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Offline gaffy

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Re: A Graveyard Near Donegal Pass
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 20 September 20 16:19 BST (UK) »

I cannot believe that the City Cemetery would be described as "near Donegall Pass",
but you can search on line for burials there:
https://dof.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialsearch/


Given the family lore context is that the family 'had come from Bessbrook to live in Belfast' and that 'they are supposed to be buried in a graveyard near to where they lived' [quotes from the original post], then tbh I don't have an issue with the City Cemetery.


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Re: A Graveyard Near Donegal Pass
« Reply #19 on: Monday 21 September 20 14:46 BST (UK) »
Hi Sinann,

My great-grandfather James, who was married 3 times, was living with his family in College Square , Camlough in 1901 http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Camlough/College_Square/1036306/  But in the 1911 census, he and his family were living at 37 Auburn Street, Belfast. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Cromac/Auburn_Street/158330/  James's dob would have been in 1848 or 1849.

In 1901, James's brother Andrew and his family were living at 54 Palestine Street, Belfast http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Cromac/Palestine_Street/970620/ but by 1911 they had moved to 152 Agincourt Avenue, Belfast http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Cromac/Agincourt_Avenue/158217/  Strangely enough Andrew's age is given as 41 in the 1901 census giving him a birth year of 1860, but in the 1911 census, his age is given as 55 making the birth year 1856. Definitely the same person though.

I don't know much about the third brother William, but I'm pretty sure this is him and his family living at  19 Auburn Street, Belfast in 1911. His year of birth would therefore been around 1855. I do know, according to old Belfast street directories that he was living at 32 Virginia Street, Belfast between 1918 and 1932.


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Re: A Graveyard Near Donegal Pass
« Reply #21 on: Monday 21 September 20 19:49 BST (UK) »
That's great work Sinann. Thank you very much  :)