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RO-KLBG-0110
Record Date:
14 May 2016
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN WARD J.P.
BALLINASLOE
DIED DECEMBER 4TH 1899 AGED 71 YEARS
AND HIS WIFE
MARY WARD
DIED DECEMBER 20TH 1910 AGED 73 YEARS
ON THEIR SOULS SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY
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-RIGHT OF STONE-
ALSO THEIR CHILDREN
KATIE DIED 28TH AUGUST 1873 AGED 3 YRS
ANNIE T DIED 10TH DEC 1882 8 YRS
DELIA M DIED 6TH JUNE 1883 19 YRS
JOSEPH G DIED 15TH MAY 1894 19 YRS
PATRICK J M.D. DIED 27TH DEC 1905 39 YRS
THOMAS A DIED 27TH MARCH 1913 35 YEARS
FRANCIS J DIED 17TH FEBY 1915 39 YRS
Memorial Type:
Cross
Number of people commemorated:
9
People commemorated:
Name:
John
Surname:
Ward, J.P.
Date of death - day:
4
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1899
Age:
71
Address:
Ballinasloe
Name:
Mary
Surname:
Ward [née Kelly]
Date of death - day:
20
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1910
Age:
73
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Katie
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
28
Date of death - month:
August
Date of death - year:
1873
Age:
3
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Annie T
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
10
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1882
Age:
8
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Delia M
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
6
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1883
Age:
19
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Joseph G
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
15
Date of death - month:
May
Date of death - year:
1894
Age:
19
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Patrick J
Surname:
Ward, M.D.
Date of death - day:
27
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1905
Age:
39
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Thomas A
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
27
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1913
Age:
35
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Francis J
Surname:
Ward
Date of death - day:
17
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1915
Age:
39
Relationship with first person:
Son
Notes:
The address for this headstone is Attirory/Attyrory. John Ward was the son of Patt Ward and his wife, née Millar, of Kilcastle. His brother, Bartholomew Ward, is buried in plot 233. John Ward was a Justice of the Peace for Ballinasloe in the late 19th century. He was active in the Land League and a second cousin of Matt Harris, M.P. Mary Ward was the daughter of Gregory Kelly and Catherine Ledwith of Moore South. There is a window dedicated to Delia Ward to the left of the altar in St. Michael's Church, Ballinasloe. John Ward and Mary Kelly Ward had a son John who married Matt Harris's daughter, Catherine in 1903 in Ballinasloe.
1901 Census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Creagh/Attiro...
1911 Census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Creagh/Attiro...
