Sarah Jane (Boyle) Makem (1900 - 1983)

Born 18 Oct 1900 in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland

Wife of Peter Makem — married 9 Jul 1918 in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland

Died 20 Apr 1983 at age 82 in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sarah Jane, daughter of tinsmith Thomas Boyle & Maggie Greene his wife, was born 18 Oct 1900 in Keady, Armagh, Ireland.^[1]

in 1911, Sarah Boyle was living with her widowed mother & six siblings at 15 Victoria Street, Keady Urban, Armagh, where her mother & older siblings were working as millworkers.^[2]

Sarah Boyle, daughter of smith Thomas Boyle, married laborer Peter Makem on 9 Jul 1918 at Keady.^[3] Peter Makem was a fiddler, & Sarah Boyle Makem was a traditional singer whose songs were recorded by collectors traveling through Ireland. Among their children was folksinger Tommy Makem.^[4]

Sarah Boyle Makem died 21 Apr 1983 in County Armagh, & was buried in St Patrick's Cemetery in Keady.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1900/01977/1761709.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001619456/
3. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1918/09715/5524880.pdf
4. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors. “Sarah Makem.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Makem. Accessed 15 Mar. 2022.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168001262/sarah-makem : accessed 14 March 2022), memorial page for Sarah Boyle Makem (18 Oct 1900–21 Apr 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168001262, citing St Patrick's RC Graveyard, Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland ; Maintained by Eireannach (contributor 48879922) .