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Thank you so much!!

I'll play around with this and see if I can figure out where I've gone wrong. There can't be two Bartholomew Tooles who married the same name 30 years apart.....I've taken a wrong turn somewhere.

Wendy

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone knows if the gravestones in Drumconrath Catholic graveyard (hopefully there's only one) have been transcribed and if they are online.

Thanks!!

Hi.......can anyone help me find out what happened to an elusive member of the family or does anyone know anything about him and his family?

Patrick Sillery born late 1849 early 1850. Place of birth is unconfirmed but other family members were born around Dunroe, Nobber, County Meath.  However the family has alot of connections with the U.S. - New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio so perhaps he was not born in Ireland at all?  I don't know how to find out anything about U.S. births.

I know that his parents were Charles Sillery and Mary Cahill.  I'm told that siblings were Francis, Jane -1843 Ireland, John - 1844 Ireland, Anne, Mary -1847 Ohio, Joseph -1851 Ireland,Charles 1854 New Jersey and James 1855 New York but I have yet to prove all of this.  It sure seems like a lot of back and forth at a time when travel would have been expensive and taken a long time.

Patrick Sillery married Mary McVeigh (on her baptism her family name was spelled as McEvee)in 1878 in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Their children were Mary Anne(1879), John/Jack (1880) and Alice (1882) - all born in Drogheda, County MEATH.

In 1887 Mary, Mary Anne, Jack and Alice are found on the Boston bound passenger lists on a ship called the Roman that departed from Liverpool, England. There is no sign of Patrick on the ship so perhaps he is in the U.S.

In 1901 Mary, Mary Anne, Jack, Alice and now with an additional child - Patrick Jr (born circa 1887 in the U.S. based on census dates) are back in Ireland living with her brother and there is no sign of Patrick Sillery Senior.  By 1911 I can't find the family although Mary Anne and Alice were old enough to be married and I know that Alice did stay in the Drogheda area and marry.

Can anyone help discover what happened to Patrick?

Thanks!!!

Hello again.

Would anyone mind doing a gravestone lookup for me once again ....please    The gravestones are such a wealth of information but it's hard to find out stuff when you live overseas.

This time around I'm looking for the graves of Peter McVeigh (spellings vary from McVeigh/McVey/McEvey) born 1852 and died 1914 and his wife Mary McVeigh nee Meath/Meadthe/Meade (spellings vary) born 1856 died 1904.  They are shown in the 1901 Census as living in Yellowbatter and the 1911 Census as living in Newtown Stalavan St. Laurence Gate, Louth. 

I forgot to mention that there is a chance that Peter may be buried with his father William McVeigh (spellings vary) - 1833 to 1885 and his mother Margaret McVeigh nee Rogers - 1832 to 1898 and maybe even her father John Rogers.

Also Patrick Curran born in 1821 and died in 1909 and his wife Anne Curran nee Cassidy - dates unknown.  They lived in the Mell area.

Thank you very, very much.
Wendy

Brendan...you're a darling. Thanks very much for the look ups in all of the graveyards.  Much appreciated as always.

Thanks, Wendy