Kathy - do you have a website where you found these that would be helpful to other listers? littlehouseantiques@att.net wrote: > The New York Herald (New York, NY) > Saturday, January 10, 1857; pg. 5; col F > (Death notices) > > DIED. > > LONG -- On Friday Morning, Jan. 9, of consumption, > MARY LONG, a native of Manister, county Limerick, Ire- > land, aged 20 years. > > The funeral will take place this afternoon, at one > o'clock from No. 52 Park street. Her remains will be > interred in Calvary Cemetery. > > NOTES: One portion of Calvary Cemetery is in Brooklyn with > the other portion of it being in Queens. In 1852 the Common > Council of NYC passed a law prohibiting any more burials > in Brooklyn/Manhattan--so based on the date of Mary > Long's death she is likely buried in the QUEENS portion > of this cemetery. Most of the burials in the > Brooklyn/Manhattan portion of the cemetery were of > poor Irish children under the age of 7. The very first > Shanahan in my family line to be born on USA soil > [Patrick Joseph Shanahan 17 Mar 1862-16 Aug 1862] > is buried in the Queens portion of the cemetery. > > Kathy Rhodes > Researching SHANAHAN and LUBY surnames in > Co Limerick, Co Cork and Co Tipperary > Griffith's Valuations: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >