Emily (or Emilie) De Ende Donnellan Dwyer born on 31 May 1817 in New Orleans and baptised on 24 June 1817 at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, LA. Her father was Stair Henry De Ende and his will from 1832 stated she was about 14 years of age. He mentioned her as one of his natural children with Victorie Cavelier or Cavalier (who was a free woman of color, said to be an octoroon). The census records for Harris County, Texas list Emily as age 30 in 1850 and 38 in 1860. Because she was not allowed to marry in Louisiana, she married her first husband Timothy J Donnellan, with the marriage recorded as May 11, 1841 Houston, Texas. Her children were christened at St Vincent de Paul Church in Houston, Texas, with the exception of her firstborn son Henry De Ende Donnellan who was born in 1838 in New Orleans before his parents marriage. After the death of her husband Timothy Donellan in 1849 in Houston, Texas, the widowed Emily De Ende Donellan married December 24, 1856 to Francis Dwyer, known as Frank, by whom she had two children. Emily's remains were later removed from the family crypt or vault (now under the Franklin Louisiana bridge) to Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas as evidenced by this notice provided by a Texas researcher, which appeared in the Houston Daily Post, Dec 8, 1901 (please not that the death date of Timothy Donnellan should be 1849...his widow Emily Donnellan appears in the 1850 Harris County, TX census)
A scene seldom witnessed in any city was the removal one day last week from one resting place to another of four bodies that had lain in the tomb for many years. They were those of Tim Donnellan who was buried in 1859; Henry Donnellan and Charles Ritchie, who were killed in 1866, and Mrs. Dwyer who died in 1867. The transfer of the remains was made from the vault at the north end of the Louisiana and Franklin avenue bridge to the new vault in Glenwood cemetery. Messrs. Wall and Stube, local undertakers, had charge of the removal. Old timers will remember the death of Mr. Donnellan and particularly those of young Donnellan and Ritchie. The two young men met a tragic and sudden death, being literally blown to fragments by the explosion of an old bomb they had picked up in the bayou. Not knowing what it contained, or whether it contained anything at all, they were anxious to ascertain and to this end they carried the bomb to their shop and began operations on it with a large hammer. An explosion followed and the two young men were killed. The news of the tragic death of the young men quickly spread and thousands visited the scene. There was nothing left of the bodies exhumed but the skulls and principal heavy bones. Several relatives of the deceased were present at the ceremony of removal and re-interment."
A scene seldom witnessed in any city was the removal one day last week from one resting place to another of four bodies that had lain in the tomb for many years. They were those of Tim Donnellan who was buried in 1859; Henry Donnellan and Charles Ritchie, who were killed in 1866, and Mrs. Dwyer who died in 1867. The transfer of the remains was made from the vault at the north end of the Louisiana and Franklin avenue bridge to the new vault in Glenwood cemetery. Messrs. Wall and Stube, local undertakers, had charge of the removal. Old timers will remember the death of Mr. Donnellan and particularly those of young Donnellan and Ritchie. The two young men met a tragic and sudden death, being literally blown to fragments by the explosion of an old bomb they had picked up in the bayou. Not knowing what it contained, or whether it contained anything at all, they were anxious to ascertain and to this end they carried the bomb to their shop and began operations on it with a large hammer. An explosion followed and the two young men were killed. The news of the tragic death of the young men quickly spread and thousands visited the scene. There was nothing left of the bodies exhumed but the skulls and principal heavy bones. Several relatives of the deceased were present at the ceremony of removal and re-interment."
Emily (or Emilie) De Ende Donnellan Dwyer born on 31 May 1817 in New Orleans and baptised on 24 June 1817 at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, LA. Her father was Stair Henry De Ende and his will from 1832 stated she was about 14 years of age. He mentioned her as one of his natural children with Victorie Cavelier or Cavalier (who was a free woman of color, said to be an octoroon). The census records for Harris County, Texas list Emily as age 30 in 1850 and 38 in 1860. Because she was not allowed to marry in Louisiana, she married her first husband Timothy J Donnellan, with the marriage recorded as May 11, 1841 Houston, Texas. Her children were christened at St Vincent de Paul Church in Houston, Texas, with the exception of her firstborn son Henry De Ende Donnellan who was born in 1838 in New Orleans before his parents marriage. After the death of her husband Timothy Donellan in 1849 in Houston, Texas, the widowed Emily De Ende Donellan married December 24, 1856 to Francis Dwyer, known as Frank, by whom she had two children. Emily's remains were later removed from the family crypt or vault (now under the Franklin Louisiana bridge) to Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas as evidenced by this notice provided by a Texas researcher, which appeared in the Houston Daily Post, Dec 8, 1901 (please not that the death date of Timothy Donnellan should be 1849...his widow Emily Donnellan appears in the 1850 Harris County, TX census)
A scene seldom witnessed in any city was the removal one day last week from one resting place to another of four bodies that had lain in the tomb for many years. They were those of Tim Donnellan who was buried in 1859; Henry Donnellan and Charles Ritchie, who were killed in 1866, and Mrs. Dwyer who died in 1867. The transfer of the remains was made from the vault at the north end of the Louisiana and Franklin avenue bridge to the new vault in Glenwood cemetery. Messrs. Wall and Stube, local undertakers, had charge of the removal. Old timers will remember the death of Mr. Donnellan and particularly those of young Donnellan and Ritchie. The two young men met a tragic and sudden death, being literally blown to fragments by the explosion of an old bomb they had picked up in the bayou. Not knowing what it contained, or whether it contained anything at all, they were anxious to ascertain and to this end they carried the bomb to their shop and began operations on it with a large hammer. An explosion followed and the two young men were killed. The news of the tragic death of the young men quickly spread and thousands visited the scene. There was nothing left of the bodies exhumed but the skulls and principal heavy bones. Several relatives of the deceased were present at the ceremony of removal and re-interment."
A scene seldom witnessed in any city was the removal one day last week from one resting place to another of four bodies that had lain in the tomb for many years. They were those of Tim Donnellan who was buried in 1859; Henry Donnellan and Charles Ritchie, who were killed in 1866, and Mrs. Dwyer who died in 1867. The transfer of the remains was made from the vault at the north end of the Louisiana and Franklin avenue bridge to the new vault in Glenwood cemetery. Messrs. Wall and Stube, local undertakers, had charge of the removal. Old timers will remember the death of Mr. Donnellan and particularly those of young Donnellan and Ritchie. The two young men met a tragic and sudden death, being literally blown to fragments by the explosion of an old bomb they had picked up in the bayou. Not knowing what it contained, or whether it contained anything at all, they were anxious to ascertain and to this end they carried the bomb to their shop and began operations on it with a large hammer. An explosion followed and the two young men were killed. The news of the tragic death of the young men quickly spread and thousands visited the scene. There was nothing left of the bodies exhumed but the skulls and principal heavy bones. Several relatives of the deceased were present at the ceremony of removal and re-interment."
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