John is my 3X great Grandfather, after his wife Margaret died in 1850, he married Mary Clarke in 1853. Mary herself was a widow. They lived in the townland of Serse near Newry. The parish is Drumbanagher.
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Newry Barracks
Location: Newry (Armagh)
Newry
The Burke & Hare Halloween Murder
<p>On October 31 in 1828, Irishmen Burke and Hare took the life of their final victim, Margaret Docherty, at a guest house in Edinburgh. </p> <p>This bloody murder on All Hallow's Eve would prove to be the notorious pair's undoing...</p>
1828-10-31 12:00:00
William Burke of Urney hanged in Edinburgh
<p>Two of the most notorious Irish bodysnatchers in history were Irishmen William Burke of Urneu and William Hare of Newry who operated in Edinburgh. They murdered their victims to cash-in on the demand for corpses for medical dissection.</p>
1829-01-29 12:00:00