Pièce 21 - Burial Register for Rochestown Cemetery

1 p.; manuscript

Burial register page tracking deceased members of the Capuchin Order interred at Rochestown between 1882 and 1907, categorized by their religious name, secular birth name, and date of death. It features twelve formal tabular entries and a later historiographical addendum written in Irish.

Tabular Necrology (1882-1907): A chronological record linking religious names to secular identities for genealogical and historical documentation. The list includes:

• Brother Antony (Cleric) / John Barry (d. 14 Oct 1882)
• Father Seraphim / John F. Van Damme (d. 15 Aug 1887)
• Father Eugene / John H. Hass (d. 17 Oct 1890)
• Br. Finbarr (Cleric) / Michael Sullivan (d. 23 Mar 1893)
• Br. Celestine (Cleric) / James Brophy (d. 30 Aug 1893)
• Father Paschal / John Stapleton (d. 19 Apr 1898)
• Br. Patrick (Cleric) / James Fitzpatrick (d. 5 Jan 1899)
• Br. Colman (Cleric) / John Healy (d. 20 Jan 1901)
• Br. Stephen (Lay Brother) / Thomas Keller (d. 1 Mar 1902)
• Father Bernard / Joseph Jennings (d. 26 Dec 1904)
• Br. Isidore (Cleric) / Michael Bowman (d. 29 Jun 1905)
• Br. Kieran (Lay Brother) / Edward McDonough (d. 24 Jan 1907)

Irish Language Addendum (August 1978): A lower annotation added by An tAthair Pádraig Ó Cuill, Caipisíneach (Father Pádraig Ó Cuill, Capuchin) notes historical information received from Father Dominic Atkinson OFM Cap. regarding an earlier Capuchin from Rochestown who may have been buried in Douglas prior to Brother Antony’s 1882 interment.

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