Occupation/Rank: Weaver
Date of Death: 05 May 1941
Place of Death: 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle
Age: 23
Hessie lost her life when a parachute mine landed on Barbour Street.
Her mother Annie, sisters Annie, Evelyn and Eva, brother James, daughter Hazel, aunt Agnes, and nieces Maureen and Anne also lost their lives.
Seventeen others were also killed in the blast.
Hessie is buried in Carnmoney Public Cemetery with her family.
Related People
Surname | Forename(s) | Age | Occupation/Rank | Date of Death | Place of Death | |
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Black | Annie | 57 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Black | Evelyn | 14 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Black | James | 12 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Black | Hazel | 2 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Black | Eva | 21 | Roving Loom Worker | 05 May 1941 | Royal Victoria Hospital | View |
Dowds | Annie | 31 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Dowds | Maureen | 6 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Dowds | Anne | 2 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Hanna | Samuel | 35 | Senior ARP Warden | 05 May 1941 | 20 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Henderson | Agnes (aka Nancy) | 68 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle | View |
Knox | Agnes | 66 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Maxwell | Joseph | 72 | Labourer | 05 May 1941 | 24 Barbour Street | View |
McGaughan | Sarah Jane | 60 | - | 05 May 1941 | 27 Barbour Street | View |
McTernaghan | Eliza Jane | 55 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
Richardson | Charles | 69 | - | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Richardson | Ellen | 63 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 18 Barbour Street | View |
Rodgers | Jane | 36 | Spinner | 05 May 1941 | 19 Barbour Street | View |
Rodgers | Robert | 10 | - | 05 May 1941 | 19 Barbour Street | View |
Rodgers | Phyllis | 8 | - | 05 May 1941 | 19 Barbour Street | View |
Rowley | Charles James | 57 | - | 11 May 1941 | Injured 5 May 1941 at 19 Barbour Street and died at Massereene Hospital. | View |
Rowley | Emily | 58 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 19 Barbour Street | View |
Smyth | Ellen | 34 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
Smyth | Lawrence | 12 | - | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
Smyth | May | 10 | - | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
Smyth | Elizabeth | 7 | - | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
Smyth | Sadie | 5 | - | 05 May 1941 | 22 Barbour Street | View |
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