Francis Carvill, of 32, 33, 35, 40, 41 & 42 Merchant's Quay & 9 Sugar Island, Newry, Northern Ireland was an iron merchant & hardwareman, spade and shovel manufacturer, timber and slate merchant in 1846. Patrick George Carvill was his son, and executor in his brother James's will in 1864; a merchant with premises at 35 Merchant's Quay who lived at Benvenue, Rostrevor in 1881; and a magistrate in 1886 and 1910. John Carvill was associated with Carvill Brothers, a company that was an agent for Milne's safes and Doulton's sewer pipes, as well as carpenters, joiners and wrights, coal merchants and brick makers, dealers, iron merchants, nail makers, saw mill proprietors, and ship owners operating at 34 Merchant's Quay in 1881; and timber merchants in 1894. John Carvill lived at Benvenue, Rostrevor, County Down, in 1881 and 17 Downshire Road, Newry, in 1902. John Carvill was a member of Newry Port and Harbour Trust in 1910. His daughter Ruth Carvill attended a school in Croydon in 1902 and 1903, probably as a teenager.
From the description of Carvill family papers, 1820-1933. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 707931357
