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William Kiberd

William Kiberd was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1876.

William Kiberd	Detail	Notes
Full Name	William Frederick Kiberd (Gulielmus Fridericus)	See other photos below
Birth Date	9 March 1876
Birth Place	Dublin
Father	William Archibald Kiberd	Born 1 Mar 1832 - Liverpool, England
Mother	Maria Christina Ford	Born 1839/40 - Dublin
Married	Catherine Mary Gough	Born 16 Jan 1880, Stillorgan, Dublin
Wedding Date
Children	Madeline Kiberd Alice Kiberd Frederick William Kiberd Henry Kiberd William Kiberd Desmond Kiberd Arthur Kiberd Kathleen Kiberd Margaret Patricia Kiberd Walter Kiberd	Died in Childhood? Born 1909 - Died 1984 16 Jan 1911 - Died 1995 Born 1912 - Died 2010 Born 1914 - Died in 1916 Born 1915/16 - Died in 1916 Born 1916 - Died 1998 Born 1912/13 - Died in 1919 Born 29 Feb 1920 Wicklow - Died 2005 Born 1 Jun 1922 Wicklow - Died 1969
Died	21 February 1953	Dublin. William is buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, St. Ita's Section No.459

William Kiberd - Birth Certificate 8 March 1876

William was baptised in St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Dublin on 13th March 1876. His sponsor was Helena Kiberd. The parish records state his name was Gulielmus Fridericus Kiberd and his father (also William) as Gulielmo. This name derives from the Old Norman name “Williame”.

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William Kiberd's signature from the 1911 Irish Census

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The population of Dublin City, as returned at the next Census of 1911 was 304,802.

1911 Census Record in text form

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Extract from Thom's Post Office Directory from 1935 showing the rateable valuation of £24 - Not the first, nor last, time that the KIBERD name had the letter L added.

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Letter from William Kiberd to his Son Walter

As William died just two weeks later it is quite possible that this is the last letter that he ever wrote. It would appear that his children called him 'Dada'.

The Headstone on William Kiberd's Grave

Photographs of William Kiberd

William Kiberd (date unknown)	William Kiberd (date unknown)	Catherine & William Kiberd
Catherine, William & Alice (Coo) Kiberd 1909/10	William Kiberd 1932	William Kiberd (date unknown)
William Kiberd laying a wreath, at the grave of Charles Stewart Parnell, in 1953 shortly before his death		William Kiberd 1953

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