Miscellaneous Cosgrove Information

The following information was compiled by my sister Brenda Davis while on a trip to Ireland. There are varying sources which all pertain to our Irish ancestors. Surnames found on this page are as follows (in order to avoid a lot of confusion I will not be linking these surnames. Use you 'find' feature in the edit menu, and remember that many of them are repeated for different individuals). Barrett: Cosgrove: Cox: Coyne: Duggan: Egan: Falsey: Fennell: Foran: Haire: Hare: Keating: Kenny: Lydon: Maguire: Molloy: Morris: Shiels:


Records at St. Patricks RC Church, Galway

Maria Cosgrove -d.August 22, 1955 (76 yrs.)
John Cosgrove - (our great-grandfather) had three visits by the priest in one week, the last entry being January 5, 1940
Joanna (Jane) Fennell -d.March 10, 1935 (46yrs., our grandmother, d/o John Cosgrove, above), death certificate says 1936

 

Births:

Mary Cate Cosgrove -February 8, 1895, to Michael Cosgrove and Mary Hare. Sponsors Patrick Lydon and Linnia Shiels
Bridget Cosgrove -August 28, 1900, to Michael John Cosgrove and Mary Hare. Sponsors Thomas Lydon and Mary Duggan
James Cosgrove -July 4, 1907, to Michael Cosgrove and Mary Hare. Sponsors John Morris and Mary Morris
Patrick Stephen Cosgrove -September 5, 1917, to Michael Cosgrove and Mary Haire. Sponsors Sam Cosgrove and Honora Maguire
Shiela Maria Cosgrove -August 20, 1911, to John Cosgrove and Honora Catherine Keating. Sponsors Michael Fennell and Helen Cosgrove
John Nichols Cosgrove -December 2, 1912, to John Cosgrove and Honora Catherine Keating. Sponsors Peter Cosgrove and Anna Coyne
Bridgid Catherine Cosgrove, September 6, 1916, to John Cosgrove and Honora Catherine Keating. Sponsors Peter Cosgrove and Rose Keating
Maria Barrett -June 15, 1911, to Thomas Barrett and Honora Molloy


Burials at Rahoon Cemetery, Galway

Buried in one grave are:

Patrick J. Cosgrove, May 8, 1918
Patrick Fennell, July 11, 1923 (our uncle)
Sam Cosgrove, August 16, 1923 (our grandmother's nephew, s/o her brother John)
Patrick Barrett, July 10, 1924
Maria Cosgrove, July 12, 1924 ?26 (our great-grandmother) obviously some confusion with the date

 

Thomas Cosgrove, January 19, 1916
Celia Cosgrove, January 19, 1914 (daughter, tombstone shows d/o/b 1910)
Martin Cosgrove, August 31, 1936 (father, tombstone shows d/o/b 1873)
Mary Cosgrove, February 28, 1971 (wife, tombstone shows d/o/b 1878)
Jack Cosgrove, March 14, 1986 (son, tombstone shows d/o/b 1909)

John Cosgrove, November 22, 1939, buried by Board of Health, our great-grandfather

James Cosgrove, July 23, 1932
Annie Cosgrove, May 8, 1937
Mary Cosgrove, December 24, 1939
James Cosgrove, November 15, 1955 (father)
 

Photo of headstone shows inscribed on the bottom

 

R.C. Williams, Mill St., Galway, erected by their son Jack and daughter Gretta

Edward Cosgrove, May 12, 1947
Barbara Cosgrove, May 28, 1948
Mary Cosgrove, August 24, 1949
Barbara Cosgrove, May 25, 1980

John (Jack) Cosgrove, March 11, 1967


Death Certificate of Maria Cosgrove

Deaths registered in the District of Galway No II in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Galway in the County of Galway Ireland
 No. 156
Date and Place of Death 1926 tenth July Suckeen Galway UD.
Name and Surname Maria Cosgrove
Sex F
Condition Married
Age last Birthday 71 years
Rank, Profession, or Occupation Wife of a Dealer
Certified Cause of Death Cardiac Failure, Hypostatic Pneumonia, Certified
Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant Jane Fennell, Daughter of deceased, Present at death, Suckeen
When Registered Fourteenth July 1926
Signature of Registrar Thos Lydon Assistant Registrar


Death Certificate of Sam Cosgrove

Deaths Registered in the District of Galway No. II in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Galway in the County of Galway Ireland
No. 27

Date and Place of Death 1923 Fourteenth August Central Hospital
Name and Surname Sam Cosgrove From Railway View
Sex M
Condition Bachelor
Age last Birthday 24 years
Rank, Profession, or Occupation Labourer
Certified Cause of Death Mitral (unsure of this word) Disease, 12 months, Cardiac Failure, 7 Days Certified
Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant Rose McVeigh, Occupier Central Hospital
When Registered Fifteenth August 1923
Signature of Registrar Thos Lydon Assistant Registrar


 

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