Forgotten for decades, remember them today
UP to 400 Smyllum orphans were buried in a single grave without headstone or memorial. Today, finally, we record their deaths and remember their lives.
Samuel Carr, six. Died 1964, brain haemorrhage Francis McColl, 13. Died 1961, haemorrhage in the chest and lungs David Carberry, four. Died 1955, bronchopneumonia John Diver, four. Died 1951, brain haemorrhage Catherine Hennessey, 10. Died 1948, heart disease James Smith, 14. Died 1947, meningitis Roy Hunter, six. Died 1946, pneumonia Rebecca Conway, 14. Died 1943, bronchopneumonia Elizabeth Dieguno, 15. Died 1942, tuberculosis Annabella Allison, 12. Died 1942, tuberculosis James Lawson, one. Died 1941, enteritis Annie Wagstaffe, 17. Died 1941, cancer Sarah Thomson, one. Died 1941, bronchopneumonia Margaret Daly, five months. Died 1940, heart failure John Falkner, one. Died 1940, meningitis John Colletta, nine. Died 1940, heart failure Patrick Johnstone, one. Died 1940, heart failure James McDermott, one. Died 1940, bronchopneumonia John Scotland, seven months. Died 1939, stenosis Anna Bryson, one month. Died 1939, fainting Elizabeth Campbell, 10 months. Died 1939, bronchopneumonia Louise Quinn, nine months. Died 1939, stomach infection Edith O’Hara, five months. Died 1939, malnourishment
Helen Smart, five. Died 1938, tuberculosis Patrick Oakes, one. Died 1938, measles Margaret McNamara, two. Died 1938, measles Ellen McCann, one. Died 1938, measles Thomas McCready, eight months. Died 1938, measles Neil McGinty, 14.Died 1937, tuberculosis Thomas Docherty, nine weeks. Died 1937,premature birth Aileen Farquhart, 11 months. Died 1937, meningitis Michael Rabbitt, four. Died 1935, pneumonia Patrick Slammond, 11. Died 1935, tuberculosis James Cochrane, four. Died 1935, pneumonia Richard Curran, 12. Died 1934, organ failure Elizabeth Donnelly, 11. Died 1934, tuberculosis Anthony Henry, seven. Died 1932, flu Catherine Foley, six. Died1931, brain infection Anne McLaughlin, one. Died 1930, measles Hannah Phillips, 14. Died 1930, pneumonia Robert Scullion, two. Died 1929, tuberculosis Mary O’brien, eight. Died 1929, tuberculosis Philip Hughes, three. Died 2918, pneumonia John Ewart, 14. Died 1928, tuberculosis Mary McCue, 11.Died1927, tuberculosis Margaret McSharry, four. Died1927, pneumonia Benjamin Vaughan, two. Died 1926, malnourishment Margaret Potts, one. Died 1925, malnourishment Rose Lafferty, four. Died 1925, tuberculosis Margaret Mulhern, two. Died 1925, whooping cough Denis Delaney, 13. Died 1925, kidney disease Jean Dow, 14. Died1925, tuberculosis Josephine Cassidy, four. Died 1925, tuberculosis Jane Gallacher, two. Died 1925, malnourishment Mary McInnes, three. Died 1925, cretinism Ann Dickson, eight. Died 1924, flu John Morrison, 13. Died 1924, tuberculosis Joseph McNulty, eight. Died 1924, tuberculosis Henry McNeish, 16. Died 1924, kidney failure Thomas O’Neill, 12. Died 1924, meningitis Edward Connor, 14. Died1924, pneumonia Margaret McDonald, two. Died 1924, burn wounds Patrick Reilly, four. Died 1924, rickets Francis Wheelan, 14. Died 1923, meningitis Maurice Cairns, 16. Died 1923, stomach infection Daniel Nevins, seven. Died 1923, tuberculosis William Gormley, 10. Died 1923, tuberculosis John Mulvay, 12. Died 1923, meningitis Arthur Connolly, 14. Died 1923, tuberculosis William McCulloch, eight. Died 1923, tuberculosis John Currie, nine. Died 1923, pneumonia Maurice Currie, eight. Died 1923, heart disease Francis Sweeney, nine. Died 1923, tuberculosis Patrick Sweeney, 14. Died 1923, tuberculosis James Connolly, 16. Died 1923, tuberculosis Patrick Devlin, 16. Died 1923, tuberculosis Isabella Lynch, 14. Died 1923, epilepsy Bridget Barrett, 13. Died 1922, stomach infection Rose Byrne, 11. Died 1922, epilepsy Patrick Douglas, 15. Died 1922, tuberculosis William Quinn, 11. Died 1922, tuberculosis William Tague, 11. Died 1922, septic cellulitis Thomas Lewis, 12. Died 1922, tuberculosis James Rourke, 11. Died 1921, pneumonia Thomas Ewart, nine. Died 1921, meningitis Mary Logan, four. Died 1921, tuberculosis John McCarville, 10. Died 1921, stomach infection James Main, six. Died 1921, abdominal infection Mary Currie, five months. Died 1920, malnourishment John Nicholson, 14. Died 1920, meningitis John McAteer, eight. Died 1920, stomach infection Elizabeth Johnston, 12. Died 1919, tuberculosis Thomas Nevin, eight. Died 1919, skin infection James Barns, five. Died 1919, tuberculosis Patrick Rourke, seven. Died 1919, tuberculosis Catherine McCarville, six. Died 1919, tuberculosis Grace Cox, eight. Died 1919, tuberculosis Mary Kyle, eight. Died1919, tuberculosis Margaret McAndrew, nine. Died 1919, flu Bernard Cassidy, 11. Died 1919, flu John McCallum, 13. Died 1919, flu Elizabeth Merrilees, 13. Died 1919, tuberculosis Catherine Devanny, 12. Died 1919, flu Jane McCallum, 11. Died 1919, flu Mary Robinson, 12. Died 1919, flu Bernard Neenan, three. Died 1918, prematurity Mary Connor, three. Died 1918, meningitis
Agnes Connor, one. Died 1918, meningitis John Givens, six. Died 1918, tuberculosis Malcolm Dow, nine. Died 1918, flu Francis McLuskie, nine. Died 1918, flu, pneumonia Nicholas Quinn, eight. Died 1918, tuberculosis Patrick Gaffney, 13. Died 1918, flu James McBrien, 13. Died 1918, blood poisoning Daniel Daisley, 11. Died 1918, stomach infection David Clabby, 15. Died 1918, stomach infection John Mundy, five. Died 1918, heart failure Charles Bonar, seven. Died 1918, bronchitis Francis McLuskey, eight. Died 1917, tuberculosis Rose Murphy, eight. Died 1917, tuberculosis Joseph Coletta, six. Died 1917, uremia Austin Scollan, one. Died 1917, tuberculosis Thomas Smith, four. Died 1917, tuberculosis Andrew O’Byrne, eight. Died 1917, tuberculosis Agnes O’Connor, 12. Died 1917, tuberculosis James Florence, four. Died 1917, stomach infection George Burns, six. Died 1917, tuberculosis Nicholas Curran, four. Died 1916, chest infection Francis Anthony, 14. Died 1916, sun stroke Sarah Givens, two. Died 1916, blood poisoning John Coyle, 16. Died 1916, tuberculosis Mary Kelly, four. Died 1916, chest infection Edward Grant, three. Died 1916, congenial debility Norman Rooney, three. Died 1916, stomach infection Marjory Ferrie, 15. Died 1915, tuberculosis Margaret Thorburn, 17. Died 1915, tuberculosis Henry McPake, nine. Died 1915, meningitis John Sullivan, one. Died 1915, chest infection John Glancey, four. Died 1915, bronchitis Ann Butler, three. Died 1915, bronchitis Mary O’Connor, nine. Died 1915, bronchitis Margaret Docherty, 14. Died 1915, tuberculosis Michael McDonald, 15. Died 1914, tuberculosis Agnes Gillespie, 15. Died 1914, tuberculosis David Lamond, 10. Died 1914, pneumonia Patrick Moscardini, 12. Died 1914, tuberculosis Joseph Bennett, four. Died 1913, tuberculosis Mary O’Donnell, 15. Died 1913, appendicitis
Margaret Stewart, 17. Died 1913, tuberculosis Charles McBride, 13. Died 1913, tubercular meningitis Patrick O’Donnell, 13. Died 1913, pneumonia Margaret Carson, five. Died 1913, croup Margaret Fitzsimmons, 10. Died 1913, tuberculosis Jeannie Corbett, 15. Died 1912, tuberculosis Euphemia Tees, 15. Died 1911, tuberculosis Maria Ferry, two. Died 1911, tuberculosis Elizabeth McAleese, two. Died 1911, tuberculosis Agnes Lundie, 14. Died 1911, ruptured appendix Margaret Birds, five. Died 1910, tuberculosis Peter Cochrane, nine. Died 1910, tubercular meningitis Mary Lowe, 10. Died 1910, heart failure James O’Brien, 13. Died 1909, flu Annie Fury, 10 months. Died 1909, teething Alexander Montgomery, 12. Died 1909, meningitis James McQuade, 13. Died 1909, convulsions Elizabeth McKinlay, 10. Died 1909, tuberculosis Robert Mulligan, four. Died 1909, measles Jane Green, 12. Died 1909, flu Joseph Cavanagh, five. Died 1908, measles John Burns, four. Died 1908, measles Catherine Jamieson, 10. Died 1908, gastritis James McAleese, one. Died 1908, measles John Douglas, three. Died 1908, measles William Burns, six. Died 1908, measles James Boyle, three. Died 1908, diarrhea Bridget O’Connor, 15. Died 1908, tuberculosis Agnes Bryceland, 14. Died 1908, flu Henry Fairley, two. Died 1908, bronchitis Elizabeth McGurk, 13. Died 1908, flu Catherine Steel, 10. Died 1908, hydrocephalus Sarah Lundy, 17. Died 1908, tuberculosis James Henderson, 11. Died 1907, meningitis Patrick Kerr, nine. Died 1907, meningitis Charles Dempsey, 16. Died 1907, stomach infection William Hagen, two. Died 1907, epilepsy Mary Butcher, 14. Died 1907, tuberculosis Elizabeth Baker, 10. Died 1907, gastritis Catherine O’Donnell, seven. Died 1907, fainting Margaret Mitchell, 17. Died 1906, tuberculosis Alexander Whittaker, five. Died 1906, tuberculosis Mary Docherty, 12. Died 1905, tuberculosis Catherine McKeown, 10. Died 1905, tuberculosis Daniel Carberry, 13. Died 1905, tuberculosis Catherine Derrall, nine. Died 1905, tuberculosis Andrew Mallachan, 13. Died 1905, tuberculosis Winifred Docherty, 14. Died 1905, tuberculosis Elizabeth McGovern, eight. Died 1905, tubercular meningitis James McNeil, five. Died 1905, tuberculosis John McEwan, 15. Died 1904, diabetes Annie Duffy, 14. Died 1904, tuberculosis Charles Cannon, seven. Died 1904, tuberculosis James Broadley, 12. Died 1904, cellulitis James Byrne, 10. Died 1904, heart failure Alice McWilliams, 10. Died 1904, tuberculosis Patrick Gallagher, 15. Died 1904, heart failure Catherine Carey, 13. Died 1904, meningitis Elizabeth Kane, 13. Died 1903, tuberculosis Agnes Trumble, 17. Died 1903, tuberculosis Hugh Duffy, eight. Died 1903, tuberculosis Francis McEwan, 11 months. Died 1903, bronchopneumonia Clare Cartwright, 13. Died 1903, tuberculosis Daniel Harley, 10. Died 1902, tuberculosis Mary Ann McGovern, 15. Died 1902, tuberculosis Lillian Doherty, six. Died 1902, tuberculosis Stephen Mailey, seven. Died 1902, diabetes William McLaughlan, 11. Died 1902, bronchitis Margaret McCabe, 16. Died 1901, tuberculosis John Warner, 14. Died 1901, aoric incompetence Catherine Bradley, 13. Died 1901, tuberculosis Francis Wood, eight. Died 1901, perts disease, meningitis John McLaughlan, 11. Died 1901, tuberculosis Andrew McKenney, nine. Died 1900, tuberculosis Mary Murray, five. Died 1900, tuberculosis William Hayworth, nine. Died 1900, tuberculosis John Campbell, 11. Died 1900, tuberculosis Annie O’Hear, five. Died 1900, croup Martha Murphy, nine. Died 1900, tuberculosis John Shearman, 13. Died 1900, tuberculosis Annie Jardine, 14. Died 1899, tuberculosis Lorenzo Tartaglia, seven. Died 1899, meningitis
Martin Walsh, 11. Died 1899, tuberculosis Helen Smith, 16. Died 1899, meningitis Daniel McKinlay, six. Died1899, tuberculosis Roderick McPhee, four. Died 1899, tuberculosis James Boag, five. Died 1899, tuberculosis Margaret McDermid, eight. Died 1899, meningitis Francis Ryan, 10 months. Died 1898, convulsions Catherine Ryan, three. Died 1898, rickets Edith Doherty, four. Died 1898, tuberculosis Thomas McCabe, 17. Died 1898, tuberculosis Agnes Doyle, four. Died 1898, tuberculosis Sophia Lewis, one. Died 1897 Edward McKenna, nine. Died 1897, tuberculosis Margaret Wyness, 11. Died 1897, tuberculosis Bridget McLaughlan, 12. Died 1897, tuberculosis John Gaughan, 14. Died 1897, typhoid fever Sarah Ogilvie, 15. Died 1897, tuberculosis Robert Elliot, 11. Died 1897, enteritis fever Robert Clements, nine. Died 1897, tuberculosis George Wilson, two. Died 1897, convulsions Archibald Weir, 11. Died 1895, tuberculosis John Moneghan, two months. Died 1895, congenital debility Andrew McLaughlan, 11. Died 1895, meningitis Jane McFadden, 17. Died 1895, tuberculosis William Scott, 13. Died 1894, tuberculosis Edward Maguire, 14. Died 1894, tuberculosis Ann Calpin, eight. Died 1894, tuberculosis Elizabeth Lennie, 14. Died 1894, tuberculosis James Kenny, four. Died 1894, tuberculosis Francis Conway,eight. Died 1893, debility, bronchitis Maryanne Clements, 10. Died 1893, enteritis Ann Cassidy, 14. Died 1893, tuberculosis William Thyane, nine. Died 1893, tuberculosis Joseph Clarke, nine. Died 1893, tuberculosis Daniel Hall, 14. Died 1892, tuberculosis Sarah Campbell, four. Died 1892, ascites Bridget Day, four. Died 1892, tuberculosis William Gorman, 10 months. Died 1891, tuberculosis Margaret Walls, 13. Died 1891, tuberculosis Charles Bryslow, eight. Died 1891, tuberculosis Catherine McLaughlin, nine. Died 1891, measles, whooping cough
Harry Callaghan, four. Died 1891, measles, bronchopneumonia Patrick Haggerty, six. Died 1891, measles James Daly, two. Died 1891, measles Sylvester Hunter, two. Died 1891, tuberculosis Patrick Carlin, two. Died 1891, measles John Callaghan, three. Died 1891,measles, congestion of lungs Ann Doran, six. Died 1890, tuberculosis John Brady, five. Died 1890, diphtheria Patrick Gilroy, one. Died 1890, tuberculosis Mary Gilroy, three. Died 1889, congestion of lungs Catherine Gavin, 13. Died 1889, tuberculosis Neil McGinty, seven. Died 1889, tuberculosis Ellen Walsh, 14. Died 1889, tuberculosis Mary Ann Gallagher, 14. Died 1889, epilepsy Dennia McInspiril, 14. Died 1888 Anne Donachie, nine. Died 1888, tuberculosis Thomas Mulvaney, 12. Died 1888, general debility, cholera Francis Kane, 13. Died 1887, tuberculosis Annie Connor, one. Died 1887, tuberculosis Peter Murphy, 12. Died 1887, tuberculosis John Harkins, 12. Died 1887, tuberculosis Thomas McKenna, seven. Died 1887, meningitis Ellen Johnstone, 15. Died 1886, tuberculosis Margaret Currans, 14. Died 1886, meningitis Catherine McGuiness, three. Died 1886, tuberculosis Martha Hawkins, 17. Died 1886, tuberculosis Julia Hefferman, 16. Died 1885, tuberculosis Thomas Robinson, six. Died 1884, tuberculosis James Sheridan, one. Died 1884, teething, bronchitis Mary McDermind, 11. Died 1884, tuberculosis Arthur McEwan, 11. Died 1884, tuberculosis Mary Brady, one. Died 1884, tuberculosis Alexander Gibson, six. Died 1884, bronchitis Annie Cunningham, 16. Died 1884, general paralysis Catherine MacKay, nine. Died 1884, tuberculosis Bridget McKee, 15. Died 1883, peritonitis Dorothea Arnot, one. Died 1883, croup Ellen Higgins, seven. Died 1883, meningitis Margaret Quin, 16. Died 1882, measles Sarah Maguire, nine. Died 1882, measles Isabella Hughes, 13. Died 1882, measles Lucy Cranston, 15. Died 1882, tuberculosis John McCann, 10. Died 1882, tuberculosis Owen Smith, four. Died 1881, whooping cough James Rice, two. Died 1881, whooping cough Anne Quin, 12. Died 1880, tuberculosis George Sheridan, 14. Died 1880, tuberculosis Anne Murray, four. Died 1880, tuberculosis Marian Buller, 13. Died 1880, diarrhea, congestion of brain Alexander McGhee, 10. Died 1880, scarlet fever Mary McAnulty, nine. Died 1879, scarlet fever William McFarlane, seven. Died 1879, scarlet fever John Dempsey, seven. Died 1879, scarlet fever Patrick Leaden, 11. Died 1879, scarlet fever John Maguire, eight. Died 1879, scarlet fever Martin Feeney, seven. Died 1879, scarlet fever Jane Malone, 16. Died 1879, TB Catherine McFadyen, 12. Died 1879, TB Maria Keane, four. Died 1879, TB Francis Keenan, 13. Died 1878, TB Mary Reynolds, 10. Died 1878, TB James Kenealy, 10. Died 1878, TB Patrick Kelly, one. Died 1878, TB Bridget Harvey, 16. Died 1878, TB Hugh Pace, eight. Died 1878, TB Charles Johnstone, nine months. Died 1877, TB Margaret Carr, four. Died 1876, TB John Cullen, five. Died 1876, general debility Mary Harkins, two months. Died 1876, TB Mary Doherty, nine. Died 1876, TB James Morgan, 14. Died 1875, hydrocephalus William Murray, 10. Died 1875, hip joint disease Mary Murray, two. Died 1875, convulsions John Connor, 15. Died 1874, kidney disease Robert Green, 10 months. Died 1874, congenital delicacy Mary McInnes, 17. Died 1874, ascites Andrew Kellegher, six months. Died 1874, congenital delicacy Mary Monaghan, seven. Died 1874, TB Isabella Grey, four months. Died 1874, congenital delicacy Elizabeth McGrath, 11. Died 1873, TB James Harvey, seven. Died 1873, scarlet fever Mary Anne Griffin, seven. Died 1873, TB Mary Doyle, 14. Died 1873, struma Mary Malone, seven. Died 1873, TB William Donnelly, 15. Died 1873, TB Patrick Flanagan, six months. Died 1872, bronchitis Doris Casey, 13. Died 1872, TB Mary Bates, three months. Died 1872, tubercular disease James Vincent Boyle, five. Died 1872, TB
Elizabeth Nolan, nine. Died 1872, TB Richard Manley, four. Died 1872, TB Michael Brogan, five. Died 1872, TB Annie Campbell, three. Died 1872, measles, bronchitis Patrick McGuiness, two. Died 1872, measles Jane Durkin, eight. Died 1872, TB John Doherty, six. Died 1872, TB Elisabeth Brown, four. Died 1872, TB Elizabeth White, six months. Died 1871, TB Elisabeth McKay, five. Died 1871, croup George Lavery, nine. Died 1871, consumption Elisabeth McGee, nine. Died1871, scarlet fever Euphemia Moneghan, nine. Died 1871, scarlet fever John Hughes, nine. Died 1871 Catherine McCabe, 12. Died 1871, lung haemorrhage Annie McDevitt, 13. Died 1870, typhoid fever Dominick McDevitt, eight. Died 1870, typhoid fever John Currie, 10. Died 1870, TB Anne Clark, 16. Died 1870, typhoid fever John Callaghan, six. Died 1869, scarlet fever William Stokes, ten. Died 1869, TB Hugh McGuiness, five. Died 1869, scarlet fever John Reid, 10. Died 1869, scarlet fever John Rooney, 11 months. Died 1869, TB Henry Sharkie, two. Died 1869, TB Mary Burgess, one. Died 1869, TB Sarah Smith, 11. Died 1869, typhoid Mary Ellen Konran, one. Died 1869, TB Bridget Carey, three. Died 1868, TB Mary Anne Blackman, 13. Died 1868, TB Teresa Mary Croker, four. Died 1867, water on the brain Anne Ward, 11. Died 1867, whooping cough Mary Jane Lowe, seven. Died 1867, consumption Catherine McMahon, three. Died 1867, TB Margaret Ward, nine. Died 1867, whooping cough Jane Harbison, 13. Died 1867, TB Mary Doyle, 14. Died 1865, consumption Catherine McMahon, three. Died 1865, tubercular disease James Quin, seven. Died 1865, tubercular disease Patrick McAuley, seven. Died 1865, TB Catherine Doyle, three. Died 1864, scarlet fever Mary Graham, eight. Died 1864, whooping cough
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