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Down / Re: Thomas Holmes b c 1825
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 21:36 BST (UK) »
...overlooking the Mourne Mountains:
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Down / Re: Thomas Holmes b c 1825
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 21:34 BST (UK) »
The two Henry graves are in a corner of the graveyard...
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Down / Re: Thomas Holmes b c 1825
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 21:27 BST (UK) »
The adjacent grave is also Henry; it's rather difficult to read...
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Here rest
the bodies of
FREDRICK PORTER HENRY
who died 24th March 1855
Aged 15 years
[of]? THOMAS HENRY
who died 10th October 1866, Aged 22 years
and of ANNA and HUGH RICE HENRY
both of whom died in infancy
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Here rest
the bodies of
FREDRICK PORTER HENRY
who died 24th March 1855
Aged 15 years
[of]? THOMAS HENRY
who died 10th October 1866, Aged 22 years
and of ANNA and HUGH RICE HENRY
both of whom died in infancy
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Down / Re: Blakely/Bleakley in Newtownards
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 16:44 BST (UK) »
Stone in Leitrim Presbyterian - transcription previously discussed:
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Down / Re: Blakely/Bleakley in Newtownards
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 16:39 BST (UK) »
Stone in Leitrim Presbyterian; difficult to read:
In Loving Memory of JAMES BLAKLEY BENRAW
Who died 1st Sep 1886 Aged 54 years
(also his wife)?
ELIZABETH
Who died 10th Oct 1887 Aged 82 years
?
also their daughters
MARGARET who died 20th Sep 1906
and
SUSANNA who died 4th July 1909
AGNES who died 15 November 1912
In Loving Memory of JAMES BLAKLEY BENRAW
Who died 1st Sep 1886 Aged 54 years
(also his wife)?
ELIZABETH
Who died 10th Oct 1887 Aged 82 years
?
also their daughters
MARGARET who died 20th Sep 1906
and
SUSANNA who died 4th July 1909
AGNES who died 15 November 1912
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Down / Re: Thomas Holmes b c 1825
« on: Saturday 07 October 17 14:58 BST (UK) »
Stone in Leitrim Presbyterian burying ground.
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Down / Re: Blakely/Bleakley in Newtownards
« on: Friday 06 October 17 22:13 BST (UK) »
The Leitrim visit sounds interesting. The long list contains a birth in Benraw - adjacent townland to Leitrim. There was significant movement from the area to Killyleagh after the famine; perhaps the Blakelys were part of that and moved on to Newtownards? Just speculation. See last gravestone inscription here: http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=522&page=306&prevStartQuery=1525&theme=Infant&Send=Send
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