I have a uneasy feeling about a section of my family tree despite being assured by my mother in law that the gravestone that gives me some details is the correct headstone.
I am looking at James Kearney – the family headstone is at http://www.discovereverafter.com/plot/10867 it advises that James DOD is 20/03/1878 aged 54. His children’s DOB’s are Elizabeth Jul 1863 and Francis 26th June 1871 (DOD according to teh headstone was 16/07/1942 aged 71), using the parents names I couldn’t find any other registered births or baptism records.
James was married to Mary Moran, no wedding date. According to the headstone she died 20/01/1900
In the revised Valuations records at Proni I have found the land transfer from James Kearney to Francis Kearney and it looks like the observation date for this was 1901.
My hesitation is the age at which James and Mary would have had the children. And Francis would have been only 6 when his father died, but the land was transferred much later which I would have assumed was a more like time frame for the death of his father James.
However my mother in law, this is her family line is sure that this is the grave of her family as she used to visit it.
All the details and dates look very unlikely so am abit stumped as to how to confirm or rule out these details.
I am looking at James Kearney – the family headstone is at http://www.discovereverafter.com/plot/10867 it advises that James DOD is 20/03/1878 aged 54. His children’s DOB’s are Elizabeth Jul 1863 and Francis 26th June 1871 (DOD according to teh headstone was 16/07/1942 aged 71), using the parents names I couldn’t find any other registered births or baptism records.
James was married to Mary Moran, no wedding date. According to the headstone she died 20/01/1900
In the revised Valuations records at Proni I have found the land transfer from James Kearney to Francis Kearney and it looks like the observation date for this was 1901.
My hesitation is the age at which James and Mary would have had the children. And Francis would have been only 6 when his father died, but the land was transferred much later which I would have assumed was a more like time frame for the death of his father James.
However my mother in law, this is her family line is sure that this is the grave of her family as she used to visit it.
All the details and dates look very unlikely so am abit stumped as to how to confirm or rule out these details.
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