A to Z April Challenge: V is for V-72½ - John Donovan

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. V is for V-72½, the grave coordinates for John Donovan, my paternal great-great-grandfather.

John Donovan

Birth:	Abt. 1826
	Great Strand Street, Dublin, Ireland
Death:	20 August 1875 (aged about 49 years)
	Hospital, North Dublin Union Workhouse, Dublin, Ireland
Burial:	23 August 1875
	Glasnevin Cemetery
	Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland
Plot:	Garden Section V-72½

Graveyard:

There is no surviving grave marker on grave V-72½, in the Garden Section of Glasnevin Cemetery.

Burial register:

Date of interment:	23 August 1875
Sexton's Number:	87755
Registrar's Number:	88440
Name:	John Donovan
Age:	49 years
Residence:	North Union Workhouse, Dublin
Mark of grave:	V-77½
Date of death:	20 August 1875
Sex:	Male
Religious persuasion	Catholic
Rank or Occupation	Upholsterer
Condition:	Widower
Alleged disease or cause of death:	Chest disease
Name and residence of informant:	Michael Weddick, North Union Workhouse, Dublin
Date of issuing order for interment:	22 August 1875
Source:	Dublin Cemeteries Trust

Links to memorials of immediate family members:

Spouse:	Mary Anne (Coyle) Donovan (c. 1828-1873, m. 1851)
Daughter:	Mary Agnes (Donovan, O'Neill) Ellis (c. 1853-1941)
Son:	John Donovan (1855-Unknown)
Daughter	Teresa (Donovan) Corless (1862-1944)

Father:	Thomas Donovan (c. 1789-1875)
Mother:	Catherine (Flood) Donovan (c. 1787-1873)
Brother:	Thomas Donovan (1828-Unknown)
Sister:	Alice Donovan (c. 1827-1877)

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.