Anthony McDonnell : Short Biography

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Anthony McDonnell 1775

Killursa (Galway)

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Additional Information
Date of Birth	1st Jan 1775 (circa)
Date of Death	1st Jun 1812
Townland born	Headford, Co. Galway, Ireland
Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname)	Mary Ann Kirkham
Place & Date of Marriage	14 May 1799 • St. Clement, Norwich, Norfolk, England FMP: Anthony McDonnell of the hamlet of Pockthorpe in the parish of St. James in Norwich Serjeant in the 14th Light Dragoons single man and Mary Anne Kirkham of this parish Spinster
Number of Children	5
First Child	Joseph Farragh McDonnell (baptised Farragh Joseph)
Names of Children	Joseph Farragh McDonnell, Mary Anne McDonnell, Henry McDonnell, Anthony McDonnell, Martha McDonnell
Occupation	Serjeant later Quartermaster 14th Light Dragoons (British Army)
Place of Death	Radipole Barracks, Weymouth, Dorset, England

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Additional information - Anthony is buried in Boreham churchyard in the same grave as his brother and sister in law. The headstone, now so weatherworn it is almost smooth, is to be found a few stepsfrom the door to the church.

Monumental Inscriptions by Rev. JH Bloom circa 1890

St Andrew, Boreham, Essex, England

Essex Record T/P 72/1. Boreham Church yard: [adjacent entries] 1. Joseph Kirkham d. June 20 1822 aged 46 [sic - should be 40]. 2. Elizabeth his wife d. March 18th 1844 aged 60. Anthony McDonnell, Quarter Master L'. Dragoons ob. June 1812 aged 36.

The entry in the parish burial register shows him to have died from a paralytic stroke.