Callahan and Sullivan Gravestone | Irish Famine | Boston

Callahan and Sullivan Gravestone Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery

73 years, Peter Callahan, DOD 1891, Nephritis

20 years, Peter J. Callahan, DOD 1886, Consumption

70 (65 shown above), Jane (Ring) Sullivan, DOD 1863, Asthma

30 years, Ann Sullivan, DOD 1861, Phthisis

Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Watertown, is a cemetery for mostly Irish immigrants who came to Boston during the Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór). From 1854 to 1881 there were 15,562 burials, 49% of them were children under the age of 6 years.

On April 29, 2021 Cambridge Public Library hosted a lecture entitled "The Forgotten Irish of Mount Auburn Catholic Cemetery" in which Bill McEvoy discussed his recently published book entitled "Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery East Watertown, MA by William A. McEvoy, Jr" mountauburn.org/catholic-mount-auburn-cemetery/

• Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan, had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 (Armagh) and 1852 (Cork) respectively. Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854. Daniel and his brother Neil were two of the five founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857 (Incorporated March 27, 1861). This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead".McKenna Family: Thirty-four relatives, 12 of whom were 6, 8 were 1 year or younger.

Taken on: July 21, 2018

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