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Genealogy => Worcester Irish Genealogy/History => Topic started by: bvirish on May 16, 2006, 03:50:23 PM
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I am looking for any information on Jeremiah Kane who was one of the first Irish constables in the city of Worcester. It appears that he served as a constable from about 1847 until his death in 1867. With the exception of 1855 when he was out of a job probably due to the Know-Nothing controlled city government.
He was married to Mary Boland (I believe no relation to Tobias B.) on Jan. 14, 1847 at St. John's.
The death cert. states he is buried in St. John's Cemetery, but they do not have any record of him.
I have been systematically checking every Kane headstone without much luck.
Additionally, I cannot find anything on Mary (Boland) Kane either. She disappears from the city directory about 1870.
Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated.
Where can I find the "O'Flynn Papers" I see mentioned? WPL?
Please excuse my ignorance regarding Worcester Irish history/genealogy, I am new to the forum.
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I have notes from O'Flynn Jeremiah Kane Dungarven County Waterford born 15 Aug 1833 came into Boston Best worcester detective. Lived on Temple St. There also seems to be a Patrick & Thomas & Margaret Kane who may be J's siblings from Abbeyside, Dungarven co. Waterford in the Boston Pilot (might also be Co. Tipperary?) I am more confident that it is co. waterford. O'flynns papers sre amazing and are at holy cross college library in special collections. Did you already know this?
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I think Mary may have been related to Tobias Boland. In the 1870 census shows tobias Boand with a Mary King 37 and Mary Kane 14 in the household who are not listed as servants. King may be a married name or a mistaken transcription of Kane. Son Henry appears to be in Westboro at the state reform school. Please feel free to email me mer330@hotmail.com merski
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merski,
Thank you so much for this information. This is tremendously helpful!
The Jeremiah you describe must be the same person. He would have lived at #12 Temple street. Ironically he would have lived very close to TB's house at #4 Green street.
The only thing that doesn't jive is the D.O.B. I have information that would put his DOB around 1822 per the 1860 census or 1811 per the death certificate. Not sure which one is right.
After I read Nutt's Biography (volume 3) on Tobias I was pretty certain that Mary was not related to him.
Per the biography he had 10 children, and from what I can see none of them were named Mary. Could it be that she is the daughter of his oldest son John Boland? I am not sure the math works for this theory.
I guess this means I am most likely related to TB. I hope you don't hold this against me.
For the record, I am a Kane not a Boland....
Can anyone access the O'Flynn papers or do you need special permission?
Thanks again for your help!
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bvirish,
Welcome. I think we have a bit of infomation, Merski's already got us started. But I think the transcription error won't pan out The Mary King isn't the right age (she'd have been 14 yrs at her 1847 marriage. Jeremiah Kane was 34 yrs old in 1847. Not impossipal, but unlikely, even if we consider the 1870 age came from a census. A family or two of Chatholic Kings are around at that time, in Millbury. With a little looking we may find that Mary King and Mary Kane were people distinct from your Mary Boland Kane. Not that there isn't a chance that they are all kin.
For now let's look at:
Jan. 14 1847 Jeremiah Kane marries Mary Boland Fr. Tucker officiated. Charles Calligan and Mary Elizabeth Boland witnessed.
Fr. Tucker? Sometimes Jesuits would perform sacrements and record them at St. John's. was he from Holy Cross? If It helps, Only Fr. Tucker married people (four couples) from Jan 12th to Jan 22 1847, maby Tucker was filling in. He did not register many marriages at St. John's anyway
We also know that there are two Mary Bolands that know each other.
The witness may have been a sister-in -law or she may be the Mary Boland that married James Rourke on or about July 16, 1848, Fr. Boyce. Michael and Margret Kenny witnessed. (at least one Kenny family is in Spencer at about this time)(She may be a sister in law that was widowed after the Boland/Kane marriage.)
There is also this:
Jeremiah Cain, Worcester. NAt. 2 Dec. 1844. Born Dungarvair (sic) Co. Waterford Ireland. 15 Aug. 1813. Age 31. Arrived: Boston, 15 Nov. 1833 Int. Dec. 1842, Worcester. Residence: Worcester last 9 years; previously Boston. Witnesses: Samuel Graves, Jr., Nahum Gates.
There are also :
Patrick Boland to Margret Sullivan on Aug. 3, 1847 Fr. Gibson witn: Michael and Mary Fullerton.
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Patrick Boland to Catherine Hall on Nov. 11, 1848 Fr. Gibson witn: Cornelius Fogerty and Catherine Coffee
They are in the Leicester 1855 Irish only census
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Patrick Kane to Elizabeth Gordon on May 9, 1847 Fr Gibson in Clintonville Witn: Michael O'M??? and Winifred Sweeney (Winifred Sweeney married John Golden on June 11, 1847 witn: John McGrail and Bridget Grady)
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Martin Kane to Mary Burgin on Sept. 2, 1847 Fr Gibson Witn: Patrick Doyal and Mary Harden They seem to be in Worc census 1850 according to that their ages at marriage would have been 32 and 33 respectively.
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Lawrence Ryan to Bridget Kane on Feb. 19, 1848 Fr. Gibson witn: Ed Sheehey and Mary Kane. This marriage was not reported to the City of Worcester.
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two other possible Kane males but there are other possible last names for these two, as well as a few Kane females that didn't have interesting witnesses were in Framingham or in Ct.
So, with that and any info we can get from the history of the police in Worc. may be a good start. The history of the Worc Police is at Worc. Public Lib. and is an interesting read.
John
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bvirish,
Never trust a spelling anywhere, an age in a census, and anyone named Nutt.
We would not hold any Tobey connection against you. I love the moniker you have given him, they called it consumption back then.
You don't need to be anyone special to access the O'Flynn papers, for now. But call first. Check out the website, even email the conservitor. Oh, and be gentle with them once your there. Take lots of notes (in pencil) to reduce the need to re-access any one folio. Good hunting. John
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I agree that Mary King is not the widow of Jeremiah Kane as she is living in Tobias's Charlestown household in the 1860 census, but I think that maybe the Mary Kane in the household in 1870 may be the daughter of Jeremiah & mary...that age fits well. Perhaps Mary, her mother, died as well. I did a look up in Nutt's history and it said that Tobias had a daughter Minnie (a charming variation of the name Mary) who never married. So Jeremiah is the son of Patrick & Ellen, from his death record. Do you know Ellen's maiden name? I have a friend in county Waterford who can find out if there is a parish or townland called Abbeyside Dungarven Waterford. I'm thinking if the Patrick and Thomas & margaret living in Worcester at the time of the Boston pilot ads are siblings that it may just be a sibling group. Proceed with caution, as worcmik advises. You have some excellent sources to check out!
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Here's my two cents, hope I don't confuse further.
1860 Worcester census
Kane, Jeremiah 1822, mary 1832, ellen m. 1849, George B 1852, Mary E 1856, Henry J 1859
1870 Worcester, Ward 4
Kane, Mary 1830, Henry 1860, Mary 1857, George 1852
1870 Worcester, Ward 6
Moran, Peter 1848, Ellen 1849, Lizzie b. July
(Worcester 1868, Peter Moran m. Ellen Marie Kane)
1880 Worcester (Temple Street)
Moran, Peter, Ellen, Lizzie, etc.
Kane, Mary 1828 mother, Mary 1857 sister, George 1860 brother
Possible 1900 Worcester Ward 3
Kane Mary 1825 mother 5 children 2 living
Kane Mary b. Nov 1863 (yes this is not the same as her birth record)
Moran, Ellen (Kane) d. 1883 no image
Kane, George B d. 1906 no image
Kane, Henry J d. 1881 20 years Jeremiah & Mary Boland
There is a Mary B. Kane who dies in 1906 or 1907 in Worcester. I believe this might be your girl. Trying looking under the name Moran in the cemetery.
Cheryl
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I agree that Mary King is not the widow of Jeremiah Kane as she is living in Tobias's Charlestown household in the 1860 census, but I think that maybe the Mary Kane in the household in 1870 may be the daughter of Jeremiah & mary...that age fits well. Perhaps Mary, her mother, died as well. I did a look up in Nutt's history and it said that Tobias had a daughter Minnie (a charming variation of the name Mary) who never married. So Jeremiah is the son of Patrick & Ellen, from his death record. Do you know Ellen's maiden name? I have a friend in county Waterford who can find out if there is a parish or townland called Abbeyside Dungarven Waterford. I'm thinking if the Patrick and Thomas & margaret living in Worcester at the time of the Boston pilot ads are siblings that it may just be a sibling group. Proceed with caution, as worcmik advises. You have some excellent sources to check out!
We stayed in Dungarven when we went to Ireland and Abbyside is a section of the city/town. Do you know the Waterford County Library has a website on which you can look up deaths 1864 to 1901? The URL is waterfordcountylibrary.ie
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One more tidbit:
George B. Kane d. November 2, 1906 according to the street directory
Mary E. Kane lives with Margaret Moran (niece) in the 1910 census.
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Thank you to everyone that replied to my request. There is a ton of great information here.The information on Ellen and Henry is particularly useful since I was at a dead end with them. I have a fair amount on George B. since he is my great, great grandfather. I also have some information on Mary Elizabeth Kane (Mary & Jeremiah's daughter).The information on Mary and Jeremiah is great too. This is good stuff and will keep me busy for the summer.
I checked out Mary B. Kane at St.John's several months ago, but dismissed it because there was no Jeremiah Kane listed on the headstone. Additionally, the family name on the stone was I think O'Neil. I should double check it though.
Just as a point of reference, Mary E. Kane is buried in a large plot that lists Mrs. Jeremiah Kane as the owner.
The plot appears to have been purchased around 1881. It lists Mrs. Jeremiah Kane's address as 319 West 25th street, New York City. She (Mary the mother) is not buried there.
Thanks again for all of your assistance. I need to sort through all this information and see if I can connect the dots. I will keep you posted.
BVIrish
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When you've come up with results, we'd love to hear them as I'm already confused by all the data you've had given to you. Consider yourself to be lucky to have Boland blood in you from Mary. No family line is all bad or all good and the matrilineal line is very important and underresearched in my opinion. Try st. John's cemetery listings under Keane and other variations of the name Kane to find Jeremiah's burial. Also there may be something written up about Jeremiah as he was the first irish born constable when he died. The WPL has family files that you can look through...clippings of obituaries, newspaper stories etc. I have found there to be quite useful. Hope you can get to the Library and Holy Cross College. Good travels!
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I cut 'n pasted this from on of my replys in the "Tatnuck Cemetery" post:
"...many interments at St. John's Cemetery were not recorded, or the records of them were lost. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why the existing records include some and not others..."
I still don't know why some people don't appear on the old "plot-cards."
Do we know when was the 1st time the family needed a plot? That may give you an approx. date of purchase. That would have been helpful if St. John's Cemetery had entered the "Date of Purchase" info into the database when they computerized their records. It could help still, if the personnel check the old cards for a date of purchase for each of the suspected plots.
If Jeremiah and Mary Kane lost a child that was born between Ellen and Geo. B, or he and Mary E. or later, (there are gaps enough between any of them to have lost a little one) than the Kanes would have owned a plot long before their deaths. If they were spared that all to common event than what is the earliest they needed a plot? Just some thoughts on the matter, John
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I agree with John on the death of a child could be a clue. Mary does state she had 5 children with 2 living; Ellen Marie, George B, Henry J, Mary E are all I could find. Shouldn't there be a Patrick born before George and Henry?
Besides the family name of Moran (Peter F husband of Ellen Kane), Elizabeth Moran married Michael E. Mulvehill. Mary (the widow) seemed to always live with or close to Peter F. Moran her son-in-law.
Cheryl
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If it turns out that Jeremiah was related to John & Margaret Kane from the Boston Pilot messages who state they are from Ballyguiry, here is a little tidbit. By the way, in 1869 Margaret Kane is living with John & wife Bridget whose first son is Patrick and there is a John Kane who marries for the second time in 1862 and states his parents are Patrick & Ellen.
This is dated Feb. 26, 2004
Late Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Keane
I t is with deep regret that we record the death of Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Keane, Ballyguiry, Dungarvan which took place on Monday of last week.
Paddy Joe was a quiet and unassuming man, a lovely human being with a most personable and friendly attitude to life generally. He was deservedly popular with everyone who knew him, and his passing has been very widely regretted.
Sincere sympathy is extended to his sister Sheila, his nephews, nieces and many other relatives.
The removal of Paddy Joe's remains took place to Mount Stuart Church on Tuesday evening and following Requiem Mass last Wednesday he was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery in the presence of a very representative concourse.
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Sorry correction Magaret Kane is living with John Kane in the 1860 cenus (not 1869) typo
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cheryl,
Thanks for the information regarding John, Bridget, Margaret and Patrick. This should help me in narrowing my search for Jeremiah and Mary.
I spent some time at the cemetery on Sunday to check out several Kanes (John, Patrick, Mary and Johanna) with burial dates in the 1800s. Unfortunately, most of them did not have headstones. I need to visit the cemetery office during the week to get futher information on these sites. It could be awhile until I get to this.
Purely by accident I found two Moran headstones near each other. They were also adjacent to the plot were Mary E. Kane is buried. By the way, all three graves list/contain several Mulvehills. One headstone listed Peter Moran, Ellen Kane, Elizabeth and John Mulvehill. Unfortunately, Mary Kane was not listed on the headstone. Of course this does not mean she is not buried there. I will follow-up at the cemetery. Thanks again for this bit of information.
I will continue to keep you updated.
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Paper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
Title: Joan E. Bennett, 70
Date: July 16, 2002
Section: DEATHS
Page: B5
WORCESTER -- Joan E. (Mulvehill) Bennett, 70, of 285 Plantation St., formerly of 5 Woods Ave., died Monday, July 15, in the Hermitage Nursing Center.
She leaves her husband of 49 years, Rollin B. Bennett Jr.; a son, James R. Bennett of Hubbardston; a daughter, Kathleen Carelli of Worcester; and four grandchildren. She was born in Worcester, daughter of John F. and Dolora (Goodwin) Mulvehill. She graduated from Commerce High School, where she was a class officer. She also graduated from Salter Secretarial School.Mrs. Bennett was an office supervisor at Riley Stoker Co. from 1973 to 1984. Previously, she worked in the accounting department at the Harrington & Richardson Co., and was a teller at the former Worcester Federal Savings & Loan Association. She was a member of St. Stephen's Church, and a former member of St. George's Church and its women's club. She enjoyed the beach.
The funeral will be held on Thursday, July 18, from Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. George's Church, 38 Brattle St. Burial will be private in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton. A calling hour is 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 18, in the funeral home.
Paper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
Title: JOHN F. MULVEHILL, 84
Date: September 12, 1989
Section: DEATHS
Page: A8
John F. Mulvehill, 84, of 275 Pleasant St. died Sunday in The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts - Memorial.
His wife, Delora (Goodwin) Mulvehill, died in 1970.He leaves a daughter, Joan E. Bennett of Worcester; a grandson; a granddaughter; and two great-granddaughters.
He was born in Worcester, son of Michael E. and Elizabeth (Moran) Mulvehill, and lived here most of his life.
He worked for the Boston & Albany Division, New York Central System, for 45 years, retiring in 1969.
Mr. Mulvehill was a member of St. Paul's Cathedral parish and Local 578, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, AFL-CIO.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Paul's Cathedral, 15 Chatham St. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.
Calling hours at the funeral home are 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.
Section: DEATHS
Page: A8
Copyright (c) 1989 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.
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I have no idea if there is a connection but my husband's great grandmother's brother, Cornelius J. (who signed his name on my husband's great grandfather's naturalization papers as Corny)Maroney married Margaret Mulvihill in 1899. From the 1920 Census she appears to have immigrated in 1893 and they were living on East Central Street in Worcester. They had three children, Helen, Mary and John.
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When I was at the WPL today, I looked up Mary Kane. I had called St. John's to get the date for the Mary B who died in 1907 and it turns out she was the daughter of Owen M and Catherine (O'Neil) Kane age 30. Looking through the street directories though (which I should have done first), Mary Kane of 14 Goddard St died Sunday, April 21, 1901, age 72.
On Monday, April 22 in the Worc T&G there is a small write up to the effect that in the city Mary Boland widow of Jeremiah Kane died funeral from 14 Goddard St, mass St. John's on Tuesday.
I checked the Worcester Spy? and found the following:
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kane took place this morning from her home, 14 Goddard Street, with a requiem high mass in St. John's church at 9 o'clock. Rev. James A Hurley was celebrant.
Among the floral tributes were a pillow inscribed "Mother" from her daughter Mary; a mound from the children of George B. Kane and Peter Moran, her grandchildren; a wreath of ivy leaves from her grandson, Fred Moran; cluster of Easter lilies from Mr. and MRs. George F. MOran and family; pillow of roses and ferns from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mulvehill and family; mound of Easter lilies and cluster of violets from Mr. and Mrs. William Dorman; wreath of roses and ferns from Misses Katie and Delia Flynn.
The bearers were John A Boland, George H Coonan, Michael Casey, Nathaniel J Jones, Carris Brighman and Richard Coonan.
Rev. James A. Hurley officiated at the grave in St. John's cemetery.
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Cheryl,
Thank you. I owe you big time!! You solved the following mysteries:
1.) How the Mulvehill's are related to the Kane's. Your information appears to be spot-on with the cemetery records.
2.) Who Ellen Kane was married to.
3.) When Mary B. died.
I checked my list from St. John's cemetery and it does not list a Mary Kane for 1901. This tells me that the information for her grave site most likely did not make it into the computer system.(Assuming she was buried there.) I will have them look for the handwritten plot card. Hopefully it is still on file. Additionally, I will check-out other spellings as suggested.
Thanks to your diligent work, I can now send for the death certificate. Hopefully this will lend some insight into who her parents were.
Thanks to you and everone else that responded, I am well on my way to learning more about JK and MBK.
BV
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Corky3,
I did not see a Margaret (Mulvihill) Moroney listed on the records for this particular plot or on the adjacent headstones. I did notice that the spelling on the headstones was with an "e" and not "i". However, the printout from the cemetery had the named spelled with and "i" for some and with an "e" for others.
Possibly some connection.
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All,
As Merski found that the "died in 1907 Mary B Kane" was the daughter of Owen Kane and Catherine (O'Neil) Kane("Katie Kane" on the gravestone that sits on the O'Neil's corner plot.), Katie's five brothers served in the Civil War, as did her husband, Owen Kane. Her sister, Annie, married Richard O'Flynn. Their father was Charles O'Neil, the one that bought the 1st plot at St. John's. (His name was pulled 1st at the 'plottery'), he wrote two books, published the 1st: The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil, the other ....gone? Anyway. If Owen Kane is a relation to Jeremiah Kane, you can look at the Family Tree of Thomas O'Neil on Rootsweb . Kane Square in Worcester is where Owen's house was.
I recently looked up an other sister of the fighting O'Neils Miss Mary O'Neil's funeral notice in the newspapers (1920) not much info there. I'm not sure of the real story there...She was noncompus mentus (forgive the spelling, archaic term and all), that is she needed a guardian into adulthood. Richard O'Flynn was cryptic on this subject, he didn't like the O'Neils much.
anyway... John
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Worcmik, that was Cheryl, not merski who did that fine lookup of death and obit. I haven't done much for this project other than my initial stuff...I'm off to the National Archives this morning to look up any additional info on Jeremiah Conners and for Lawrence Dolan for a couple of people I'm helping. Finally broke down and subscribed online to ancestry.com. Cheryl, how do you do lookups for Worc. County naturalizations on ancestry? Isn't that what you sent me?
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All,
So it was. It was also Cheryl that gave some great info on the name Mayo to "Ted," but he did not believe that the Mayos were the same as his people.
Still waiting to see if the Owen Kane is connected. john
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Folks,
I received the death certificate for Mary (Boland) Kane. Information as follows:
Place of Birth: Ireland
Name of Father: Michael Boland
Birth place of Father: Ireland
Name of Mother: Unknown
Birth place of Mother:Ireland
Place of Burial: St John's
I will keep you posted of any new developments.
John,
Not sure if Owen is related to Jeremiah. Probably not. It is on my very long list of things to check-out though.
All I know about Owen is basically what you stated. The Kane's owned the land that straddled Millbury Street near the intersection of Ballard street. Hence the name Kane's square (or corner). Thank you for the futher detail. Very interesting story......
Thanks again to everyone that gave me the great leads.
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Bvirish,
Rain today, so I visited WPL to look at the History of Worc. Police (the official title ? keyword search for it, or browse Local history call # 352.2...) I learned Jerermiah Kane was named a constable by the newly elected mayor Henry Chapin in the fall of 1848. Mayor Levi Lincoln had named the first "city" constables on April 17 1848, shortly after the Feb. 28, 1848 birth of the City of Worcester. not much more about him.
Then I reread the posts here and realized that I had not looked for the "earliest time Jeremiah would have needed a plot." So I did, and found Mary's fifth child:Town of Worcester Death register page 207; Michael Cain 3days old b. 12/21/1847 son of Jeremiah Cain, interred at the "Catholic Burial Ground."
The Catholic Burial Ground =Tatnuck Burial Ground. I would not doubt that Jeremiah was buried there too. I know of only six burials at Tatnuck in the two years spanning 1867 and 1868. none after that, and I have looked. O'Flynn says there had been few in the years leading up to his 1876 transcribbing visits at Tatnuck. I would bet that he, like a few of those "late" burials, had owned a plot at Tatnuck since before St. John's Cemetery was an option. I'll bet that like them , he was interred in his plot, and later reinterred at St. John's. I suspect that unlike the 1867/1868 Tatnuck burials I know about, he was mistakenly reported to the city as having been buried at Tatnuck. This may be true of a late Desplaines/Maple death that I recently learned of. Now, I wonder if it was a common mistake. That would spell trouble for creating a Tatnuck list from the civil record.
Mary (Boland) Kane died after the plan to move the remains was in place, so she could not go there. Cheryl posted the "...grave at St. John's Cemetery" info, so we know she is there. How sure are you that Mary is not in the plot she owned. She could have been left off the plot card (that happened a lot in the 19th century, I don't know of that happening so late, but...
So what do you think about your connection to Tatnuck? John
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Might this hold valuable information?
Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881 Record
about Jeremiah Kane
Given Name: Jeremiah
Surname: Kane
Record Date: 1866
Residence: Worcester
Record Type: Administration
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Correction: Jeremiah was reported to the city as having been buried in St. Johns, but may have been buried in Tatnuck.
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Thanks again for the great information.....
Unfortunately, I have been traveling and have not had the opportunity to get to the cemetery to follow-up on the missing Kane's (or Cains).
Someone in my Family has volunteered to check this out within the next couple weeks. We plan on checking out the possibility of them being listed under the name "Cain". I might try to give the cemetery a call.
I am pretty certain that Mary B. Kane is not buried with Mary E. Kane. Although, I did not actually see the plot card. Her daughter-in-law (Mary C. Kane) was buried there and then reinterned in another grave in 1906.
How do I check if they are buried at Tatnuck Cemetery?
What is the significance of the probate record? Is this something that can be found at the Worcester County court house and will it contain more detailed information?
John,
I found the book in the library you mentioned. Thanks.... Unfortunately, they do not have a copy that can be checked-out. Only a reference copy is available(you probably know this). I skimed through it. It looks like in has a lot of great info. When I have time, I plan on reading through it at the Library and taking some detailed notes.
As always, I will keep you posted.
BVI
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"How do I check if they are buried at Tatnuck Cemetery?"
You should look at the Holbrook microfiche of Worcester's Vitials. You scan the death register pages for that period of time, or find him in the index then go to the page. Then you should check the "Place of Interment" column. If it really says St. John's, then that is all you can do for now. No Tatnuck records are known to exist. That does not mean the record is correct, there was a history of providing incomplete/incorrect data to the Worcester clerk by the time Jeremiah Kane died.
I have scanned, page by page, all the Worc. death records and extracted the "Tatnuck" ones. I may have missed Jeremiah Kane's entry, or I skipped it 'cause it said St. John's. I have looked a parts of some other towns' death records too. Even if I looked at them all I don't think I could get 2000 names. The short answer to your question is "You ask Worcmik, he's got a home-made list."
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I encourage you to go to Holy Cross College library and read the O'Flynn papers. He may have had details that you are looking for. I wish I could have that kind of lising for my family.
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The Telegram & Gazette (they dropped the "Worcester" from the name) for Wednesday March 5, 2006, in a story by their staff about the St. Patrick's Day parade, mentions Jeremiah Kane. The story points out that it has been 160 years since the first Irish police officers in Worcester. The Greater Worcester Police Emerald Society; "In recognition of the 160th anniversary, and of the 10th anniversary of the society takiing part in the parade, the society has created the Jeremiah Kane and Peter Donlievie Shamrock Award, in recognition of the Irish pioneers. The inaugural award winner is James Doyle, who spent 34 years as a Worcester police officer, retiring in 1995."
BVIrish must be quite the expert on officer Kane by now.
ps. I noticed that this was the string of posts that I failed to properly credit Cheryl for her excellent work. She is an excellent researcher, with incrediable internet skills.
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I agree with you worcmik, Cheryl is a patient, fastidious and incredible researcher....Cheryl, want to do a workshop for us???
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Interesting...... It's ironic that the usuall parade date would have been Palm Sunday this year. The need for "Irish" constables was most likely prompted by the Palm Sunday riots of 1847. I believe Peter Dunlevie,Jr. the constable is the son of Peter Dunlievie the proprietor of the Swan Hotel? As the story goes .......Donlevie's establishment was overrun by an angry mob on Palm Sunday in 1847.
As you can imagine I have gathered a significant amount of info on JK. Sadly though, it has been difficult to find information on Dunlevie. If anyone has information regarding Peter Dunlevie, it might warrent starting a new post. Not to rain on anyones parade, but my research indicates Kane and Dunlevie were appointed by the 1849 administration of Mayor Henry Chapin and not the 1848 administration of Levi Lincoln, Jr. Although, one source indicates it could have been 1848. I guess it's not the dates that are important, but the recognition of the sacrifice the men and women in blue make every day!!
Of course I never would have made as much progress if it wasn't for all the great detective work done by the folks of this forum!!
Cheryl,
Thank you for the Waterford link. I am just getting around to checking it out.
Worcmik,
Thanks for the heads-up on the article.
Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone and their families!!
BVIrish
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Hello BV,
I'm cleaning out my emails and found an obituary for Madge Kane of Leominster wife of Edward. I'm not sure if I had sent this to you or not. I also can't find the correct posting for this but do remember following Edward to Leominster while looking for his brother?? can't remember the name now.
From the Fitchburg Sentinel August 6 1942 (found on ancestry.com)
Mrs Edward Kane
Leominster, August 6. Mrs Margaret A (Mahoney) Kane, 53, wife of Edward Kane, 7 Priest Street, died at her home today. She was a native of Worcester.
Besides her husband Mrs. Kane is survived by three daughters, Lieut. Katheryn R. Kane, US Navy, Newport RI; Miss Madeline Kane of Brooklyn and Mrs. Eleanor Machel of Syracuse, NY; her father, John H Maloney of Worcester; a sister, Mrs. Helen O'Connell of Millbury and two brothers, John and James of Worcester.
The funeral will be from the home Monday morning with a solemn high mass of requiem at 9 o'clock in St. Leo's Church.
(Yes the newspaper has maiden name as Mahoney and father's name as Maloney)
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Cheryl,
Thank you. This is George's younger brother. The correct maiden name is Maloney.
If I recall, The Worc.Telegram had a similar error. Thanks to this clue I now have the address in Leominster.
Thanks!!!
BV