Genealogists always want to know where their ancestors are buried. It’s not just to see what else they might learn from their gravesites. It’s more than that. It’s a need to connect with them, to know they’re ‘at peace’. Many countless hours are spent seeking out their final resting place, so to help ensure they're not forgotten again, I'm creating a virtual graveyard, incorporating a memorial for each one. E is for Ellis - Mary Agnes (Donovan, O'Neill) Ellis, my paternal great-grandmother.| Birth: | Abt. 1853 |
| Ireland | |
| Death: | 15 October 1941 (aged about 88 years) |
| 19 O'Neachtain Road, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Burial: | ? October 1941 |
| Glasnevin Cemetery |
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| Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland | |
| Plot: | Garden Section JE-133½ |
| Linked to: | Memorial at Find a Grave |
Graveyard:
There is no surviving grave marker on grave JE-133½, in the Garden Section of Glasnevin Cemetery.
Burial register:
| Name: | Mary Ellis |
| Age: | 80 years |
| Residence: | 19 O'Neachtain Rd, Dublin |
| Mark of grave: | Garden, JE-133½ |
| Date of death: | 15 October 1941 |
| Sex: | Female |
| Rank or Occupation | Labourer's widow |
| Condition: | Widow |
| Source: | Dublin Cemeteries Trust |
Mary Agnes shares her grave with four apparent strangers - Patrick Hynes who died in 1901, Mary Connolly who died in 1867, Peter Kane who died in 1853, and Anne Kane who died in 1847.
Links to memorials of immediate family members:
| Spouse 1: | Charles Francis O'Neill (1849-1895, m. 1874) |
| Spouse 2: | Thomas Augustus Ellis (Abt. 1860-1916, m. 1896) |
| Son: | Charles Joseph O'Neill (1875-?) |
| Daughter: | Catherine Mary O'Neill (1876-1879) |
| Son: | Robert Joseph O'Neill (1878-1957) |
| Son: | John Michael O'Neill (1879-1956) |
| Daughter: | Teresa O'Neill (1886-1951) |
| Son: | Arthur Francis O'Neill (1885-1965) |
| Daughter: | Mary Agnes O'Neill (1881-1960) |
| Daughter: | Johanna Mary O'Neill (1892-1951) |
| Daughter: | Helena Mary O'Neill (1895-1956) |
| Father: | John Donovan (c. 1826-1875) |
| Mother: | Mary Anne (Coyle) Donovan (c. 1828-1873) |
| Brother: | John Donovan (1855-?) |
| Sister: | Teresa (Donovan) Corless (1862-1944) |
My intention is to create a virtual graveyard with a memorial for each ancestor. The category 'Theme: Virtual Graveyard', seen on the right, is the graveyard gate. Clicking here, you enter my graveyard. You can visit each grave, irrespective of where in the world they are physically located.
Links for my direct ancestors above are, or will be, to their memorial in the 'virtual graveyard' at Black Raven Genealogy. Links for members of their immediate family are to a memorial at Find A Grave, if one has been created. Find A Grave is an online collection of gravesites and memorials from around the world.
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When that happens here it usually means it’s a pauper’s grave. I notice a huge date gap between the burials. perhaps it was a recycled plot?
ReplyDeleteGlasnevin often works like this. You can pay for just the one burial, with the option to purchase the grave later. You lose the option to purchase the grave after 10 years, and it can be offered to another family.
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