Hi Kay and List... I would also like to know the answer as my ancester research shows they also went to St Peters and I would like to know what buriel ground they would have used circa 1800 to 1850. Their names were Charles Fergusson and Ann Fergusson, his wife. Thank you Jean Coat @ jcoat@mountaincable.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kae Lewis" <Kae@chartertn.net> To: <IRL-CORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 5:20 PM Subject: [IRL-CORK-CITY] RE: St Peters > My ancestors were Robert Stevelly and his wife Sarah Stevelly. They were > members of St Peters Church, Cork which I understand is now the headquarters > of the Cork Genealogical Society. When one of our family visited Cork in > about 1912, there was a large waist-high tombstone in the St Peters > Churchyard inscribed: > "Sacred to the Memory of of Sarah Stevelly, wife of Robert Stevelly who > departed this life 11 Jan 1789 aged 66 years. Here lieth the body of Robert > Stevelly, who departed this life 12 March 1795, aged 79 years." > When I visited St Peters in 1980, this tombstone was gone, and the church > was locked and derelict. I was so pleased that it has been reopened as the > Cork Vision Center now. > > It was noted in 1912 that the Vestry Book for St Peters was still there and > the following extracts were found at that time: > " 25 April 1753, Mr Robert Staveley is appointed sidesman." > "15th April 1783, Mr Robert Staveley appointed Church Warden." > " 24 March 1788, the gallery sold to Mr Robert Staveley for £15." > > It was also noted that there was a stained glass window in St Peters > commemorating the Staveley/Stevelly family at that time. I have now heard > that all the stained glass was removed before the church was deconsecrated. > > I was wondering if anyone knows whether the above Vestry Book for St Peters > has survived and its present whereabouts. Also does anyone knows where the > stained glass from St Peters was taken to? > > I have to assume that the Parish Registers for St Peters were destroyed in > 1922 although I would be pleased if someone could confirm that. The > Representative Church Body Library in Dublin do not appear to have any > parish registers from St Peters? Kae Lewis > > >

Ryan's Irish Records says that the parish records fro St. Peter's were lost in the Fourcourts bombardment and fire. A Google search for St. Peter's Church, Cork city, gave quite a few links, there may be more information re the stained glass windows and the churchyard in these. Re the church graveyard: St. Peter's Churchyard - Henchion, R. "The Gravestone Inscriptions of Co. Cork - XIV, JCHAS, No. 93, 1988, p. 110-125. JCHAS is The Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society. It should be available at the Cork City Library, try an email requesting a lookup in the above issue of the Journal for your names of interest, I've found the library staff to be very helpful in sending photocopies. http://www.corkcorp.ie/library.html Colman Ahern, Berkeley.