RO-CLBU-0006

Record Date: 
27 June 2015
Graveyard: 
Clonburren
Exact wording of epitaph: 

(FRONT OF HEADSTONE)

IN MEMORY OF

GEORGE HARRISON

OF DROMALGAGH

DIED 24 MARCH 1879

AGED 62 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE

ELIZABETH HARRISON

DIED 2 JANUARY 1881

AGED 84 YEARS

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(LEFT OF HEADSTONE)

IN MEMORY OF

OLIVER RAMSEY

DIED 16 AUGUST 1866

AGED 88 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE

MARY RAMSEY

DIED 10 OCTOBER 1873

AGED 86 YEARS

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(RIGHT OF HEADSTONE)

ERECTED BY THEIR

SON AND GRANDSON

EDWARD RAMSEY HARRISON

Memorial Type: 
Pedestal with column
Grave location
County: 
Roscommon
Latitude: 
53.313736388889
Longitude: 
-8.0520033333333
Additional details
Erected by: 
ERECTED BY THEIR SON AND GRANDSON EDWARD RAMSEY HARRISON.
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
GEORGE
Surname: 
HARRISON
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1879
Age: 
62
Address: 
DRUMALGA
Name: 
ELIZABETH
Surname: 
HARRISON (nee RAMSEY)
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1881
Age: 
64
Relationship with first person: 
WIFE
Name: 
OLIVER
Surname: 
RAMSEY
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1866
Age: 
88
Relationship with first person: 
FATHER IN LAW
Name: 
MARY
Surname: 
RAMSEY (nee THOMPSON)
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1873
Age: 
86
Relationship with first person: 
MOTHER IN LAW
Notes: 

THE ADDRESS FOR THIS GRAVE IS DROMALGAGH.

GEORGE HARRISON WAS BORN ON THE 5TH JANUARY 1817 IN NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE TO WILLIAM HARRISON & ISABELLA POLLOCK, GEORGE MARRIED ELIZABETH RAMSEY ON THE 1ST DECEMBER 1838 IN YORK, ENGLAND. ELIZABETH'S FATHER OLIVER RAMSEY (1778-1866) CAME FROM THE VILLAGE OF WALL, PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE IN NORTHHUMBERLAND & HE MARRIED MARY THOMPSON ON THE 14TH MAT 1834 IN CHOLERTON, NORTHUMBERLAND.

GEORGE HARRISON DIED SUDDENLY FROM AN HEART ATTACK ACCORDING TO THE DEATH CIVIL RECORD IN DRUMALGA IN THE PARISH OF MOORE. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH DIED FROM LUNG DISEASE.

OLIVER RAMSEY IS RECORDED ON IRISH CIVIL DEATH RECORD AS BEING AN FARMER. HIS WIFE MARY IS RECORDED AS BEING A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN'S WIDOW.