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Left: This is the Death Certificate for Catherine Walsh, the wife of Nicholas Walsh, Mother of Bridget Walsh who was Grandmother to Louis Kavanaugh Jr. Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh was Born in Ireland on Dec. 24, 1835 and Died on July 9, 1912.

Right: Death Certificate for Timothy Walsh who died on Aug. 27, 1901. Timothy was born in Feb. of 1874 and was the son of Nicholas and Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh. This Record is courtesy of Ancestry.com

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The Following was in the local Newspapers on the Death of Catherine Walsh, who was the mother of Bridget “Walsh” McCauley of Corning. By Louis Kavanaugh Jr. with Information supplied by Mary Ann Watkins

Also printed information was found in the old newspaper concerning a correction on the death of Nicholas Walsh, which was Catherine’s Walsh’s Husband. There were no headlines just mixed in with a column in the newspaper so we have added a headline and retyped it but left the information the same. It was hard to read the newspaper as it was from the 1900’s.

Mrs. Catherine Walsh Passed Away at Corning

Mrs. Catherine Walsh, a well know and highly respected woman died Tuesday night at 9 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John McCauley, one mile north of Corning.

Mrs. Walsh was in apparently good health and ate supper. Shortly after she was attacked by a severe pain in her heart and life lasted but a short time. Mrs. Walsh was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1838 and when a young women came to Cincinnati and from there she and her husband, Nicholas Walsh, came to Daviess County and have lived here ever since. Mrs. Walsh leaves four children to mourn her death besides a large circle of friends. Her Children are Edward Walsh, Mrs. Rodger Conlon, Nicholas Walsh of Washington, and Mrs. John McCauley, where she has been making her home for several years. Funeral services Thursday morning at St. Patricks Church, burial in adjacent cemetery. (Article from the Washington Times Herald, July 11, 1912)

Correction the Daviess County Democrat, June 11, 1904

Correction on Nicholas Walsh Passing In our write-up last week

regarding the death of Nicholas Walsh, we were mistaken in a few notes so offer the following. Nicholas Walsh was born in Parish Gordon, County Kilkenny, Ireland and at the age of 18 came to this country and with his brother James engaged in business at Cincinnati where he remained until 1865. He then settled in Reeve Township and followed farming as a vocation until his health failed him recently.

Burial of Decedents of Nicholas and Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh Parents: Nicholas & Catherine Walsh, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In.

Children 1. Edward P. Walsh and Bridget Cullivan, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In.

Ellen “Murphy” Nolan, (Second Wife of Edward P. Walsh), Buried at St. Peters’s Montgomery, In. 2. James Walsh, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 3. Anastasia Walsh & Roger Colon, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 4. Mary Ellen Walsh & George Grannan, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 5. Margaret D. Walsh & Daniel Brewer, Unmarked grave, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 6. Bridget Walsh & John E. McCauley, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 7. Timothy Walsh, Buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Corning, In. 8. Nicholas Walsh & Hannah Murphy Buried at ????

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Side-2, Info. on Mother Catherine Walsh

Side-3, Info. on son James Walsh

Above: Pictures of Nicholas & Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh Tombstone and also side-3 marks the stone for their son James who died at the age of 36 and side 4 the stone for their son Timothy who died at the age of 28. Nicholas and Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh moved to the area in the early 1860’s and raised their family in the Corning area. Nicholas and Catherine had 8 children, Edward P., James, Anastasia, Mary Ellen, Margaret, Bridget “Walsh” McCauley (this writer’s Grandmother) Timothy and Nicholas. Nicholas and Catherine and son James is buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Corning.

Left: Full View of Tombstone for Walsh Family. Right: Side-1, Info. on Nicholas Walsh

Side-4, Info on son Timothy Walsh.

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Above: the tombstone for Edward P. Walsh and Bridget “Cullivan”. Edward Walsh is the son of Nicholas & Catherine “Mahoney” Walsh. Edward and Bridget Cullivan had one child and that was Edward F. Walsh. Edward & Bridget Walsh is buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. After Bridget passed away, Edward P. Walsh married Ellen “Murphy” Nolan.

Left the tombstone of Ellen “Murphy” Nolan Walsh, the 2nd wife of Edward P. Walsh. When Edward’s first wife passed away, he then married Ellen “Murphy” Nolan and they had three more children, Katherine, Corean and Charles. Ellen Walsh is buried in St. Peters Cemetery in the middle section. Edward P. & Bridget Walsh are buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Did not know what was the name of Ellen’s first husband other than his last name was Nolan.

Above is the tombstone for George Grannan who married to Mary Ellen “Walsh”. George was born in 1853 and died in 1913. He is buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

Above is the tombstone for Mary Ellen “Walsh” Grannan. She was born on May 21, 1866 and died on Dec. 8, 1888 at the age of 22. She is buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Mary Ellen was a sister to my Grandmother Bridget “Walsh” McCauley.

Above: is an obituary for George Grannan who died on Jan. 22, 1913

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Left: the tombstone for Roger and Anastasia “Walsh” Conlon. Anastasia was born in 1867 and died in 1939 while Roger was born in 1846 and died in 1915. Roger and Anastasia had 4 children, Bernard, Loretta, Leo and Timothy. Anastasia was the daughter of Nicholas and Catherine Walsh. Roger and Anastasia are buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Corning.

Above is the Tombstone of Edward F. and Mary “Smith” Walsh who are buried in the old section of St. John’s Cemetery in Washington, Indiana. Edward F. Walsh was born on Oct. 1, 1887 and died on Jan. 6, 1976. Edward F. married Mary Smith on Sept. 8, 1924. I was a pallbearer for Ed Walsh. Edward F. Walsh was the son of Edward P. & Bridget “Cullivan” Walsh and Edward P. Walsh was a brother to my Grandmother Bridget “Walsh” McCauley. Edward F. & Mary “Smith” had four children including an infant buried here Joseph L. born and died on Sept. 11, 1926,as well as sons Paul J. and William, and one daughter Delores.

Above: Obituary for Edward F. Walsh, who died on Jan. 6, 1976 was the son of Edward P. & Bridget “Cullivan” Walsh.

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Burial Information on

Margaret "Maggie" Walsh & Her Husband, Daniel Brewer

Buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in an Unmarked Grave.

Margaret: Born Sept. 1870, Died Mar. 17, 1904 Daniel Brewer: Born 1837, Died Sept. 10, 1902

Note: Margaret had conflicting dates of her birth, 1870 and 1871. In records of the Cemetery at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, it showed she was 33 years old at the time of her death. If she was born in Sept. of 1870 and died in March of 1904, she would have been 33 years of age at the time of her death. Below find a grave.com showed her death in 1871 and do not believe that to be correct. In the record of St. Patrick’s Cemetery it listed them as no marker on grave site and we do not know what part of the Cemetery they were buried in. We did not find any children listed for Margaret and Daniel Brewer.

Info. from Find-A-Grave.com Birth: 1871 Death: Mar. 17, 1904, Daviess County, Indiana, USA Burial: Saint Patrick Cemetery, Corning, Daviess County, Indiana, USA Created by: Wilton Golson Record added: Dec 29, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 82633937