ERECTED BY
MICHAEL POWER, GURTEEN,
IN MEMORY OF
HIS PARENTS.
THOMAS POWER, DIED MARCH 21 1925
AND ANN POWER, DIED OCT 31 1934.
HIS SISTER, MARY, DIED JAN 21 1916.
HIS WIFE, ELLEN, DIED MAY 1ST 1956.
MICHAEL POWER DIED JAN 3RD 1962.
NB. Gothic style headstone.
NB. The Michael Power who erected the headstone and who died on the 3RD Jan 1962 are one and the same person.
He was born in Gurteen, Emly on the 26-4-1889. Parents were Thomas Power, son of Michael Power (1819-1879) & Ann Doherty, daughter of James Doherty, who were marrie in Emly RC on the 14-04-1888.
Michael Power ( 1889 - 1962 ) married Ellen Crowe ( 1887 - 1956 ) on the 16-02-1926 in Tipperary RC. They had no family. Michael worked at St. Ailbe's creamery in Emly.
Michael's sister, Mary Power was born in Gurteen, Emly on the 29-03-1891 & died unmarried of tuberculosis on the 14-01-1916.
Ellen Crowe ( 1887- 1956 ) was the daughter of James Crowe ( - 1934 ), shoemaker & his wife Catherine Carey ( - 1906 ) of Ballynadruckilly, Lattin Co. Tipperary. Her siblings were Bridget Crowe 1888, Catherine 1890, Thomas 1892, Anne 1894, Edmond 1895, Jeremiah 1897, Patrick 1899, James 1901 & Mary 1904.
NB. The transcriber of this headstone inscription is the present occupant of what was once Michael Power’s house in Guteen, Emly.