How do I know for sure if these are my ancestors?

[dathai]

Joseph Graham and his wife Gertrude were at that address up to the 1950s he may have been her employer.
http://databases.dublincity.ie/electoral/advanced.php

[denmcn]

That's what I figured too Dathai - but I still cant be sure its the right Elizabeth. I cant see why her brother James didn't bury her, he had a shop on the North Strand Road (which was flattened by "those" bombs) and was financially reasonably comfortable - maybe they fell out, who knows.

For now, until something new comes to light (1926 census, fingers crossed!!) I have this date of death attached to my Elizabeth with a TBC warning beside it

[denmcn]

Hi all - just a quick pop back into this thread to let you know that, 8 years later, I finally found a marriage record for my Elizabeth McEvoy.

I was rooting around on Irish Newspapers Archives to see if I could find anything to do with her brother (my ggf) around the time of his death. He was an alderman and was very involved with Dublin GAA so I was hopeful that I might find something of interest... and boy did I. Included in the attendees of his funeral was on Mrs E Dowling (sister)....at which point I nearly fell off my chair.

It turned out that she got married in 1923, at the ripe of age of 58 and lived until 1947.

[heywood]

That’s certainly something to celebrate. Great news.

[Kiltaglassan]

Are you sure of the marriage in 1923?

There's an Elizabeth McEvoy marrying a Patrick Dowling on 5 August 1922 at St Joseph's RC Church, Dun Laoghaire (according to IrishGenealogy).
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1922/09205/5330166.pdf

If I'm wrong, can you post a link to the 1923 marriage?

Thanks

[heywood]

That’s what I found too.

[denmcn]

Apologies...fat finger syndrome Yes, it was this marriage in 1922 to Patrick Dowling.