Assistant county surveyor for Co. Offaly from 1900 or earlier until 1916. Horace Waters, fourth son of Thomas Waters of Kilpatrick, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, and his wife Harriet, née Exshaw, was born in 1861. After attending Alston College, Cheshire, he took an engineering degree at Queen's College, Galway, also gaining a gold medal. He was appointed assistant county surveyor for Co. Offaly in succession to JAMES H. BARR JAMES H. BARR probably circa 1893, when he moved to Edenderry. In 1899 he became engineer to Edenderry No. 1, 2 & 3 Rural District Councils. He was also an engineer on the Boyne Drainage Board. In 1900 he applied unsuccessfully for the county surveyorship of Co. Offaly, left vacant by the death of RICHARD BARNSLEY SANDERS. RICHARD BARNSLEY SANDERS. He died suddenly at home in July 1916, having suffered from heart problems two months previously, and was buried in Edenderry on 12 July He been married to his wife, Kate, for about twenty-three years and had six children. Horses appear to have been his principal leisure interest. He was a member of the Kildare Hunt, a racing judge and in 1909 had been manager of the Cork Park race course.
Inst.CE: associate member.
Address: Blundell House, Edenderry, at time of death.
See WORKS.
References
All information in this entry not otherwise attributed is from the obituary in Leinster Leader, 15 Jul 1916 (transmitted by Ciaran Reilly, ar 2010).
Thom's Official Directory (1900), 1109.
wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com (last visited Mar 2010).
In 1911 he won a claim against Edenderry No. 3 Rural District Council for £74.18s.11d for wrongful dismissal and work done, see Irish Times, 16 Jun 1911.
King's County Chronicle, 3 May 1900 (B.O'D.).
Although he signs himself 'Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.' on a design for a labourer's cottage drawn in 1899 for W.J.H. Tyrrell, he does not appear in the Institute's membership list for 1912.
13 work entries listed in chronological order for WATERS, HORACE R.
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CO. OFFALY, LENNAMARRAN, HOUSE |
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1899 |
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Labourer's cottage, fo W.J.H. Tyrrell, Esq. |
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Photocopy of signed plans and specifications, dated 3 Jun 1899, in IAA, RP.D.263.5
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CO. OFFALY, EDENDERRY (NEAR), HOUSES |
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1900 |
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Tenders invited for building labourers' cottages, for Edenderry No. 2 RDC. |
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B 78, 2 Jun 1900, 554; IB 42, 15 Jun 1900, 391
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CO. OFFALY, EDENDERRY, HOUSES |
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1906 |
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Tenders invited for completing block houses for Edenderry No. 1 RDC. |
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IB 44, 6 Oct 1906, 808
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CO. OFFALY, EDENDERRY (NEAR), HOUSES (008) |
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1908 |
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Tenders for erecting 8 labourers' cottages accepted by Edenderry No. 3 RDC as follows: N. Clabby, Colehill, 1 at £113; T. Burnell, Glynn, 2 at £113; P. Quinn, 5 at £113. |
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IB 50, 28 Nov 1908, 739
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CO. OFFALY, EDENDERRY, HOUSES (006) |
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1909 |
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Erection of 6 labourers' cottages at cost of £123.16s.3d each. For Edenderry No. 3 RDC. |
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IB 51, 2 Oct 1909, 629
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CO. OFFALY, FREAGH (EDENDERRY), WATER SUPPLY |
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1910 |
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Tenders invited for sinking wells and erecting wooden pumps in Dreenane, Clonkeen and Freagh. for Edenderry No. 2 RDC. |
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IB 52, 30 Apr 1910, 294
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