Ancestry/Genealogy
In reply to the discussion: well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all]mopinko
(72,085 posts)i went to visit, this being just down the road from me.
apparently a couple other family members were buried here, but moved to a place out in the western burbs. my carmel.
i have walked and driven through this cemetery a thousand times, and i cant believe i never noticed it is all irishmen. 95% i would guess.
the grave is in the early section, close to the lake. there is another marker on the other side, just a long thin one at ground level to m. lawler. that was ggrandma's maiden name. one of her parents, i'm guessing. the stone is older.
so, something occurred to me the other day, but i'm not sure where to look.
i wonder if either of my parents were registered as irish citizens. i never heard that they were, but it seems kinda surprising if neither were. perhaps it was just done in case they ever went back, but forgotten because they didnt.
did many people do that back then?