Or probably not quite 2 years old. My mother was born 10 October 1939, and I’m guessing this photo was taken in the summer of 1941. So she would have been about 21 or 22 months old here. This photograph…
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Three Generations
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My great-grandmother Catherine Honora McCarthy (1876-1941), with her daughter Noreen McGlade (1913-1996), and one of her granddaughters. Credits: Fonts: Coldstyle, Heck Italic; P22 Typewriter; Saltpetre. Typewriter Alphabet keys: HGD by Laurie Ann. All other papers and elements by the Shabby Princess. View…
Scene from a Perth Childhood
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At the Lake
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Lawrence McCann, husband of Ann O’Reilly (Ireland to Canada)
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A reader is looking for more information on her 3x-great-grandfather Lawrence McCann, who emigrated to North America probably in the mid- to late-1830s. What little information I have is as follows: Lawrence McCann was born in Ireland about 1811. His…
Burial of Thomas Dunn
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Courtesy of Bruce B. Gordon, a response (with a great photograph!) to my query, ’Was Thomas Dunn buried at St. Bridget’s RC Cemetery at Stanleyville?‘ Thomas Dunn, who died 30 December 1886 at North Burgess (Lanark Co., Ontario) and whose…
Bridget McCann: Friend or Relation?
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In records pertaining to my McGlade-Dunne ancestors, who emigrated from Co. Armagh, Ireland to Counties Leeds and Lanark, Ontario, the name McCann turns up at several key points. For example, two of the children of John McGlade and Bridget Dunne…
Catherine Frances McGlade (1939-2012)
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Catherine Frances (McGlade) Moran, 10 October 1939 – 22 December 2012. My beautiful mother: Obituary here and here.
When did my maternal grandparents meet?
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My maternal grandparents John (“Jack”) Eugene McGlade1 and Delia Lucie Derouin were married on 10 February 1931, at St. John Chyrostom RC Church in Arnprior (Renfrew Co., Ontario). My grandfather lived in his birthplace of Perth (Lanark Co., Ontario) at…
Funeral Prayer Cards
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I tend to think of funeral prayer cards as a Catholic thing, though this assumption may be a function of my own, somewhat limited experience: the vast majority of funerals I have attended have been Catholic (at the moment, I…