Author Topic: Ellen Duggan age 60 at death in 1916  (Read 804 times)

Offline mazbonks

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Ellen Duggan age 60 at death in 1916
« on: Saturday 08 December 18 19:20 GMT (UK) »
Hello Cork Board.  I have been transcribing letters for the letters1916 web site and came across very interesting letters regarding an Ellen Duggan who would have been about 60 on her death in the Fermoy hospital in 1916.  The letters detail how she was buried in unconsecrated ground initially as her 'drunken son' would take no responsibility for her body.  Her other son Frank Duggan who was living in America  at the time wrote to the Canon and requested that her body be reburied in the Mitchelstown Parish graveyard.  Amazing resource for the right family under the heading Letter from Rev. J.C. Abbott, 27 May 1916 on the letters1916 web site.  Hope this helps someone.

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Re: Ellen Duggan age 60 at death in 1916
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 08 December 18 20:27 GMT (UK) »
What a lovely site, I'd never heard of it.
http://letters1916.maynoothuniversity.ie/

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Re: Ellen Duggan age 60 at death in 1916
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 08 December 18 21:33 GMT (UK) »
There are a lot of sites but many never get advertised.

Perhaps it could be listed on the Resources Board?
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Re: Ellen Duggan age 60 at death in 1916
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 08 December 18 21:34 GMT (UK) »
Give a man a record and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to research, and you feed him for a lifetime.