REILLY, Joseph Charles (Grimwade p.639)

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UK Census records show he was born in Granard, Ireland around 1787.
He married Martha Barkley at St Andrew, Holborn in 1812; both were from that parish.
He entered a maker’s mark at Goldmiths Hall in 1819 as a plateworker from 12 Middle Row, Holborn.
The Times newspaper of 5th January 1831 reported a burglary on the 1st of January at the same address, the premises of J C Reilly, gun maker and silversmith. The value of property stolen was estimated at £150.
1841 UK Census as a gun maker aged 61 years living in Holborn with wife Martha.
1851 UK Census as a gun maker and a widower aged 64 years living at 502 Oxford Street, London.
1861 UK Census as a fund holder and land proprietor living in Bourn End, Cranfield, Bedfordshire.
He died in Cranfield, Bedfordshire in 1864. His Will was proved at the Principal Registry in that year; the value of his estate was under £7000. His son Edward Michael, gun maker also of 502 New Oxford Street, was appointed one of the executors.

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1839 Joseph Charles Reilly listed at 316 High Holborn under Gun and Pistol Makers in Pigot's London Directory .

1851 & '56 Joseph Charles Reilly Gunmaker listed at 502 Oxford Street in Post Office Directory.

1864 Joseph Charles Reilly listed at Bourn end Bedfordshire in Post Office Directory.