Thursday, February 12, 2009

Thomas Whelan Headstone



Here are photos of the headstone of Thomas Whelan who was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois on 8 November 1905. His wife, Delia (Della on the headstone) was buried in the same lot on 26 February 1919.




Here is a transcription of the headstone:

WHALEN
THOMAS F. WHALEN
DIED NOV. 5, 1905
DELLA WHALEN
DIED FEB. 22, 1919

This is an image of the plot card, showing 7 people buried in the plot.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kathy you are wonderful! These are my husbands Great Grandparents...Thomas and Delia/Della! I've saved the documents into my scrapbook pages on our genealogy program! Yes, Thomas was from County Carlow, Clonegal Ireland. He and Delia/Della lived at 2908 S Canal St in Chicago where Thomas was a horseshoer all of his life. Thomas died of Pneumonia and Delia/Della died from Heart Disease. I have death certs on both. I am just so tickled that you took the time to photograph and research them for us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Now if I could only find the Murphy's of his family but, that's for another time!

Thanks again!

Kathy Brady-Blake said...

I'm glad I was able to help you. And thanks for the additional information about Thomas and Della. It will be helpful to me as I sort out the Chicago Whelans. If I come across anything else for Thomas or Della, I will post it.