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Help have hit a brick wall....
« on: Monday 18 September 17 21:30 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Am at the end of my tether trying to locate the death of my great grandmother and two great aunts.  I have found all the family in Midleton in 1911 census and I know that they were all living in Mitchelstown from around 1918 until the family left Ireland in 1922.  When one of great aunts was alive she said that her mother died in the flu epidemic after the 1st world war and two of her sisters also died before they left Ireland too.  Their surname was O'Sullivan.  I have tried all sorts of variants, wildcards etc, but cannot for the life of me locate any one of them, but found two great uncles deaths that my nan or great aunt failed to mention whilst they were alive.  I have also seached by the christian names and registration area, but again no luck.  So I am hoping that someone may be able to suggest something which I havent considered???

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Re: Help have hit a brick wall....
« Reply #1 on: Monday 18 September 17 21:35 BST (UK) »
Maybe consider posting a link to the Census so people can see the names of people?
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Re: Help have hit a brick wall....
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 September 17 21:43 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I agree with Hallmark and also wonder where you have looked already? Have you looked for Sullivan also?
Where did the family move to? Have you checked that place also just in case the family story is wrong?

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Re: Help have hit a brick wall....
« Reply #3 on: Monday 18 September 17 21:55 BST (UK) »
Right heres the link to them in 1911

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Middleton_Urban/Railway_Terrace/434751/

The two great aunts I cant find are Mary and Annie.  I have also checked under Sullivan and family story checks out as have photos of my nan and family outside their house in Mitcheltown just after 1st world war and also documents of my great grandfathers that also give address as Mitchelstown too.  I have looked under Irish records on Ancestry, Familysearch and also Irishgenealogy.ie.

My family left ireland in 1922 and moved to Hertfordshire.  The house the family lived in is still in the family today.  My great grandfather died in 1960 and in his newspaper Obit it states that his wife died some 40 years ago.  He is buried with my nan, and two other siblings.


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« Reply #4 on: Monday 18 September 17 22:00 BST (UK) »
Wife in 1901?
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« Reply #6 on: Monday 18 September 17 22:05 BST (UK) »
So he is a Constable from Co Kerry.

Are they buried at homeplace in Co Kerry??
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« Reply #7 on: Monday 18 September 17 22:23 BST (UK) »
Marriage?
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