Joseph SHEERIN [33755]
- Born: 8 Dec 1876, Meath IRL
- Baptised: 10 Dec 1876, Beauparc Meath IRL
- Marriage (1): Mary Ann REILLY [33761] in 1910 in Navan IRL
- Died: 7 Jul 1916, Killed in Action aged 39
- Buried: Loos Cemetery Calais France
General Notes:
Joseph Sheerin Birth Date: 8 Dec 1876 Birth Place: Meath, Ireland Father: James Sheerin Mother: Kate Sheerin Hickey FHL Film Number: 255971
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers Joseph Sheean Baptism Age0 Event TypeBaptism Birth Date1876 Baptism Date10/12/1876 Baptism PlaceIreland Beauparc Meath DioceseMeath FatherJames Sheean MotherKate Hickey
Marriage Joseph Sheerin Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep, 1910 Registration District: Navan, Ireland Volume: 2 Page Number: 741 FHL Film Number: 101262 Records on Page: Name Mary Anne Reilly
Ireland, Census, 1911 Joseph Sheerin Marital status: Married Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1881 Birth Place: Navan Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911 House Number: 41 Townland/Street: Brew Hill District: Navan Urban County: Meath Country: Ireland Electoral District: Navan Urban Literacy: Read and write Occupation: Labourer Religion: Roman Catholic Relationship: Head
Joseph joined the British Army to fight the Germans hoping as many Republican Irish did that such a loyal act would be rewarded by Westminster with Irish Home Rule. Sadly it did not, many republicans that served were villified by their community upon returning to Ireland. Irish resistance hardened to demanding independance from Britain and "the troubles" continued for most of the century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Home_Rule_movement#:~:text=The%20Irish%20Home%20Rule%20movement,end%20of%20World%20War%20I.
Sadly Joseph was killed.
Ireland WWI Casualties. Sheerin Joseph Reg No 12284, Rank Pvt, 8th Royal Irish Fusilies; Killed in action, France, July 7th, 1916; Born Yellow Furze Co Meath.
Joseph Sherrin Birth Place: Yellow Furze, Co. Meath Residence: Beauparc, Co. Meath Death Date: 7 Jul 1916 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Navan, Co. Meath Rank: Private Regiment: Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Battalion: 8th Battalion Regimental Number: 20131 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Private Joseph Sheerin Death 7 Jul 1916 Burial Loos Memorial at Dud Corner Cemetery Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot Panel 124. Memorial ID 15759548 Service No: 20131 Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers, 8th Bn.
UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 Joseph Sheerin Rank: Pte Record Type: Card Death Date: 7 Jul 1916 Service Number: 20191 Corps, Regiment or Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Title: Pension Record Cards Description: Other Ranks Died Shea J-Shefford RR Reference Number: 1/WS/1919 Next of Kin: Mary Anne Sheerin Widow Kathleen Mary Sheerin Child
Research Notes:
Image courtesy Godwin Family Tree Ancestry - 2020
Other Records
1. Joseph Sheerin: Memorial Card, 1916. A memorial card commemorating the death in WWI of Joseph Sheerin, in action in France. One of the millions who died in "The War to end all Wars" a disgraceful piece of Western History. Ref: R Godwin his Gt Grandchild - 2023
Joseph married Mary Ann REILLY [33761] [MRIN: 12090] in 1910 in Navan IRL. (Mary Ann REILLY [33761] was born in 1889 in Meath IRL and died in 1920 in Meath IRL.)
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