Richard Blackwell1785

Richard Blackwell 1785

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Married to Bridget (possibly Burstead ?) by Fr. Collins (Source:  Copy of marriage record issued by the Fedamore Parish, Limerick, Ireland).  His address is listed as "Mungret."  Witnesses were:  William Kelly and Bridget Raleigh.

Griffith's Valuations of 1850 [Map 5, Page 101] indicates that the family was residing on Carey's Road (house and yard) in the Civil Parish of St. Michael's Prior's Land, County Limerick, Ireland. They were tenants of John O'Donnell. Additionally, at this same time there was a John Blackwell family residing at Windmill Street also in the Civil Parish of St. Michael's, tenants of Mary J. Cogan. [Map 1, Page 32]

Arrived in New York on the Ship Franklin Pierce, April 6, 1853, together with wife, Bridget, and children, William, Eliza and Bridget. [Source: National Archives M277 Roll 44.]

Died of "paralytic illness."  Buried - New Calvary Cemetery, Dorchester, Massachusetts (USA).

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Date of Birth 1st Jan 1785 (circa)
Date of Death 21st Sep 1859

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