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| Easton Express, Friday, 15JAN1926, pg 8 |
Anna Blanchfield nee Boyle was the daughter of Manus Maurice Boyle and Alice Monaghan. A coal miner, Manus left his pregnant wife and daughter, (Bridget) Mary, and went to Australia to mine for gold. He died in the shipwreck of the Royal Charter on his return voyage on October 26, 1859. He never got to hold his daughter, Anna (my 2nd great grandmother) who was born 2 months after his departure.
“Mrs. Martin Blanchfield
Mrs. Anna Blanchfield, wife of Martin Blanchfield, died at 9
o’clock last evening at her home, 34 Heckman street, Phillipsburg, from
paralysis, with which she was stricken two weeks ago. During the eight years that Mrs. Blanchfield
made her home in this town, coming here from Hazleton, Pa., she made many
friends.
Besides her husband the deceased is survived by the
following children: Mrs. Robert Flynn,
Misses Anna, Josephine, Lillian and William and Joseph Blanchfield. A sister, Mrs. Mary Fay, of Hazleton, also
survives her. She was a faithful member
of Sts. Philip and James’ Catholic church and the Rosary Society.”
A shame that her two daughters that predeceased her were not
mentioned. Mrs. Abraham (Mary) Turnbach
and my great grandmother, Mrs. Edward (Alice) Quirk. It reminds us that just because we come
across an obituary doesn’t mean that the information in it is complete (or in
many cases correct). A shame when
researchers get a piece of information like this and stop.
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