Rafferty

Hi Susan

The only Armagh death/burial record of John Rafferty 1895 + - 5 years on www.rootsireland.ie/ (subscription site) is this one:

http://John Rafferty Date of Death: 19-Oct-1896 Age: Parish / District: DRUMCREE Address: Richmount County: ARMAGH Status: Denomination: Roman Catholic

It has very scant information and Drumcree is a few parishes away but anything's possible?!

I assume you've seen this from the 1901 Irish Census (free online)

Residents of house 4 in Tievenamara Derrynoose Armagh

Connolly Michael 63 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic

Connolly Alice 70 Female Wife Roman Catholic

Connolly Patrick 40 Male Son Roman Catholic

Connolly Mary 20 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

Rafferty Mary Catherine 7 Female Grand Daughter Roman Catholic

Rafferty Alice 5 Female Grand Daughter Roman Catholic

Kelly John 18 Male Visitor Roman Catholic

O'Neill Lizzie 25 Female Visitor Roman Catholic

Alice and Mary are with the grandparents but no sign of Rose Ann; you might want to have a search on the 1901 & 11 censuses

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Col

Susan:

I looked at the civil death index records and found this death registered in the last quarter of 1895 in the Armagh registration district. Keady parish is in the Armagh registration district (along with sixteen other parishes). You can get a copy of this record online at the GRONI site for two pounds. Here is the link to the site. This may not be your John but the data fits your facts.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/archive-for-family-and-local-history

Nice work Roger!

Col

Thanks Col. Found it on Find My Past.

Roger

Thanks so much to you both, Col and Roger.  I am determined to find out what happened to John Rafferty as his death is the impetus that led to my grandmother's emigration to the US.

Susan Tyler

Thanks so much to you both, Col and Roger.  I am determined to find out what happened to John Rafferty as his death is the impetus that led to my grandmother's emigration to the US.

Susan Tyler