Scully
Taken from Domvile Estate Records
Domville Papers ms 11799
Date: 3rd January 1860.
J J Scully, Eaton Cottage, Sandymount.
I propose to pay Charles Toole Esq £60 per year for the house furnished offices and about 5 acres of land at Springmount near Bray from 26th March 1860.
Source: The National Library of Ireland
William Charles Scully writes of emigrating from Ireland to South Africa. William was 12 years old. at the time. He emigrated with his parents and eldest sister in 1867. They also brought with them a young man named Larry O'Toole.
William also writes that he met Edmund O'Toole who was working as a cab driver (horse drawn taxi), in Cape Town.
William suggests that Edmund died some years before the publication of his book in 1913.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. Scully published 1913.
Further reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
More details on the life of William Charles Scully.