Patrick Ryan (1842-1920)
I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at…
Tag: Sullivan
Death of Alexander Michael Moran
Newspaper obituaries often supply loads of genealogically useful information, along with interesting forename and surname spellings. Here, for example, is…
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Parents of James Edward Sullivan?
James Edward Sullivan was born about 1866, apparently at or near Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. He died in…
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A Claim for Exemption from the Draft
“Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)?” “Yes Claim Murder” Berkeley, California, 1965? Nope. East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1917.
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Veterans Death Cards: First World War
Available online at Library and Archives Canada: Veterans Death Cards: First World War. Here is the card for Charles Alexander…
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Who was Thomas Lanctot?
Also: Margaret Devine and Thomas William Sullivan, Home Children Thomas Lanctot [here spelled Langtoe] is found in the household of…
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What was her ‘real’ name? (Lillian Doyle)
Nowadays we tend to think of someone as having a ‘real’ name, with nicknames and diminutives as informal variations on…
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“My Maternal Ancestors,” by Alec Lunney
I am extremely grateful to Al Lunney for sending me a copy of Alec Lunney’s “A Collection of Family and…
