Lawrence Finn

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Lawrence Finn

Birth
County Galway, Ireland
Death
13 Mar 1874 (aged 61–62)
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The tombstone in Pottsville, Pennsylvania gives Parish Kilconnell, County Galway, Ireland as the birthplace for Lawrence and Catherine Finn. Lawrence Finn appears in the 1838 Tithe Applotment for Trust, Parish Kilconnell, Co. Galway, Ireland. There is a Patrick Finn listed just above Lawrence who may have been a brother. Lawrence and Catherine married 28 Jan 1838 in Parish Kilconnell possibly in St. Catherine's church in Aughrim, but there is also the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in the village of Kilconnell.

Lawrence's father, mother and grandfather are all buried in St. Catherine's Cemetery in Aughrim. Lawrence and Catherine moved to England shortly after being married in 1838.

The first four of ten ehildren were born in Walsall, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. Their fifth child, Catherine, was born in July 1847 in Norwegian Twp., Schuylkill Co. Pennsylvania.
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The tombstone in Pottsville, Pennsylvania gives Parish Kilconnell, County Galway, Ireland as the birthplace for Lawrence and Catherine Finn. Lawrence Finn appears in the 1838 Tithe Applotment for Trust, Parish Kilconnell, Co. Galway, Ireland. There is a Patrick Finn listed just above Lawrence who may have been a brother. Lawrence and Catherine married 28 Jan 1838 in Parish Kilconnell possibly in St. Catherine's church in Aughrim, but there is also the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in the village of Kilconnell.

Lawrence's father, mother and grandfather are all buried in St. Catherine's Cemetery in Aughrim. Lawrence and Catherine moved to England shortly after being married in 1838.

The first four of ten ehildren were born in Walsall, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. Their fifth child, Catherine, was born in July 1847 in Norwegian Twp., Schuylkill Co. Pennsylvania.
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Inscription

In Memory
of
Lawrence Finn
Native of
Galway County
Ireland.
Departed this life
Mar 13 1874
Aged 59 years
May his soul rest in peace.
Erected by his son
Catharine
wife of
Lawrence Finn
died Nov 7, 1901
May her soul rest in peace.