Black Family Obelisk - Old Graveyard, Ballywillan, Northern Ireland
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N 55° 11.244 W 006° 38.042
29U E 650625 N 6118199
The Old Graveyard at Ballywillan is near Portrush.
Waymark Code: WM1641X
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 04/30/2022
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This plain obelisk is near the southwest corner of the graveyard. There are other obelisks in this cemetery.
The following text is found on the monument.
IN MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM BLACK
COTTAGE DUNDOAN
WHO DIED 3RD MARCH 1877
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE
NANCY STEEN,
BORN 28TH JANUARY 1826,
DIED 10TH APRIL 1916.
MARY STEEN BLACK
DEAR AND ONLY CHILD OF
WILLIAM AND NANCY BLACK
BORN 28TH MAY 1854
DIED 12TH JANY 1889
Their daughter's birth was announced in the Londonderry Sentinel newspaper, 9 June 1854 edition.