Reverend Henry Goldsmith

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Reverend Henry Goldsmith

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Forgney, County Longford, Ireland
Death: May 1768 (46)
Athlone, Westmeath, Westmeath, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Reverend Charles G Goldsmith and Anne Goldsmith
Husband of Catherine Hodson
Father of Henry Goldsmith and Catherine Goldsmith
Brother of Margaret Goldsmith; Catherine Goldsmith; Jane Johnston; Oliver Goldsmith; Maurice Goldsmith and 2 others

Occupation: Clergyman
Managed by: Private User
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About Reverend Henry Goldsmith

"Born at Pallas... Died at Athlone at the end of May, 1768" . And Oliver Goldsmith wrote to Henry's son Henry on 7 June 1768 "condoling with him on the death of his father the Revd. Henry" - Sir Ernest Clarke, 'The family letters of Oliver Goldsmith; a paper read before the Bibliographical Society, October 15, 1917' (London: Blades, East & Blades, 1920). 'The early haunts of Oliver Goldsmith' states that Henry died in December 1768.

Married at the age of 19 - The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmtih (London: J. Johnson [et al.], 1801, p. 3.

Of Lissoy - Westmeath poll book, 1761 (National Library of Ireland Ms 787).

Curate of Athlone in 1767 - J. J. Kelly, 'The early haunts of Oliver Goldsmith'.

Trinity College records say he was born in Co. Longford.

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Reverend Henry Goldsmith's Timeline

1722
February 9, 1722
Forgney, County Longford, Ireland
1741
May 13, 1741
- 1745
Age 19
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
1755
July 5, 1755
Athlone, West Meath, County West Meath, Ireland
1756
1756
1768
May 1768
Age 46
Athlone, Westmeath, Westmeath, Ireland