census, William Frank Beckett was a 29 year old Surveyor.
His brother Gerald was aged 14.
William F. Beckett and Mary Jones Roe were married in Q3, 1901 in Dublin South district.
In the 1911 census, the Beckett family were living at Kerrymount, Foxrock.
Present were,
William Frank Beckett, aged 39, a Civil Engineer, born in Co. Dublin.
May, his wife, aged 39,
They had been married 9 years and had 2 children
Frank Edward Beckett, son, aged 8, [b. 1902]
Samuel Barclay Beckett, son, aged 4, [b.13 Apr. 1906-22 Dec. 1989]
Samuel Beckett related a story that during the Easter Rising in April 1916, his father [then described as a "Quantity Surveyor"] took himself and his brother up into the foothills of the Dublin Mountains to see the flames, smoke and destruction of the city.
Samuel said that he was appalled by the destruction he saw.
His father was said to be delighted, thinking of the future building work involved.
Inscription
Sacred
to the memory of
WILLIAM FRANK BECKETT
died 26th June 1933
aged 61 years
and of his wife
MARY
died 25th August 1950
aged 79 years
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