Person in this family
May Hoare
Born 4 March 1893; death not recorded
An unresolved family-tree entry proposed as a daughter of Peter McGreevy and Mary Ann Hickey and later a Hoare.
Partly proved
May Hoare is proposed in the family tree as a McGreevy daughter born on 4 March 1893, but no direct record names her.
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s second cousin twice removed
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's second cousin twice removed (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s second cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s second cousin once removed
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's second cousin once removed (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
May Hoare is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Our family tree proposes that May Hoare was a daughter of Peter McGreevy and Mary Ann Hickey, born on 4 March 1893 and later known by the surname Hoare. No birth or marriage record in this archive confirms her identity.
An Ipswich cemetery transcription places the McGreevys and Hoares near one another. It records Sarah Ellen as "Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE," while search text elsewhere on the cemetery site includes the name "May Hoare." These are collateral clues, not a record that names May as Peter and Mary's daughter or explains how she acquired the Hoare surname. Nothing further is currently known about her.
How we know this: This relationship is recorded here, but it has only indirect support from an ambiguous cemetery transcription. [1][2]
Family
Parents
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Places listed on this page
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Ireland
- Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
- County Tipperary, Ireland
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Timeline
Born
4 Mar 1893
From our family tree - no record found yet
Buried
The Ipswich cemetery transcription reads “McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE”; the site’s search text also says “HOARE Buried with Sarah Ellen McGREEVY & M. HOARE.” These are collateral burial clues, not a record naming May. [1]
Proved by a record
What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Australian Cemeteries, Ipswich Roman Catholic B
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
HICKEY | John | … | 25-Sep-1885 | 29 | County Tipperary, Ireland | McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE. | McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE. | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY. | McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE. | McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE | HOARE Buried with Sarah Ellen McGREEVY & M. HOARE. | McGREEVY | Sarah Ellen | | 7-May-1897 | 8 | Daughter of P. & M. McGREEVY Buried with Jack HOARE
Record exhibit
Australian Cemeteries, Ipswich Roman Catholic 4A
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | May Hoare | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
Reading Irish Civil Registration
The year 1864 is the dividing line in this family’s Irish paper trail. Civil registration began in 1845 for non-Catholic and civil marriages, but from 1 January 1864 the law required registration of all births,…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
Most branches on this site point toward New York or New Jersey. The Hickey–McGreevy–McGuire cluster points in the opposite direction, to Ipswich, Queensland. The Australian evidence is uneven: cemetery records …
What we still don't know
- Does a Queensland birth record support 4 March 1893?
- What is the complete wording of the McGreevy–Hoare grave inscription?
- Was Hoare her married surname, and if so whom did she marry?
- Obtain the complete grave inscription/photo for the Sarah Ellen McGreevy–Hoare plot and search Queensland civil births for an unnamed or variant-forename McGreevy child on 4 March 1893.