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Fred Langworthy and Susan O’Leary: Cultural Exiles

September 6, 2018
MThomas

Since I wrote about an ancestor on my father’s side (one of his side’s anyway) from the 1920s, I thought the next story to introduce should be from someone on my mother’s side, from roughly the same time period.

But one generation later. And with a theme of religious intolerance. And possibly related to 19th century Irish-American history. Continue Reading

William Joseph Bush(n)ell and the Switch Engine

September 3, 2018
MThomas

BM switch So where to start the family stories?

How about with a working man and the mighty engine that could (kill him)? Continue Reading

The Apple Falls Far from the Tree

September 3, 2018
MThomas

Apples ground My family name is Apple, but I am not related to anyone by that name.

Well, legally, yes. And by marriage. But genealogically no. So the old adage is definitely NOT true. At least not genetically.** Continue Reading

Finding the Tree in the Family Forest

August 31, 2018
MThomas

While visiting Montreal and Upstate New York for summer vacation, my family were greeted by an unhappy surprise.

My mother has Stage 4 cancer.

I’ve been spending the past two to three years researching my ancestry (at, you guessed it, ancestry.com) and I had already hoped to talk with my mother about her memories of our Irish and French Canadian heritage.

I’d already managed to find quite bit online via various databases, both public and private. But there’s no substitute for family stories. And now I have a time limit.

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