Kate McGrath's family

[Ashnz]

Hi everybody,

Someone has requested to update information on a grave at "Find a Grave" website. What I normally do is to try and make sure any information is accurate before approving.

This one surrounds the family of Kate McGrath. Kate was the daughter of Denis and Ellen McGrath - according to me, Kate was from Cork, England (there's a suggestion she was born in Ireland). She was also the sister of Denis and Honona McGrath. Kate was aged 7 when she died on Feb 3rd, 1879 while in quarantine on Ripapa Island (Ripa) after a voyage on the SS Northern Monarch.

These are the suggestions from Find a Grave:

Denis: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166557679/denis_mcgrath

Ellen: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171622369/ellen_mcgrath

Julia: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210005897/julia_peters

Kindest regards

Ashley

[Dundee]

.... according to me, Kate was from Cork, England (there's a suggestion she was born in Ireland).

Where is Cork in England?

Debra 

[Eyesee]

This would appear to be the birth of Hanora at Bantry in Cork.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1878/02970/2088036.pdf

Julia Cotter is the informant.

Ian C

[Eyesee]

Here is Kate's birth, also from Bantry, in 1873.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03166/2161327.pdf

A Denis in 1870
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03328/2219871.pdf

Ian C

[Eyesee]

I see a few trees on Ancestry that have the relationship between Julia COTTER and the McGRATHs.

Her parents were Jeremiah COTTER and Ellen SULLIVAN. He died 1865 and she married Denis McGRATH in 1866.

In Julia PETERS' will she leaves money to her stepbrother Denis McGRATH.

Ian C

[Ashnz]

Thank you for that great information! I was looking at a familytree online that suggested there was a daughter Ellen McGrath born in 1866 - probably from the first marriage. Also according to the tree Kate was named Catherine and Denis was born 11 July 1970 and married an Elizabeth Pateman in 1897.

Sorry, I can not open the links you sent.

[Eyesee]

The files are PDF which should open in your browser. You may need to adjust your browser settings to enable this.

Otherwise you can go to the website and search for yourself, although you may have the same problem.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Ian C

[Ashnz]

The files are PDF which should open in your browser. You may need to adjust your browser settings to enable this.

Otherwise you can go to the website and search for yourself, although you may have the same problem.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Ian C

Thank you Ian, I managed to open them  I also found Ellen https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/display-pdf.jsp?pdfName=cork%20%26%20ross.bantry.p4802.00827