Honor Joyce

Seamus:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I will forward your message to someone who lives close to Tuam. She will not be available until at least Monday.

Roger McDonnell

Hello Seamus,

Given the location you have given I am inclined to believe the burial location may be one of two graveyards close to Quenstown,Bromsgove. The attached map have Cortoon which is 2.5km from the location and Kilclooney-Tuam which is 5.5km from the location.

Map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14klydG9y0qN3_0PufVok0Bx2zkk

Kilclooney-Tuam has been surveyed at http://gccapps.galwaycoco.ie/Graveyards/Search/results.aspx?cid=14&s=joyce&p=Plot+No.&y=0  but unfortunately no Joyce headstone appears to be recorded. A local volunteer may be able to check the Cortoon location, but beyond these two you may be looking at an examination of burial grounds in Tuam town itself.

Thank you both so much!

I will check out those links right away.

Seamus

Hello Seamus,

As a side note I added from my Find a Grave profile a Joyce also from Queenstown to Cortoon Graveyard back in 2015

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=JOYCE&GSiman=1&G…;

Not suggesting a relationship it does however confirm this graveyard was most likely the place of choice for others from the Queenstown area.

I think this might be the place!  I clicked on the Cortoon link on that page and found another Joyce (Dermot). He was from Salthill which is where I was born.  I've been working on a family tree, I'm the oldest of my generation, and there are not many around here from the generation above me. Who knows maybe Joe and Dermot are somehow related. I know where most of Steven and Honor's children ended up. There were three that remained in Galway, two gilrs whom I believe never married and a son Denis that I know nothing about. Perhaps Joe and Dermot are in his line.

Anyway, thanks for helping, I truly apreciate it,

Seamus

Hello Seamus,

Below are the two obituaries from which I drew details from for the memorials on Find a Grave. The second for Joe indicates a son Denis, a name you have mentioned which appears to have been passed down the line, is surviving.

Hopefully you can take this to the next level and make contact.

https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=1455/DermotJOYCE/Galway

https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=209213/JoeJOYCE/Tuam/Galway

Hello Seamus,

Contact details when you are ready - http://ie.411num.com/denis_joyce/516497

Wow! Thanks!  I think I may have found him on Facebook. I'll try sending a message through there see if I have any luck.

Thanks!

Seamus

Hello Seamus,

If it's the same one I got sight of y'day there are a lot of Christmas cards to add to your list this year. Still a personal call may be the easiest and surest way to break the news that you are out there thinking of them all.

Good luck for the future.

Thanks! I appreciate all your help.

Seamus

So it turns out we are related and he sent me a photo of the Headstone!  

Thanks again for all your help!

Seamus

Hello Seamus,

Excellent news.