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    1. [IRL-CLARE] O'Grady and Frost, Meelick parish to Brooklyn NY
    2. Sharon Carberry
    3. Old Calvary Cemetery, p. 252 of the book (see below) Headstone #3201 [apparently no surname for first few] [by] John and Michael [for] their father Patrick d. 1 Apr 1856 Mary wife of Patrick d. 18 Jul 1883 Michael son of Patrick and Mary d. 21 Aug 1869 John d. 28 Apr 1889, native of Clare John J. O'Grady, son of Ellen and late John O'Grady d. 14 Sep 1881 Ellen O'Grady, wife of late John, d. 2 Dec 1914 Sarah Frost d. 23 Aug 1922 1860 Manhattan, 7th Ward Frost John 38 Ire baker Mary 50 " Ellen 26 " Sarah 19 " Michael 15 " 1870 Manhattan, 8th Ward Frost John 45 Ire bakery Mary 65 " Ellen 30 " Sarah 22 " O'Grady Ellen 30 Ire Titus 13 NY paper carrier John J. 6 Salsbury 4 1880 NY Manhattan Frost Mary 72 Ire wid. John (son) 55 Ire single baker Sarah (dau.) 30 Ire single home O'Grady, Ellen (dau.) 50 Ire wid. John J. (g'son) 15 NY school pars: Ire 1900 Bklyn, 23rd Ward 39 Herkimer St. O'Grady, Ellen 65 b. Feb 1835 wid, 1 ch b/0 living immg'd 1850 sister Frost, Sarah 45 Ire June 1855 immig'd 1860 This next is from a webpage whose link I dropped and cannot yet find again-- The Church of St.John The Baptist, Meelick. O'Grady: A white marble plaque at the end of the Church reads as follows: This Church was rebuilt, the alter and stained window erected to The Glory of God and in Honour of st. John the Baptist by Mrs. Ellen O'Grady, nee Frost of Brookland U.S.A. a native of this parish for whom and the souls of her husband and brother and the other members of her family the prayers of the congregation are requested... The book: Old Calvary Cemetery: New Yorkers Carved in Stone - Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina. "New York City's Old Calvary Cemetery was established on the north side of Newtown Creek in an area then called Blissville (known today as Woodside); the first burial there was in August 1848. This book contains 5,315 transcriptions of headstones in the cemetery, dating from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th...More than 90 percent of the headstones cite Irish places of birth..." ISBN: 0788404539 out of print posted by Sharon Carberry not directly researching Frost or O'Grady

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