Saturday, February 5, 2022

A Fun Rabbit Hole

 Recently I found the death record for Gabriel Cathcart. I decided to find his death place on Google Maps.

William Cathcart Holton/ Celia Cathcart & Caryl Ames Holton/ William Gabriel Cathcart & Anna Sconce/ John Marshall Cathcart & Sarah Alexander/ Gabriel Cathcart (1817-1902) & Hester Marshall 

This record* states that Gabriel Cathcart died April 18, 1902 at 19 Pakenham Street, Belfast, Ireland. He was a widower, 84 years old and a retired farmer. Cause "senile decay." His granddaughter Hessie Walker was present when he died. Gabriel was living with his daughter Charlotte Cathcart Walker and her husband Samuel Walker. 


Pakingham Street
In 1981 the row houses were not in good shape. 
Windows and doors were bricked up to keep out vandals. 
November 2020 Google Maps made these images. 
#19 Pakenham is the brown door to the right of the yellow door. 
#19 is the last "house" on the left before the building slants to the right
I can't find a construction date for the building. It looks like it might have been existing in 1902. What do you think?


*irish genealogy.ie/churchrecords




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