The Sunday Post (Newcastle)

Forgotten fordecades, 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.

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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

HelenDied 1938, Smart, tuberculos­isfive.

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.

Died 1931, 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.

Died 1927, tuberculos­is

Margaret McSharry, four.

Died 1927, 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.

Died 1925, 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.

Died 1924, 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

JamesDied Thomas 1921, Rourke, Ewart, pneumonia1­1. 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.

Died 1919, 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

AgnesDied John 1918, Givens, Connor, meningitis­six. one.

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

AgnesDied DavidDied 1914, 1914, Lamond, Gillespie, tuberculos­ispneumoni­a10. 15.

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

CharlesDie­d 1904, Cannon, tuberculos­is seven.

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

ElizabethD­ied 1903, tuberculos­isKane, 13.

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.

Died 1899, 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

EdwardDied Margaret18­97, McKenna, tuberculos­isWyness, 11. nine.

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

RobertDied 1897, Clements, tuberculos­is nine.

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

WilliamDie­d EdwardDied 1894, 1894, Maguire,Scott, tuberculos­is tuberculos­is13. 14.

Ann Died 1894, Calpin, tuberculos­iseight.

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

BridgetDie­d WilliamDie­d 1892, 1891, Gorman,Day, tuberculos­is tuberculos­isfour. 10 months.

Margaret Walls, 13.

Died 1891, tuberculos­is

Charles Bryslow, eight.

Died 1891, tuberculos­is

Catherine McLaughlin, nine.

Died 1891, measles, whooping cough

HarryDied 1891, Callaghan,measles, four. 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

JamesDied Patrick 1878, Kenealy,Kelly,TB one. 10.

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

MaryDied Mary 1876, Harkins, Doherty,TB two nine. months.

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

MaryDied 1873, Doyle, struma14.

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

ElizabethD­ied Richard 1872, Manley,TB Nolan, four. nine.

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.

Died 1871, 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

BridgetDie­d 1868, Carey,TB three.

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

JaneDied 1867, Harbison,TB 13.

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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