Cara, Oral family history says they were from Enniscorthy. I had always assumed they were from the town of Enniscorthy, I am just not sure.... I have looked on Griffith's and marked their location on an early Enniscorthy town map ( all the MURPHYs in the town of Enniscorthy). Also noted the few MURPHYS that were located just outside the town. I got the marriage year, 1834, from the Irish Ancestors web site....this was a few years ago when they would give you both spouses names and the marriage year. If you wanted more info you would have to contact Yola. When I go to Dublin in the fall, I will look up the records. Beth On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Cara_Links wrote: > Having not lived in the past Beth the simple question you have > asked could > only be speculated on, because who would say they went to the Fever > Hospital > or the Workhouse except if you were able to locate a death register > it would > say Workhouse of Fever Hospital, it would be an impossible task > for anyone > to think that all persons sick with the fever made it to any hospital. > But I must admit it is a great question, on who went to the Fever > Hospitals > etc, as many of the so called uppers of the area actually died in > Fever > Hospitals side by side with the poor and also the same for Workhouses. > > Where were they married that holds the bigger clue as to where in > location > you may or may not find a burial for her, allowing that Patrick > would have > been the person most likely to be erect a memorial how long after > she died > did he leave with the children. > > Also another thing you must take into account was if they could > afford a > headstone, and many females were taken home to be buried in a > family plot > so perhaps she is back with her parents in a plot. > > Just some thoughts for you to speculate on. > > Do you know their townland? > > Cara > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:23 AM > Subject: [IRL-WEXFORD] FEVER HOSPITAL question > > >> In the area of Enniscorthy, Wexford, between the years 1845-1849, >> where >> would >> the nearest Fever Hospital be? >> According to oral family history, my great great grandmother, >> Mary Ann >> MURPHY(maiden name COWMAN), "died of the fever" in the area of >> Enniscorthy. I >> thought maybe she died at home, but now am wondering if most >> people who >> had >> the fever, went to a Fever Hospital? >> After she died, her husband, (they were married in 1834) Patrick >> MURPHY, >> took their 3 children, Michael, Mary, and Nicholas, to Kingston, >> Ontario,Canada. Unfortunately, Patrick died aboard ship enroute >> from >> Montreal to >> Kingston. He was buried in Emmigrants Mound on the grounds of >> Hotel Du >> (the >> hospital). The 3 children, being orphans, were taken in by the nuns >> there. They >> stayed about a year until their money ran out. Then they were >> placed >> with >> separate families. >> Beth >> >> >> ************************************** >> See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-WEXFORD- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message