Today my mom’s mom would have been 100 years old. She was born in Milwaukee of parents who hadn’t yet been married five years. Her dad, my great grandpa, arrived from Austria-Hungary in 1902 (there was no Poland at that point) and by early 1909, was naturalized a U.S. citizen along with one child born [...]
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Happy 100 grandma!
Posted in genealogy, tagged birthday, genealogy, grandma, mom on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An unexpected trip down memory lane…
Posted in genealogy, tagged Berwyn, cemeteries, childhood, grandpa on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A visit to a cemetery yesterday prompted a literal trip down memory lane. A friend’s dad passed away last week. She emailed me the cemetery location and I was startled. The cemetery was located three blocks south of my dad’s sister’s old house. We didn’t go to see my aunt that often, but I knew [...]
Tipping the hat to the great great great grandfather from Tipperary…
Posted in genealogy, tagged genealogy, Horan, st patricks day, Syracuse, Tipperary on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
County Tipperary, Ireland Continuing my Saint Patrick’s Day tradition of honoring one of my Irish ancestors, this year I’ve chosen my oldest Irish relative who rode the ship to the United States…at probably around 60 years old. My great great great grandpa Lawrence Horan arrived in the U.S. from County Tipperary, Ireland – probably around [...]
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom & Dad (Too bad you aren’t here to celebrate)
Posted in genealogy, tagged 50th anniversary, marriage, mom, pop on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Patrick Farrell Patrick about 1944 (at around 20 years old.) John said he is at Manhattan, Kansas in flight training.Today’s photos will be of Patrick and John Farrell’s military photos. From John and Annette Farrell’s collection. These are the boys of Leo and Mary (Gerber) Farrell. Pam added: I’ve never seen this one before. I [...]
Genetic interests?
Posted in genealogy, tagged genealogy, genetics, grandpa, intellect, pop on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As noted in the post before this, I love History Detectives and watching the latest season has inspired me to transcribe a tape I made of my uncle this past April. It was a 45 minute interview, I’m on page 18, and I think I’m about halfway through the tape, finally. It’s taking a lot [...]
History Detectives – the cure for the genealogy blues…
Posted in genealogy, tagged genealogy, History Detectives, motivation on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been seriously working on my genealogy for nine years. The past few, I’ve been in and out of fervor. If a wall ends up being bricked, that’s a downer (last year.) A new record with new info, that’s a motivator. I taped my 78 year old uncle two months ago and got some new [...]
Saint Patrick’s rebirth
Posted in genealogy, tagged Cedar Rapids, flooding, genealogy on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
June 2008: U. S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Don Smith of St. Louis pilots a boat past St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids during the Cedar River flooding (the river is two or three blocks to the right). This is what St. Patrick’s looked like last June. I saw this picture and [...]
A tribute to a grand Irishman, John Farrell
Posted in genealogy, tagged Benton County, genealogy, st patricks day on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saint Patrick’s Day, I like to toast my Irish ancestors. Today, it’s great great grandpa John Farrell, who came to the US around 1848 from Kilkenny County Ireland. He landed in New Orleans, met up at some point there with my great great grandma Bridget Kelly, and married her in Vicksburg, Mississippi in January [...]
