Robert Dunlop Howard

[heywood]

That's great Mary. You would imagine that there would be something about his death somewhere.

[shanew147]

I am beginning to think that both Robert & Emily moved away from Cork sometime between 1907 and 1911...  maybe to England?




Shane

[ejam]

Hi Heywood and thanks Shane, certificate removed.

Robert had a series of female marriages: Emily Rebecca 1909, Rose Blanche 1910, Margaret Lillian 1914, Sarah Maude Victoria 1915 then Gladys Marion in 1936.
Unfortunately the certificates I have are for Emily and Sarah and not in between. I must do some work to determine where these were and try to obtain certificates. He was noted as deceased on Edward Dunlop's wedding certificate in 1920.
It would be great to trace funerals etc. to find more information but I have drawn a blank with this (original post.) No luck with cemeteries either.
Regards, Alan.

[shanew147]

unfortunately marriage certs dont always specifically state if the father is alive at the time or not... many case the name is included without any note when the father is deceased.

attached are the two sections we've been discussing...

I think maybe Daniel F. Hegarty might be occupant of the Infirmary.. i.e. doctor or administrator ?


Shane

[shanew147]

Signor Grossi seems to have arrived in Cork in 1902 - see : Music in Ireland 1952  (scanned at archive.org)

'... Outside Dublin, one must mention the work of Ferruccio Grossi in Cork, where he trained a generation of string players between 1902 and 1928,...'

maybe Robert left his post for some reason around that time, and so not long after the 1901 census return.


Shane

[cucho]

HI!i'm Michele, from Milan, Italy. The brother of my granmother was Ferruccio Grossi, that left Italy in the beginning of '900. He was musicist. I have read your post and i think that you talk abaut him. My family don't have any notice about him, because we live in italy. I hope to try some information of his life and his descendants. Someone can help me? Sorry for my very bad english..

[shanew147]

hi Michele, and welcome to Rootschat !

some information on the Irish 1911 Census on the Grossi family that might be of interest to you - Grossi family, Cork

You will see Ferruccio, his wife Marie and their son Oscar living in Cork City where Sig. Grossi was a music professor in the School of Music.



Shane

[ejam]

Hi Shane and welcome to Michele.

You may not have heard from Mary recently....she has been very busy, successfully  finding all there is to know about Robert Dunlop Howard. At the time that Signor Rossi came to Cork, my great grandfather was teaching orchestral classes, violin and viola, whilst acting as both leader and conductor of the Cork Orchestra at the Royal Opera House and with with local bands, particularly the'No.1 Barrack Street Band.' He unfortunately met a premature end in 1907 when he suffered a fit and cardiac arrest before an evening meal. I have confirmed detail of where he and his family were living and working and am now able to build a picture of the life of my direct ancestors.

Success!

Many thanks, then, to Mary and to all others who contributed to my quest.

Regards, Alan.

[celtic liberty]

Alan,

Thank you so much for your appreciation.  Am delighted to be able to help.

Mary