EVER WITH THE LORD
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY
OF
JOHN BOOKLESS
DIED JAN 1ST 1920
AGED 72 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE KATHERINE
DIED NOV 2ND 1939
AGED 89 YEARS
IN DISTANT GRAVES
NEVER FORGOTTEN THEIR SONS
ARCHIBALD & JOHN JAMES BELL
DAVID BOOKLESS
DIED 22ND JUNE 1964
AGED 72
ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY
The address for this plot is Falty, Ballydangan, Athlone, Co Roscommon.
John Bookless was born on the 11th April 1847 in Kyloe, Northumberland, England to parents Archibald Bookless & Margaret Hendry. He married Katherine Bell daughter of John & Isabella Bell, Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland on the 11th March 1879 in Marchcleugh, parish of Eckford. They became parents to 8 children, Isabella Bell [1879-1956], Margaret Henry [1881-?], Agnes [1883-1974], Archibald [1884-1939], John James Bell [1887-?], Jane Katherine [1889-1974], David Wight [1891-1964], Mary [1894-1983].This family moved to Falty in late 1800's to work on the Estate of Daniel Mathers, a Scottish Landlord. John Bookless was a steward and was regarded as better than any Vet in dealing with sick animals. His son David Bookless married Rose Mullins, Dromalga on the 8th October 1928 in Moore Church. Rose Bookless died 27th Jan 1977 aged 80 years and is interred in Moore New Cemetery. Archibald Bookless death record is 10-april-1939 in Church Village, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales. No death record for John James Bell Bookless. Mary Bookless married James Whyte & is interred in the same cemetery plot no 5.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Ballydangan/Faltia/1654890/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Ballydangan/Faltia/776854/