Pollexfen family of Sligo

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The Pollexfen family of Sligo was a prominent Anglo-Irish merchant and milling family in 19th-century Sligo, best known today as the maternal family of poet W. B. Yeats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish family
family
human
activity merchant trade
milling
associatedWith Yeats family NERFINISHED
basedIn Sligo town NERFINISHED
child Jack B. Yeats NERFINISHED
Lily Yeats NERFINISHED
Lolly Yeats NERFINISHED
W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED
connectedTo Sligo harbour NERFINISHED
Sligo milling industry
country Ireland NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance part of the background to the Irish Literary Revival through Yeats
economicRole local mercantile elite
ethnicity Anglo-Irish
family Pollexfen family of Sligo NERFINISHED
heritage British
Irish
historicalContext 19th-century Irish commercial life
industry grain milling
shipping and trade
influenced childhood environment of W. B. Yeats
language English
location Sligo NERFINISHED
maternalFamilyOf W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED
member Elizabeth Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Frederick Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Henry Pollexfen NERFINISHED
John Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Martha Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Mary Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Robert Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Samuel Pollexfen NERFINISHED
Susan Mary Pollexfen NERFINISHED
William Pollexfen NERFINISHED
mentionedIn autobiographical writings of W. B. Yeats
notableFor being the maternal family of W. B. Yeats
notableMember Susan Mary Pollexfen NERFINISHED
region County Sligo NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
socialClass commercial bourgeoisie
middle class
spouse John Butler Yeats NERFINISHED
timePeriod 19th century

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Susan Mary Pollexfen notableFamily Pollexfen family of Sligo