Virginia, On my Fitzgerald side there were two daughters named Irene. The first one died before the second one was born. Jerry > On May 23, 2016, at 11:31 AM, VLB via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Has anyone ever found a dead person in the census? I have a Julia Sheehan, age 11, in Brooklyn in the 1870 census. Parents William and Ann, my gt gt grandparents. This appearance is the only record of her existence and, after years of research, I am wondering if her parents included her as a child tho she was already dead. > They had a family grave at Calvary and she is not in it. She never appears in another census, US or NY. Can't find a death record tho except for a Julia Sheehan, born to William and Ann, in Manhattan on 13 July 1861. That Julia died 2 August 1861. This could be another family with same names. My Sheehans were in Manhattan and moved to Brooklyn abt 1867-68 where they had more children. > I do have other gt gt grandparents who reported all five of their children in Manhattan in the 1850 census tho four were still in Ireland--came in 1851--so this idea is not totally unknown. > So has anyone found a dead person in any census? Thanks--Virginia > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message