John Spooner

• 25/Jan/2023 09:37:52

Waterford Star - Saturday 20 November 1915:

DEATH OF MR. PATRICK MURRAY. The remains were laid to rest at Kill yesterday of an old and popular citizen of Waterford in the person of Mr. Patrick Murray, Henry street. The deceased had been out on Sunday last, but was subsequently seized with illness, and passed away early on Wednesday morning. The deceased was a valued employee of the firm of Messrs. John Hearne and Son, builders, with whom he had spent the best years of his life. Possessed of great natural ability and endowed with excellent qualities of head and heart, be was genuinely esteemed by all who came in contact with him.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 25/Jan/2023 10:01:18

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner A very nice and well worded death notice.

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 10:48:20

Here is Robert O'Keeffe, Marble mason, in the 1911 census. His house at 13 Michael St. is recorded as having a stable and a shed. And see what I found on Streetview, still at 13 Michael street: R. O'Keeffe & Sons still at it! (as of 2017, anyhow). I think the Location for this shot is that yard at #13. Robert lived at Michael Street until his death in 1952 aged 77, recorded as a Monumental Sculptor.

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 11:36:24

At Robert's birth in 1875, his father John is recorded as a stone cutter. John is living on Manor Street in 1901, and died there in 1904, so Michael Street was not the family home. In 1901 Robert was living in Bath St.

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 12:07:51

Here are Patrick and Ellen at home in 1911, with children Statia, Teresa, Maggie and Josephine. 21 Henry street in the census matches the modern numbering, a 3 window house in a row of similar houses: Streetview Hmm, maybe not - this Patrick is 60, should be 64?

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 12:13:03

Brigid died in 1892 aged 6 months of convulsions, address Henry St. They were on Henry street in 1889 for the birth of Anastatia, Brigid would have been between Statia and Teresa in age.

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 12:23:46

The record of his death says Heart Failure Syncope, also son John present, odd as the 1911 census said 6 children 4 living, being the 4 girls. OK, I see a John born in 1893 to a Patrick and Ellen Murray, but she is née Troy, not Power. That death may be a different Patrick from the census Patrick?

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 12:42:54

Here is another Ellen Murray in Bath St. with son John in the 1911 census (Married, 1 child, 1 living) So not John and Brigid, then.

Niall McAuley

• 25/Jan/2023 12:49:29

And a Patrick and Ellen in 1901 Henry street with daughters Maggie, Teresa and Stasia, but also older daughters Hanny, Katty, Lizzie and Nelly!

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 25/Jan/2023 20:29:10

Does anyone know the meaning of the double-headed snake (like a dollar sign $). Google sends me down a rabbit hole of Aztec stuff ... We had one of Mr O'Keeffe's monuments previously (1910) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/27522246366/in/photolist-2odj7H7-23iWmnN-HW3GZ5

Rory_Sherlock

• 25/Jan/2023 23:35:22

https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I don't think it is a double-headed snake - note how the vertical elements of the motif also have split ends. I think this is simply an attempt to render the usual IHS monogram in a way that makes it look like it has been formed with broken twigs?

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 26/Jan/2023 08:15:38

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] Thank you; I learned something, " ... IHS has been known to appear on gravestones, especially among Irish Catholics.. ..." From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram#IHS