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CO-MORY-0074
Record Date:
3 July 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
BURIAL PLACE
OF THE CROOKES OF OLDTOWN
SIMON DAVIES CROOKE ESQ.
DIED 7TH JUNE 1862. ALSO
HIS GRANDSON
SIMON WARREN DAVIES CROOKE
DIED 13TH DEC. 1871
AGED 4 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS
JANE CROOKE
WIFE TO SIMON DAVIES
DIED 8TH DEC. 1881 AGED 85 YEARS
WARREN GILLMAN CROOKE
ESQ. J. P.
DIED 22ND MARCH 1888 AGED 66 YEARS
Memorial Type:
Wall or mural tablet
Number of people commemorated:
4
People commemorated:
Name:
Simon Davies
Surname:
Crooke
Date of death - day:
7
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1862
Address:
Oldtown
Name:
Simon Warren Davies
Surname:
Crooke
Date of death - day:
13
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1871
Age:
4
Relationship with first person:
Grandson
Name:
Jane
Surname:
Crooke
Date of death - day:
8
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1881
Age:
85
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Warren Gillman
Surname:
Crooke
Date of death - day:
22
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1888
Age:
66
Notes:
Death notice of Simon Davies Crooke in Irish Examiner, 9 June 1862
Death notice of Warren Gillman Crooke in Cork Constitution, 24 Mar. 1888. Note - the grave memorial gives his age as 66, whereas both the newspaper death notice and official death records state 67
Note - the grave memorial gives the age of Jane Crooke as 85, whereas official death records give 80
The Magourney Burial Register mentions the burial of Simon Davies Crooke of Oldtown on 9 June 1862, aged 72 years; and the burial of Simon Warren Davis Crooke of Oldtown on 15 December 1871, aged 4 years 9 months. The Register also contains details on a number of persons, all having the surname Crooke, who may/may not be connected. See the following links:
http://historicgraves.com/sites/default/files/pdf-uploads/registers/4344... http://historicgraves.com/sites/default/files/pdf-uploads/registers/4344...
The burial plot is surrounded on three sides by iron railings.
