Saturday, September 25, 2010

Some O'Connell Ronayne Women and ???

The adult row:  3rd from the left, Lizzie O'Connell Ronayne; 2nd from the right, Ellen O'Connell Ronayne.
Children:  2nd fro the left, possibly Ann Mary O'Connell; right Alice O'Connell.
      No information about the date or the occasion.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Party for Ray & Jay Kilduff



     Ray and Jay Kilduff are the sons of Cornelius Kilduff and Dorothy Connelly.  Cornelius is the son of Cornelius Kilduff and Mary Ellen Murphy.  Mary Ellen is the daughter of Mary Shea and Moses Murphy.  Cornelius is the son of James Kilduff and Rose McCreary.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Young Life Lost...Brown Descendant

Jed T. Brown
    This passage from the "St. Thomas News"  (6 September 2010) says it all:
Hushed tones spoke volumes as people left church after 5 pm mass Saturday at St. Thomas... sad news of a fatal, Friday night ATV accident, that took the life of 15-year-old, Jed Brown, of Shakopee. Funeral Service is at St. John's Lutheran Church and Jed will rest at the Catholic Cemetery in Shakopee. The good-looking, blue-eyed, and curly-haired lad loved every-kind of sport and is remembered for his infectious grin, quick wit, his humor and fun-loving nature. Jed is on the James C (1889-1967) and Margaret Sullivan Brown (1893-1921) branch of our St. Thomas tree, a son of Tim Brown and grandson of Dorothy Brown and Sylvester “Bud” Brown (1917-1980). Jed's Aunt Theresa is laid to rest with our Dearly Departed here at St. Thomas. Our deepest sympathies to Jed's family, especially his Mom Tracy, his Dad Tim, brothers, Behn and Drew, aunts Sharon and Kathleen “Tootie” and Jed's loving Grandma Dorothy. The Labor Day weekend will never be the same for them.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

The Old Regan house...

The house in the background belonged to Regans.  Does anyone recognize the fellows in the picture?

Monday, September 6, 2010

Dalby Database

      John Dalby and his wife walked many cemeteries to collect data.  As they built their database, they also received contributions.  If you have relatives buried in the St. Thomas and surrounding areas, check out the Dalby Database--Cemeteries.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Tyrone and Derrynane Voters 1874

In the Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives by The House of Representatives, First Session of the Forty-Fourth Congress (1876) there is a record of the disputed election of Cox v. Strait.  As part of the investigation, information regarding poll lists and election judges was collected.  If you follow this link, you may find your ancestor by doing a name search when you reach the Google digitized version of this volume.  You can also search by Derrynane or Tyrone Township.

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