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Paul Whelan death 1908
« on: Wednesday 08 May 24 15:33 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone

I have just come across a findmygrave entry for my 3x great grandfather Paul Whelan. He died 22/5/1908 in Belfast and for some reason he was buried with a family by the name of McDermott.

the inscription reads - Erected by James MeDermott in memory of his mother Margaret McDermott who died 25th April 1891 aged 64 years Also above-named James McDermott who died 26th Jany 1907 and his wife Ellen McDermott who died 25th Decr 1907 Also in memory of Paul WHELAN who died 22nd May 1908 R I P

Above someone has written the on entry - cross ref: Margaret McDermott died 25 April 1891

I know of all Paul's children as well as his wife etc. I was wondering why he may be buried with this family and they have even gone as far as to mention him.

He was a nursery gardene and was from Kildare originally.

Kind regards

Dan
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Re: Paul Whelan death 1908
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 May 24 15:47 BST (UK) »
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Paul Whelan death 1908
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 May 24 15:49 BST (UK) »
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Paul Whelan death 1908
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 08 May 24 15:57 BST (UK) »
I did spot those but couldn't see any connection to Paul anywhere. I did wonder if someone buried him there for an unrelated reason (maybe he was there gardener and they counted him as family)

Dan
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Re: Paul Whelan death 1908
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 08 May 24 18:00 BST (UK) »
I posted them for others to see so they won't have to search for that information again. In 1901 James McDermott is a provision dealer. Took a quick look at Will Extracts but didn't spot anything.
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Re: Paul Whelan death 1908
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 08 May 24 18:02 BST (UK) »
Thank you. I checked papers but couldn't spot anything. It seems odd that he would be buried with a random family but I suppose there is a valid reason somewhere.

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