Re: Costello / Callahan Family in Richmond,Virginia
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Re: Costello / Callahan Family in Richmond,Virginia
Lynn 7/18/11
Lynn, Unfortunately, I don't have any way of knowing if those Costellos are related to the people in the Callahan plot in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. As I memtioned, no one in my family ever heard of any Costello relatives, so we don't know who they might be. I've not had any success in reviewing old city directories, census reports, period newspapers or death records for Richmond. It's possible they lived in an area outside of Richmond and, as they had no grave markers, had no money for death notices in the newspaper. Death certificates, if required at that time, may have been filed in those other, unknown locales. I hope that some day, a descendant might discover their missing ancestors by way of my forum post. I also notified the predomnantly Irish Catholic church in the area, in case some one tries to track down their family through those records.