Thursday, August 6, 2009

The Children of Anthony Corvan and Mary Healy.




Catherine Mary Corvan was the first child born to newly weds Anthony Corvan and his wife Mary Healy. On Wednesday, March 26, 1845, at 5:45 P.M, Catherine was born at 16 Adam's Row, St. Pancras.Unfortunately she lived only nine months, passing away on Thursday, December 25, 1845, at 4 o'clock on Christmas morning. Her cause of death was given as 'dentition', or teething, which was a commonly given cause of death for children in the 1800s.

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