Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I'll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland.
St Brigid's Catholic Cemetery, Branxton, NSW 2006
I know there are a few of "my" Dorfprozelten people buried her but sadly none have gravestones. Instead, I'll include a German one with connections to them, and an Irish one with beautiful inscriptions. Also, an MI for an Irish emigrant from Co Clare.
Joseph Karl BENDEICH (native of Wuerttenberg) and his wife, Elizabeth (native of Nassau)
The Engraving on this Irish gravestone is quite beautiful. John and Catherine DEASY
Bridget McNAMARA native of Co Clare and husband Thomas.
Broadford Cemetery, Co Clare, Ireland
The Broadford graveyard behind the Catholic church and looking towards Ballykelly and the hills where the O'Brien family lived.
This is where two of my 2xgreat grandmother's siblings were buried. We don't know if her parents were also buried there or in the old Kilseily burial ground.
The gravestone for Mary's younger brother Thomas O'BRIEN who died 10 November 1936 and his wife Ellen. The stone was erected by their daughters Bridget and Margaret.
The inscription on Thomas O'Brien's MI is now illegible but luckily I transcribed it decades ago.
The grave of Margaret McNAMARA nee O'BRIEN and her husband William.
Our youngest daughter has "fond" memories of her visit to this cemetery on her 11th birthday and receiving her birthday gift there, as well as a very late afternoon visit to the cemetery at Tuamgraney with the owls hooting. Hardly any wonder she doesn't share my fascination with cemeteries.
Cemetery Wish List
I'm hoping to tick off some of my wish list in the coming months.
Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
I know there is a Dorfprozelten emigrant buried there and I was a photo of her grave.
Blackman's Flat Cemetery, NSW
Again, another Dorfprozelten family are buried here.
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