Richard Maguire, fruit seller in Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan

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Do not seem to have a reply, so guessing something may have gone wrong. Should I post again?

Dear SRW,  

I will see if I can help you.  Working from what we know is that Richard died and William McKenna, his son in law was with him at that time.  William married Margaret Maguire on 24 October 1878, no age is given for either of them and their witnesses were Pat Lynch and Rose Healy, it would be worth searching to see if Rose was previously Maguire.  I did find William and Margaret in 1901 and they are with their children Marian & Alice. Margarets age was give as 46, however in 1911, she gives her age as 64, so whether she was being vain in 1901 and then making herself older to aid qualification for the pension, we may never know, she does state that she was born in Co. Cavan.  William died in 1916, so it looks like Margaret sought a pension after his death. I did spend some time searching for Richard's wifes death, without success, but I did not go through them all and there are some not available to view yet, it might be worth your while to purchase the copies, the hope would be to find who was with her when she died, it could be another daughter/son.  

With regard to burial places, sometimes people were buried in traditional burial places, I know one branch of my own family passed 2 local graveyards and travelled several miles to where previous generations were buried, likewise women often buried with their own family and I have found myself read entire headstones and finding some surprising results.  Keep a look out for headstone transcriptions, volunteers do record them when they get funding.

Do search Familysearch.org, sometimes they have records that are not elsewhere.  I searched the newspaper archives without any luck, your family appear to be law abiding, which unfortunately means there are no articles citing them as complainants or defendants.  Sorry, I have not found the information you require.  

Regards Carmel O'Callaghan

Belated thanks Carmel. Sorry my  original reply didn’t post.  I appreciate your time searching for our Maguire family.  I am following up on Mary Maguire death certificates. Assume the  list you referred to would be original certificates that can be seen on irishgeneology. There do seem to be even more death records on Find My Past, Family Search and Ancestry. They do not include an informant.   I have a question that might help others too. Should we be just look at the local registrar office  nearest to where a relation lived? ( Oldcastle I think would cover Kilnaleck.)  Is it correct to say a death would be registered in the nearest place to the home address?. Widening the search to the county, like Co. Cavan, might cover a death in a hospital or another relation’s home but also more unrelated families.

Patrick Lynch and Rose Heary have been researched. Rose married a Philip Lynch.  We know our Maguires are in some way related to the Lynches, bakers from Ballyjamesduff. This information came  from a  census return and a  contact address on an American  emigration document.    Unfortunately no other  record has been found to shed light on a Lynch  marriage  to a McKenna or a Maguire.   Maybe there is a Lynch descendant who might be able to help?  It is  wonderful to read of so many connections being made via Irelandxo. Many thanks to you  and all the volunteers and the teams that post of all the interesting historical Insights and  Chronicles.  They are a welcome sight in my inbox.