Thursday 29 July 2010

Cantwell memorial inscriptions: Templeudigan


Continuing with Brian J. Cantwell's "Memorials to the Dead", this time in Templeudigan, County Wexford.
We have visited Templeudigan before in this blog and here's where it is on the map - as you can see, not far from Ballyanne and Palace (Pallas), and indeed Palace (Pallace) gets another mention in this particular grave stone, so maybe this is the extended family of the Fitzhenrys of Ballyanne.

The inscription comes from what is described as an "altar tomb" (a flat stone covering a graved raised up so it resembles an altar) for the Doyle family. The line breaks are as given in Cantwell's transcription.
Here lies the body of Philip Doyle late of
Pallace who departed this life the 8th of
June 1849 aged 84 years
Also his wife
Catherine Doyle who departed this life
5th Septr 1854 aged 81 yrs
beneath are deposited the remains of the
late Thomas Doyle Esqr of Templeudigan
who departed this life October 20th
1865 aged 51 years
May Jesus receive his soul Amen
By whom this tomb was erected
also his grandson
Nicholas Fitzhenry who died
Nov 21st 1904 aged 31 years
also Nicholas Fitzhenry who died
Jan 24th 1909 aged 62 years
also Eliza Fitzhenry died Feb 19th 1935
aged 56 years also
Catherine Fitzhenry died
May 17th 1956 aged 89 years also Bernard
Fitzhenry died Dec 10th 1935 aged 66 yrs
also Catherine Fitzhenry who died 14th April 1944 aged 72 years.
Ann Futardo had previously sent me this marriage information which is undoubtably the same family:
Wexford marriages from county records office
13 November 1867
Nicholas Fitzhenry m Catherine Doyle
Father of groom Bryan Fitzhenry, deceased gentleman farmer of Gobbinstown
Father of bride Thomas Doyle, deceased gentleman farmer of Templeudigan.
Witness Kate Sweetman
... And here they are in the 1901 census of Ireland living in Templeudigan (all Roman Catholic, all born Wexford, all could read and write)

Fitzhenry Nicholas 60 Male Head of Family Farmer
Fitzhenry Catherine 56 Female Wife
Fitzhenry Bernard 31 Male Son Farmers Son Not Married
Fitzhenry Catherine 29 Female Daughter Farmers Daughter Not Married
Fitzhenry Nicholas 27 Male Son Farmers Son Not Married
Fitzhenry Mary 25 Female Daughter Farmers Daughter Not Married
Fitzhenry Elizabeth 23 Female Daughter Farmers Daughter Not Married
Fitzhenry Thomas 21 Male Son Farmers Son Not Married
Fitzhenry Margaret 18 Female Daughter Farmers Daughter Not Married
Power James 28 Male Servant Labourer Not Married

... and again in the 1911 census of Ireland
Fitzhenry Bernard 41 Male Head of Family Farmer Single
Fitzhenry Kate 64 Female Mother Widow
Fitzhenry Kate 39 Female Sister Single
Fitzhenry Mary 35 Female Sister Single
Fitzhenry Lizzie 32 Female Sister Single
Fitzhenry Thomas 31 Male Brother Farm Labourer Single
Fitzhenry Meyler 29 Male Brother Farm Labourer Single

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