Nixon, Mary Anne - location of grave in Dublin

[hurley42]

Hi eadaoin & shanew147

OK thanks.

I think the Westmeath newspaper is available on my National Library site here in Australia. Will check.
If I can locate an obituary then all might be solved.

Cheers

Robert

[hurley42]

Hi All

Well I have managed to get a copy of the death certificate for M A Nixon (D of D 2 January 1896) after relying upon the Irish Times Index on FindMyPast (Transcriptions). But when I eventually managed to track down the Irish Times online thru my State Library site I am unable to find any trace of this death !!

Most curious. How can this be so ? I have searched the day after and selected other dates for obituaries but without success. There must be a trace somewhere in this paper ?

[shanew147]

I dont know the source of this index that Find My Past have, but maybe there's a typo or mistake in the index, or the notice actually in a different paper ?

The dates tally, which is strange...  I dont think there were two different editions of the paper, and it doesn't sound like a late notification as it's two days later.

Did you find the section for the death notices ok in the papers you looked at ?

Usually these were at the top left of page 1, but sometimes were continued on another page if these overran.

Have you asked Mount Jerome do do a search for you in their registers ?
After Glasnevin I think this is most likely location. There is a charge for a search ..  might be the only way to confirm or rule out Mount Jerome, particularly if there isn't a headstone..


S.

[hurley42]

Hi shanew147

Yes i found the death notices listed on Page 1 top left corner. None continued overleaf on the issues I looked at and the site is a bit clumsy to use for whole of paper type searches.

I have not approached the cemeteries yet. Thought I would exhaust the newspapers first since I have located free web sites.

I have just posted a request for a death cert copy re a Nixon in Delvin Co Westmeath 1872 to Ireland Govt Office Records. I usually find incidental information can help to better define/progress family research. The NSW Assisted immigration records, for eg, here in Australia are a great source of information. They even have a receipt book record which lists names and occupations. Every detail matters in this game !

Cheers

[MollyMoo19]

Hi Robert,  I located your record in the IT on 4th Jan 1896.  The print is extremely patchy but I can make out '78 Upper Dorset Street' and 'Mary ? widow of the late John Nixon of ? County Westmeath, in her 73rd year' and  '... Mount Jerome this (Saturday) morning'.  Hope this helps.

[johnjensen]

Robert, looks like your main query has been solved, which is great.   You may well have the following already but just in case not, here is a transcription of a marriage record from Killucan Co Westmeath Church of Ireland parish records.

27th April 1839: John Nixon of Delvin to Mary Anne Robinson of Craddenstown. Witnessed by James Johnston and Thomas Gee.

The link is
http://killucan.blogspot.ie/2012/07/church-of-ireland-parish-records.html?m=1

[hurley42]

Hi johnjensen and MollyMoo19

Bingo !

Thats the Nixon reference I needed. Westmeath is the key word.

The Griffiths Valuation lists only a few Nixons in Westmeath in 1854 so in theory they are easy to trace. Yes Its looking very VERY likely that this Nixon death in January 1896 refers to the mother I am researching. I was aware of the marriage in 1839 at Killucan thank you !

Whereabouts (ie Page No) in the IT on the 4 January 1896 is the mention of Mary ??

I did a general search for Nixon on that day and came up with zero traces.

I now have free access to this paper so will revisit the site once I have the page reference.

I found using the IT site rather hard. Not easy to move about the publication at all.

We have a site called 'Trove' here in Australia which lists newspapers and lots of other library holdings. The newspaper search function is very user friendly so I guess I have been spoilt.

Thank you both for your assistance !

This is another breakthrough for my family history.

Cheers

Robert

[hurley42]

Hi MollyMoo19

At last I have located the item ! Front page after all. The town mentioned in front of the words 'County Westmeath' is indistinct. I thought it could have been 'Rathwire' but am not sure.

Yes I can well understand why the IT optical search function failed to find this reference ...

I will now contact the Mount Jerome cemetery.

Do Dublin or Irish cemetery records contain much useful info or does it depend on the circumstances of the day and the personalities involved ?? Curious.

I managed to trace a grave photo on the web for one of her 3 sons (John B 1846) in the UK - at Epsom  - D of D 1927.

Are photos for graves in Dublin easy to obtain ?

I was in Ireland last year but was looking for evidence at Rosmead/Delvin and Killucan/Rathwire - without success. Spent a lot of time then wading thru overgrown graveyards - it was interesting !

Cheers

Robert

[hurley42]

Hi All

I have just received details of a burial in Mount Jerome Cemetery in early January 1896.

The name of the person is Mary Anne Nixon (Date of death 2nd January).

I have a copy of her death cert.

I also checked the MJ website for grave details but found they do not accept credit cards (annoying) or even Paypal. Is there any other way of establishing the details of the actual grave and possibly obtaining a photograph ??

As I live in Sydney Australia so I am not quite 'around the corner" !

Cheers

Robert