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Honor Joyce

GalwayTuam (Galway)

Hi,

I'm trying to locate a grave and am having no luck. I've tried the National Archives and had no luck, they sent me to the Galway Archives who also had no luck but suggested I try the library. The only problem is I left Galway as a child and am now living in Ohio! I'm hoping maybe someone here can give me some advice.

My Great Grandparents Steven and Honor Joyce (nee Flannery) owned a small farm in Killen, Queensfort Dunmore in the Tuam Parish. I believe they were married in June 1874. Steve passed away 3 February 1910 and Honor 13 January 1929. I have a copy of the administration papers (http://nai.adlibhosting.com/Details/archive/110813361) wich say Brownsgrove, County Galway.

If anyone has any leads as to how I might locate their grave I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Seamus Joyce

IrelandXO member

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Seamus:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I will forward your message to someone who lives close to Tuam. She will not be available until at least Monday.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hello Seamus,

 

Given the location you have given I am inclined to believe the burial location may be one of two graveyards close to Quenstown,Bromsgove. The attached map have Cortoon which is 2.5km from the location and Kilclooney-Tuam which is 5.5km from the location.

Map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14klydG9y0qN3_0PufVok0Bx2zkk

 

Kilclooney-Tuam has been surveyed at http://gccapps.galwaycoco.ie/Graveyards/Search/results.aspx?cid=14&s=joyce&p=Plot+No.&y=0  but unfortunately no Joyce headstone appears to be recorded. A local volunteer may be able to check the Cortoon location, but beyond these two you may be looking at an examination of burial grounds in Tuam town itself.

P McG

Thank you both so much!

I will check out those links right away.

 

Seamus

IrelandXO member

Hello Seamus,

 

As a side note I added from my Find a Grave profile a Joyce also from Queenstown to Cortoon Graveyard back in 2015

 

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=JOYCE&GSiman=1&G…;

 

Not suggesting a relationship it does however confirm this graveyard was most likely the place of choice for others from the Queenstown area.

P McG

I think this might be the place!  I clicked on the Cortoon link on that page and found another Joyce (Dermot). He was from Salthill which is where I was born.  I've been working on a family tree, I'm the oldest of my generation, and there are not many around here from the generation above me. Who knows maybe Joe and Dermot are somehow related. I know where most of Steven and Honor's children ended up. There were three that remained in Galway, two gilrs whom I believe never married and a son Denis that I know nothing about. Perhaps Joe and Dermot are in his line.

Anyway, thanks for helping, I truly apreciate it,

Seamus

IrelandXO member

Wow! Thanks!  I think I may have found him on Facebook. I'll try sending a message through there see if I have any luck.

Thanks!

 

Seamus

IrelandXO member

Hello Seamus,

 

If it's the same one I got sight of y'day there are a lot of Christmas cards to add to your list this year. Still a personal call may be the easiest and surest way to break the news that you are out there thinking of them all.

 

Good luck for the future.

P McG

Thanks! I appreciate all your help.

 

Seamus

IrelandXO member

So it turns out we are related and he sent me a photo of the Headstone!  

Thanks again for all your help!

 

Seamus

IrelandXO member

Hello Seamus,

 

Excellent news.

P McG

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