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 places, so, to help ensure they're not forgotten again, I'm creating a virtual graveyard, incorporating a memorial for each ancestor. J is for John - John Wynne, my maternal great-great-grandfather.| Birth: | c. 1820 |
| Dublin, Ireland | |
| Death: | 5 September 1911 (aged 91 years) |
| 24 Halliday Square, Oxmantown Road, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Burial: | 8 September 1911 |
| Glasnevin Cemetery |
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| Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland | |
| Plot: | Garden Section, Q - 97 |
Graveyard:
There is no surviving grave marker on grave Q - 97, in the Garden Section of Glasnevin Cemetery.
Burial register:
| Date of interment: | 8 September 1911 |
| Sexton's Number: | 332199 |
| Registrar's Number: | 333042 |
| Name: | John Wynne |
| Age: | 67 years [not correct] |
| Residence: | 24 Halliday Square, Oxmantown Road, Dublin |
| Mark of grave: | Q-97 |
| Date of death: | 6 September 1911 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Religious persuasion | Catholic |
| Rank or Occupation | Shop assistant |
| Condition: | Widower |
| Alleged disease or cause of death: | Senility |
| Name and residence of informant: | John Fegan, 24 Halliday Square, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin |
| Date of issuing order for interment: | 7 September 1911 |
| Source: | Dublin Cemeteries Trust |
John shares his grave with his wife Bridget and their baby son, Patrick.
Four strangers were also buried in the grave, Mary Butler of Pimlico who died in 1833, David Butler of Townsend Street who died in 1837, Richard Hudson of Fishamble Street who died in 1837 and Richard Judge of Townsend Street who died in 1841.
Links to memorials of immediate family members:
| Spouse: | Bridget (Hynes) Wynne (1830-1895, m. 1849) |
| Daughter: | Margaret (Wynne) Vaughan (1850-1883) |
| Son: | John Wynne (1851-1923) |
| Son: | Joseph Wynne (c. 1855-1910) |
| Son: | James Wynne (1857-Unknown) |
| Daughter: | Mary Agnes (Wynne, Finley) Walker (1860-1934) |
| Daughter: | Isabella (Wynne) Perrody (1863-1930) |
| Son: | Patrick James Stephen Wynne (1866-1868) |
| Son: | Patrick James Wynne (1868-1937) |
| Son: | Phillip Augustine Wynne (1870-1931) |
| Daughter: | Agnes (Wynne) Fegan (1877-19221) |
My intention is to create a virtual graveyard with a memorial for each of my ancestors. 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.
The 'A to Z April Challenge' - 26 blog posts in 26 days, with 26 letters of the alphabet, and one post dedicated to each letter.
This is an interesting concept you chose for your A to Z. Was it common to bury strangers in a family plot?
ReplyDeleteStrangers were not normally buried in family plots. But, Glasnevin Cemetery offered a service where people could pay for a single burial, rather than purchase the entire plot. And presumably, when purchasing a family plot, it was cheaper to purchase a 'used' plot, when family finances could only stretch that far.
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