Hi PJ In the Freeman's Journal dated Friday 12 Apr 1878 CURTIS Apr 10 at her residence 107 Great Britain St of chronic bronchitis Catherine relict of Gardiner Curtis of Abbey St in her 56 year. Funeral will leave for Drumcondra Church yard at 11 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) morning. Hope that helps some. Jennette > > Hello All, > > I'm researching the Dublin family of Gardiner Curtis (b abt 1816, d 1874*) > and his wife Catherine Hawkins.** > > I've been led to believe that "Catherine Curtis, nee Hawkins" "relict of > Gardiner Curtis" "died 1878" "at 170,Grt Britain Street, witness Joseph > Curtis age 12, reported by Thomas Curtis." The source is said to be the > Freeman's Journal. > > I want to verify the information and the source. > > My Gardiner and Catherine had sons Thomas and William Joseph (in addition > to nine other known children). A discordant fact is that their William > Joseph was born and baptized in 1854 at Dublin COI St. Mary,** which would > make him age 24 in 1878. One explanation might be an error in the > Journal's notice. Another might be an error by my informant. Still > another might be that this is not the particular Catherine whom I'm > researching, though to me that's doubtful. > > I know that there's a pay-for-view site for access to the Journal, and the > LDS Library has some digital records that are accessible only from the LDS > Library in Salt Lake City. Does anyone know a less expensive way to > search the Freeman Journal's archives? > > Thanks for any advice. > > *familysearch.org > ** numerous children's baptisms at churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie > > PJ, in Texas > > > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County > Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Oh, Jennette, Eureka! Many, many thanks for your answer. You've relieved one of my many genealogical itches. More questions: How do you have access to the Freeman's Journal archives? Did you see no mention of "witness Joseph Curtis age 12, reported by Thomas Curtis"? Thanks again. PJ > Hi PJ > In the Freeman's Journal dated Friday 12 Apr 1878 > CURTIS Apr 10 at her residence 107 Great Britain St of chronic bronchitis > Catherine relict of Gardiner > Curtis of Abbey St in her 56 year. Funeral will leave for Drumcondra > Church > yard at 11 o'clock > tomorrow (Saturday) morning. > > Hope that helps some. > Jennette > >> >> Hello All, >> >> I've been led to believe that "Catherine Curtis, nee Hawkins" "relict of >> Gardiner Curtis" "died 1878" "at 170,Grt Britain Street, witness Joseph >> Curtis age 12, reported by Thomas Curtis." The source is said to be the >> Freeman's Journal. >> >> I want to verify the information and the source.