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                                     Family  Headstones in Ireland. The Smith and Cloney families in  Swords, Co. Dublin, Church of Ireland churchyard.          James Smith and Frances  Bryan were married in 1849. The marriage was registered in Ratoath, Meath, Ireland. Frances was one of six daughters of Lydia and Walter Bryan whose home was Baltrasna, in Ashbourne, Meath. The family story says that Walter built a home for Frances and James at Greenfields, on Seatown Road, Swords, Co. Dublin. James and Frances were my second great-grandparents. Their eldest son was John William, father of my grandmother,  Victoria Alice Maud Smith, known as Alice.  There are two Smith headstones located in the Swords Church of Ireland  churchyard. They are found toward the back of the cemetery on the left, when facing the church.  One h...