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Ellen Kiely, nee Lynch from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Dungarvan (Waterford)

I have a dilemma with my research. I've found a tombstone at St. Mary's Parish Church in Dungarvan that matches what I believe to be the death date of my husband's great grand-aunt, Ellen Kiely, nee Lynch; however, the name of her husband (on the tombstone) is not correct.

Would love another set of eyes on this.

What I have:

I have believed everything above to be correct. Today I found a tombstone in the St. Mary's Parish Church Cemetery, Dungarvan that reads:

ERECTED

BY HIS WIFE & CHILDREN

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THOMAS KIELY DUNGARVAN

DIED 8th DEC 1906 AGED 68 YRS

HIS WIFE ELLEN KIELY

DIED 22nd JUNE 1941

Something doesn't add up. Her husband was John, not Thomas. And, when she married John, she was a spinster. This Thomas could not be a second husband because the date of Thomas's death pre-dates Ellen's marriage to John when she was a spinster.

Either:

a) I have the wrong death record for my Ellen Kiely

b) I have something else wrong in my research

c) I'm reading the tombstone incorrectly (at different angles it does at first look like 1891 and then the "4" is hard to read, but a few of us present did concur it ultimately looked like 1941) - photo is attached.

d) ????

Any thoughts on this?

Thank you,

Gail

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GDTrecosta

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Ah, that is a good match.  County Home could make sense as well.  Age is exactly right.  

Thank you.

Gail

GDTrecosta

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