I am still gathering information about accidental deaths in Massachusetts -- and especially looking for information about deaths indirectly caused by natural disasters -- AND procedures that may have been followed when a body was considered dead but missing at the scene-- as well as what documents may have been generated by these procedures.
These documents may shed light on Edward Barry's death, but it is hoped that some clue in some as yet unknown document may shed light on the current objective:
Find birth locations in Ireland for all known siblings of John and Edward Higgins.
That includes Edward Higgins' sister Bridget (nee Higgins) Barry and a much younger brother named Michael, who died in Boston.
The underlying objective here would be to prove or disprove a link to the Roman Catholic Parish of Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland -- where not only Laurence Carrigan may have been baptized, but also possibly my gg grandfather Edward Higgins and his brother John.
So far all of the records I have just say "Ireland." However, there are still some basic records I need to collect, such as marriage and death records for Edward and Bridget Barry's children. And so this has become the new task.
