Handwriting decipher thread *must post link to full page*

spurious wrote: »

It certainly would be unusual with her daughter as informant, who presumably would know.

There is a Laurence Whelan died in the hospice (Dublin South) in 1897.

Thanks spurious.

I see the Laurence you referred to but I think that's someone unrelated. Also states that he was a carpenter whereas on Mary Anne's death cert it says her husband was a porter. Obviously people had many varied jobs back then but I do think it's a different person. Plus he was 45 in 1897 and she was 57 in 1898. Ages were not always accurate but I don't think there's a connection between the two people.

Don't want to drag this any further off topic but that's thrown a right spanner in the works. A lot of research has been done on the back of some of the names mentioned here. I'll have to go back over the details but afraid of confirmation bias creeping in. Maybe this needs to be moved to the off-topic chat but I don't know if someone fancies cross-checking some documents I have. I have all the details but I may like someone to take a look at what I have and confirm whether what I have looks okay or if I've made a mistake along the way.

It's not handwriting but I'm wondering if anyone might be able to make out what's on this headstone.



It looks to say:
MARY KELLY
A native of the parish of ?
County Roscommon Ireland

There's one parish that I think it might be, but even then, it doesn't look exactly right. The bottom of the headstone also has 'Erected by' but I can't see much else after that. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Mick Tator wrote: »

In memor’m of
MARY KELLY
A native of the Parish of ….
County Roscommon in Ireland
(???)
Sept 27th 184?
Aged 64 years

I cannot decipher the italic script but the penultimate line commences ‘Erected by …. (possibly ‘her brother’?)

Thanks for the help. I think that the year is 1863 but I'm not certain. I also can't make out who it's erected by. It's the erected by and parish that I'm mostly interested in but primarily the parish. Looking at the image, there seems to be a better chance of making out the parish than the erected by anyway. The picture is on Findagrave of a headstone in the US. I'm interested to know if she was from the same parish as my ancestors. It's a shame that the person who took the picture didn't transcribe what was on the headstone as well since it looks like it would be easy enough to read if you were looking at it in-person.

Mick Tator wrote: »

It is challenging. Are you in the Kelly Clan Facebook group/page? There is a large number of US Kellys there with Roscommon heritage and they might know of her/ graveyard.

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that out.

spurious wrote: »

Do you know which graveyard/cemetery it is? It's a long shot, but there may have been volunteers transcribed it.

Yes, it's Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery, Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA.

Hermy wrote: »

Re cause of death for the last entry on this record can anyone tell me the word I'm missing?

I have the first part - pulmonary exhaustion 2 hours - but the middle word of the second line has me stumped - chronic _______ disease.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1970/04148/4054363.pdf

Could it be chronic tubercular disease?

I think that the first part could be pulmonary embolism.

Any idea what the surname might be on this birth record?

champchamp wrote: »

Any idea what the location here is?

Looks like Jeremiah Wall of Mendicity Institute. It's on Usher's Island in Dublin.

Owen?

Hermy wrote: »

Looking for opinions on the entry third from the top right hand page please.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634405#page/60/mode/1up

Looks like James of James Hoey & Mary bonus ( or Bowes), Kgt, sp Margaret Barry, Balimount.

Unlikely though because Hoey is not a name associated with Kildare. Kgt might mean knight.