Although the Keating plot includes 17 total burials, only three children are commemorated on the dollhouse itself.
Mary Julia Keating
Mary Julia was the first child of John and Ellen (McCarren) Keating. She was born May 12, 1867, and passed away on June 2, 1868 at the age of 1 year and three weeks.
Mary Agnes Keating
Mary Agnes was the first child of Michael and Elizabeth (Guilfoyle) Keating. She was born on November 2, 1875, and passed away on February 2, 1876 at the age of 3 months.
Eddie Keating
Eddie Keating is the second child of John and Ellen Keating. He was born in around February 13, 1874, six years after Mary Julia passed away. He died on April 2, 1878 at the age of two years and seven weeks. His death is commemorated on the dollhouse directly below his sister’s.
Inscription ~ Poem
Below Eddie and Mary Julia’s inscription is a poem that reads as follows:
One by one the leaves are falling,
Fading, falling, day by day.
And in silence heaven is calling
One by one, our lambs away.
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