Joan Mary (Maureen) FALVEY

Joan Mary (Maureen) FALVEY

Female 1925 - 2003  (~ 78 years)

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  • Name Joan Mary (Maureen) FALVEY 
    Birth May 1925  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID 98414AFCC4B642B4A8439554F292B66B089D 
    Death 28 Sep 2003  94 Curraheen Drive, Model Farm Rd, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 30 Sep 2003  St Oliver's Cemetery, Model Farm Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ireland GRO Birth Index
      Joan Mary Falvey Q 30 Jun 1925 vol 5 pg 77 Cork

      Went to England at age 17. Worked in Holloway prison, was a guard for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hung in an English prison 13 July 1955. She said the screams of Ruth Ellis going to the hangman made her white so she packed up.

      She then worked on the ships on liners and met Eugene Barber on a ship.

      The Evening Echo - Cork - Monday 29 Sep 2003

      Barber (Cork): On September 28, 2003, peacefully, MARY (MAUREEN) (nee Falvey), beloved wife of Robert (Gene Barber), Curraheen Drive, Bishopstown. Sadly missed by her loving husband, sisters, brothers, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends and especially her good friend Breda Poland. RIP. Reposing at Fordes Funeral Home, South Gate Bridge. Rosary on this (Monday) evening at 8pm followed by removal to St. Finbarr's (South) Church. Funeral on tomorrow (Tuesday) after 2pm Requiem Mass to St. Oliver's Cemetery. - Cork Examiner
    Person ID I120  falvey08
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2024 

    Father Thomas FALVEY,   b. 18 Aug 1901, 10 Patrick's Arch, Off Gerald Griffin St., Blackpool, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1973, South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Old Blackrock Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Eliza (Lizzie) SHEEHAN,   b. 19 Apr 1900, 10 Green St., Off Pouladuff Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1983, 5 Presentation Place, Greenmount, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jul 1924  St Finbarr's West, (Church Of The Immaculate Conception). The Lough, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert (Eugene) BARBER,   b. Abt 1932, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 2008, St Finbarr's Hospital, (Formerly The Union Hospital & Cork District Hospital), Douglas Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1954  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address Address:
    Robert (Eugene) & Joan Mary (Maureen) BARBER
    Curreen, Cork City, 
    _UID 7827FFBC7F054185AA8E7A5C5A2A6708A53F 
    Family ID F96  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Jul 1954 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Sep 2003 - 94 Curraheen Drive, Model Farm Rd, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Sep 2003 - St Oliver's Cemetery, Model Farm Rd., Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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    Headstones
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  • Sources 
    1. [S802] Interview with Lily Falvey.