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Cork / Re: St. Monica's Asylum for the Blind, Infirmary Road, Cork
« on: Sunday 16 April 23 21:05 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Sunday 16 April 23 20:08 BST (UK)
Southern Reporter & Cork Commercial Courier, 17 Dec 1859

COUNTY AND CITY OF CORK
ASYLUM FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS BLIND
Contracts Required
Rounds of good beef without bone for 12 months, from 8 January, at    per lb
Boiling milk for 12 months at, from 1st January, at      per gallon
Household bread, best, for three months, from 1st January, at     per 4lb
Proposals to be sent to the Steward, on Saturday, 24 December, instant
Richard Dowden (Rd), Honorary Secretary
Asylum Infirmary Road, Dec 17th, 1859


Specifying quality goods (not that they were quality when delivered!) is so contrary to the impression given of Victorian Institutions.
"The Industrious Blind" features frequently when this institution appears in the newspapers.

Thank you.

That's exactly what I'm doing now, is going through the newspapers.   I hadn't realised it was opened in 1841.

Thank you again for your help.

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Cork / Re: St. Monica's Asylum for the Blind, Infirmary Road, Cork
« on: Sunday 16 April 23 18:16 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Kiltaglassan on Sunday 16 April 23 07:44 BST (UK)

'Asylum for the Blind’
Infirmary Road
Cork

From OSi National Townland and Historical Map Viewer.
MapGenie 25 Inch [1887-1913] (in Basemap Gallery).

https://arcg.is/jvOCW0

Thank you so much.

That's exactly where I remember my mother pointing it out to me, when I was a child.

Thank you.

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Cork / Re: St. Monica's Asylum for the Blind, Infirmary Road, Cork
« on: Sunday 16 April 23 18:14 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Enkjcjmt on Saturday 15 April 23 20:34 BST (UK)
Hi, I don’t know whether this will be of use to you, but I recently found the attached document among ones belonging to an ancestor of mine from Cork. The document is a letter sent from what was then called ‘County and City of Cork Asylum for the Blind’ on Infirmary Road in Feb 1864. At the bottom it gives the name of the secretary and Committee members at the time.


Thank you so much.   

That really gives an insight into the financial side of the running of The Blind Asylum, but also that it was open daily.   I know that baskets were made there and sold to subsidise the upkeep of the institution.

Thank you again.....I so appreciate it.

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United States of America / Re: Nora and Eleanor Scanlon of Yonkers, New York
« on: Friday 19 June 20 19:10 BST (UK)  »
Wow!!!  Amazing.

Thank you so much.

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United States of America / Re: Nora and Eleanor Scanlon of Yonkers, New York
« on: Friday 19 June 20 17:12 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: RJ137 on Friday 19 June 20 17:02 BST (UK)
Nona's obit in 1980. She listed under Obituaries and Death Notices (far right column). Both have some different information.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pm6/

Thank you so much...That gives the names of Eleanor's daughters and their children.  Amazing.
You have been so helpful.  Thank you.

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United States of America / Re: Nora and Eleanor Scanlon of Yonkers, New York
« on: Friday 19 June 20 16:35 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: shellyesq on Friday 19 June 20 16:29 BST (UK)
I found an obituary for Eleanor who died 9 Feb. 1974, and she is the right one.  She was survived by 3 daughters, one of which was the Margaret mentioned above, her sister, and 4 grandchildren.  You should be able to see the obituary at fultonhistory.com here:  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pm5/

Blimey...that's amazing....I can't thank you enough.....really....THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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United States of America / Re: Nora and Eleanor Scanlon of Yonkers, New York
« on: Friday 19 June 20 16:32 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: shellyesq on Friday 19 June 20 16:07 BST (UK)
There is an obituary for Margaret at www.fultonhistory.com that lists her daughters as Mrs. Francis (Nona Elizabeth) McIver, with whom she lived at 110 Morris St., and Mrs. Michael (Eleanor Marie) Galvin of Yonkers. Also survived by 3 grandchildren.

Social Security death index has a Nona McIvor born 9 Oct 1914, died May 1980, last residence Shrub Oak, Westchester Co., NY.

That is amazing.....3 grandchildren.....WOW.

My mistake earlier...Eleanor was born 15th March 1918

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United States of America / Nora and Eleanor Scanlon of Yonkers, New York
« on: Friday 19 June 20 14:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I have recently found out that my granduncle Jeremiah (Jerry) Scanlon, who immigrated to Yonkers in 1907, married Margaret Roche (from Mallow area) in 1911.

They had two daughters, Nonie b. 1914 and Eleanor b. 1915.
Jeremiah died in 1944 and Margaret in 1955.

However, I have no information on Nonie or Eleanor past the 1940 Census, in which they were living with their parents in Yonkers.

Any help in tracing what happened to them, if they married etc.....any help would be greatly appreciated.   If they have family, would love to connect with them.

Thank you.

Regards,

Mary (Scanlon)

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Cork / Re: Roche family of Annikissy, Killavullen
« on: Saturday 09 May 20 23:49 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: gaffy on Saturday 09 May 20 02:11 BST (UK)
I'm seeing 'Monanimy' against any of the births I've checked so far, this looks to be the location when Michael died in 1886, likewise this looks to be Michael's residence at the time of his marriage to Ellen in 1865, his father in the civil marriage registration was recorded as Thomas Roche, farmer, and someone of that name is shown in Monanimy Upper in Griffith's Valuation (print date 1851 for the area).   

https://www.townlands.ie/cork/fermoy/monanimy/monanimy/monanimy-upper/

That would be the family.  I can't find them on the 1901 Census and I am wondering if anyone knows what happened them.
It is peculiar because they were farmers and as such there would be at least one of the family to carry it on.
However, in this case they appear to have left the area.

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