Letter from William Bell to William Johnson, 1 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 William Robert Bell

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Letter from William Bell to solicitor William Johnson regarding previous correspondence about the removal of the remains of Mrs Campbell from one grave to another in the Burren burial ground. William Robert Bell (1873-1930) was a clerk for Newry District Urban Council for Co. Down.

National Archives of Ireland NAI/CSO/RP/1916/10801/2 https://letters1916.ie/item/4437 English William Robert Bell 1916-06-01 Newry, Co. Down, Ireland William Johnson Newry, Co. Down, Ireland Male 1930 Country and City Life Industry and Public Administration Personal Relations Country and City Life

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 NEWRY No. 1 RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. COUNTY OF DOWN. Rural District Council Offices, Workhouse, Newry. 1st. June 1916. Re Mrs Mary Campbell, Warrenpoint, Dead Dear Sir, With reference to my letter of the 16th ult. and further correspondence, I now send you a copy of a resolution adopted by the Sanitary Authority, consenting to the removal of the remains of Mrs Campbell from one grace to another in the Burren burial ground. Yours faithfully, William Bell Clerk of Council. "That the Newry No. 1. Rural District Council, being the Sanitary Authority for the district in which the Burren grave-yard is situated, hereby consent to the removal of the body of Mrs Campbell from the grave in which it is interred to another grave in the same burial ground." Wm. Johnson. Esq., Solicitor, Newry. WE, the Undersigned, Most Reverend Edward Mulhern Bishop of Dromore and The Reverend Felix Magennis Parish Priest of Warrenpoint and Clonallon being the Authority in whom the Burren Roman Catholic Burying-ground County Down is vested do hereby consent to the removal of the remains of the late Mrs. Mary Campbell who died at Warrenpoint on the 16th February 1916 being removed from the grave in which it is interred in the said Burren Roman Catholic Burying-ground and to the said remains being re-interred in her Husband's grave in said graveyard. Edward Mulhern Felix Magennis To the Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, Dublin and Messrs. James Kelly and John Crawford Executors of Mary Campbell deceased and all others whom it may concern. William Johnson Letter from William Johnson to the chief secretary, 14 April 1916Letter from William Bell to William Johnson, 1 June 1916Letter from William Johnson to Sir Robert Chalmers, 24 June 1916 William Robert Bell Letter from William Bell to William Johnson, 1 June 1916 Newry, Co. Down, Ireland Letter from William Bell to William Johnson, 1 June 1916