Annie O'Malley from Mayo

[abyrne]

Ok. So I always ask myself is that really worth paying for. You know you could drop a bundle in 15 minutes : )

I couldn't find death record for Anne's father but I found a gravestone transcription in Killeen Graveyard, Kilgeever Parish 1897. So I thought ok I'll go for it and kick myself when it gives me nothing of value.  Was I happy to be wrong!

In Fond Remembrance Of WILLIAM O’MALLEY, Curra Malley Died 1 Dec. 1897
And His Wife BRIDGET Died 1915 Also Their Daughter BRIDGET 1899   MARY 1928 R.I.P

Now it doesn't give gravesite number. So how do I find out who was updating this stone. What the gravesite number is and who owns it? Any ideas?

It solves the mystery of baby Bridget.

But Bridget (nee Durcan) died in Liverpool. 
Mary died of cancer in Buffalo NY and is buried in the same cemetery as my grandmother.

[aghadowey]

Just because a name is on a gravestone doesn't mean that particular person is buried in that plot. Perhaps William was buried there and the family added Bridget's name (she could have been buried there or in Liverpool really). How about checking local newspaper to see if her death is mentioned.
Another possibility os that the stone is more recent than the first 3 deaths- otherwise baby Bridget's death in 1899 should come after William's in 1897.
There may not be any graveyard records (other than showing the owner of each plot).

[abyrne]

Yes.  I realize the others wern't buried there. But was pondering who might be updating the stone as late as the 1928 death of Mary in the US

Would you be able to suggest local publications I might hunt through please.

[aghadowey]

It wasn't uncommon for money to be sent back to Ireland for gravestones to be erected and names added to an existing stone. Not sure what the local newspapers would have been but perhaps someone else will be know.

[heywood]

Just to add to Agahdowey's post, the grave may have been updated many years later with those names, not as each one died.
You could try contacting the local area to see if there are records - perhaps the library or this site Louisburgh heritage.

As you have already posted, Bridget is interred in Ford Cemetery Liverpool. Perhaps Patrick or James (if he returned to England) updated the graves.

[abyrne]

Thank you.I will keep looking

 I looked at pictures of Headstones in Killeen but this one wasn't among them.

 Since the dates are out of order I supposed either the headstone was not placed when William died or the inscriptions were updated after Bridget died in 1915 and again to add Mary or all at once after Mary died in the US

[abyrne]

I saw the 1911 UK census for Patrick Durkin in Liverpool. He has more children but James O'Malley is no longer living with him.
 Anne and Thomas are still in Ireland with their mother Bridget (widow).
But I don't know how to go about finding Patrick, James, Catherine and Mary.
 I know Catherine and Mary were still alive because they traveled to the US and lived with Anne for a while. Both unmarried. Catherine (Kitt) married Jack Phibin and moved to Boston. Mary was engaged but died of cancer before she married.
 1915 death notice says Bridget left her little estate to Patrick.
 The address of 78 Soho St that Anne gives as her last address on the ship and is Bridget's last address before her death is not on the 1911 UK census. Liverpool, Holy Trinity / St Ann/ Exchange Division / ED 8 goes from 74 Soho to 80 Soho  no 78 just like the 1901 UK.

[heywood]

Hello again,

do you have a copy of the will? The notice I see says that Administration was given to Patrick which I don't think is the same as leaving her estate to him. As we saw, there is a delay in granting the administration. There may be some documentation with the papers with an address etc for Patrick.

It is very difficult to track Patrick and James due to the popular surname.

[abyrne]

No. How do I get a copy of the will. I requested a copy of the Death record but I won't get it until sometime in November they said.

My cousin had James Patrick and Thomas queried on GenesReunited with their birth year and none came up despite the common name.