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Hessie Black

Key Facts

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
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