MORISON, William McIvor (1830?-1893) — Dublin
Lithographer & engraver; mapmaker. Produced Todd, Burns & Co.’s new map of Dublin, strangers’ guide and street directory ca. 1852; street-maps for James Fraser, ‘Hand book for Dublin and its environs with a map of the city and street-maps on an entirely new plan’ 1853, published by James McGlashan; a map of Howth for Joseph Huband Smith, ‘A day at Howth; or, guide to its most prominent objects of interest’ 1853, again published by McGlashan; Londonderry for James Fraser, ‘Handbook for travellers in Ireland’ 1859; W. B. Kelly, Kelly’s map of the environs of Dublin for James J. Gaskin, ‘Varieties of Irish history : from ancient and modern sources’ 1869, etc.
Born in Dublin about 1830, the son of Matthew Morison above and his wife Margaret Jane Seagrave. He had taken over his father’s lithographic business by 1852-1853, continuing to share the premises. He married Christina Wilson Bogue (1841?-1926), with whom he had a daughter, 22 Mar 1859 at St. Peter’s, Dublin. The business was trading as ‘Morison & Co.’ from at least 1874 and by 1880, still in Bachelor’s Walk, it was under the direction of John MacNamara. An opera called ‘The Uhlans’, written by Morison and composed by his wife, was performed both in Dublin and Glasgow in 1883-1885. He had retired to Rothesay on the island of Bute by 1891, then said to be aged sixty-one. He died there 8 Dec 1893. His estate was valued at £1,283.
32 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin — 1853-1874
Westminster, Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, Dublin (home) — 1858-1859
Montrose, Roundtown Road, Rathgar, Dublin (home) — 1866-1870
8 Charleville Road, Rathmines, Dublin (home) — 1880-1881
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