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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: Bardany on Friday 08 June 12 16:40 BST (UK)
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My g-g-grandfather died 2/8/1885 at 46 Verner St. in the markets area of Belfast. He was a catholic aged 59 and I assumed he would be buried in Milltown Cemetery.I contacted the office and found he was not buried there nor is he in the City Cemetery. Anyone out there with any advice please?COMPLETED
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Perhaps buried in family plot outside Belfast- where was he born?
Did you search for burial on Belfast Cemeteries webiste (includes City, Roselawn & Dundonald)?
Have you searched for death notice in newspaper? sometimes gives funeral instructions.
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What was his name?
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MaggieTag Thanks for your response. I'm sure his name would have been a big help. It was Daniel Barr.
Aghadowey. Thanks to you too. I did try the Belfast Cemeteries Website but without success
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Hi,
Came across this earlier post on Rootschat that mentions Barr family and Verner Street. Might be helpful.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,186104.0.html
Margaret
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Aghadowey, you suggested looking for an obituary-something I hadn't thought of because it was so long ago. Could you advise on how to go about this. Are there any records on line? I am 50 miles from Belfast so personal visit to Newspaper Offices difficult. Will they respond to an e-mail enquiry. Thanks again!
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Hi
the Belfast Newsletter up to 1925 is available to search on Ancestry if you have a subscription
jim
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There is also a cemetery at Clifton Street on the Antrim Road, which is now disused. It was primarily for the poor house dead but others Belfast residents were buried there.
The register is at
http://www.cliftonstreetcemetery.com/
Worth a try. Good luck
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Hi, Scracka here,
You asked some time ago for informarion on Adam Loftus Lynn. I put an outline on the query site, which I reached by Googling "Samual Ferres Lynn", who by the way is Adam's nephew. If you want further information post it on the above site.
Link: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,561282.msg4498083.html
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Had a quick glance through the Belfast Newsletters of the time but couldn't find any death notice for Daniel Barr.
Incidentally, there were a few references to Barrs of Verner Street, including an Alexander Barr of 48 Verner Street, aged 22, a labourer, who was reported as suffering from "rupture of varicose vein" in 1885, a Daniel Barr of Verner Street reporting having been assaulted by a police constable in 1870 and a curious reference from the 1850s about a Daniel Barr of 52 Verner Street accused of being involved in something called "The Ribbon Conspiracy", a really quite strange story altogether!
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Many thanks to all who replied especially Gaffy to whom I have sent a PM