1987 (7) Mary Canavan McNulty (1847-1933)
The 4th child born to Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes was Mary Canavan.
1987 (6) John Canavan (1843-1936)
John Canavan was the 2nd oldest child of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes.
1987 (5) Catherine Canavan Parish (1859-1940) and William Wallace Parish (-1944)
John also remembers the 3rd youngest child of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes, Catherine Canavan Parish, who married William Wallace Parish of Momence, Illinois
1987 (4) John Bowe (-1910) and Ellen Canavan (1861-1943)
John Casey has memories as a boy of visiting his mother's sister, Ellen Bowe and her family when they were living on Albany Avenue.
1987 (3) Austin Augustine Canavan (1852-1917)
John Casey remembers that the man he called his “uncle Gus” was born in Philadelphia, the 6th child of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes.
1987 (2) Austin Canavan (1821-1913)
Uncle Gus’s own uncle, his near namesake Austin Canavan, had already settled in Momence, Illinois at this point and later encouraged Anthony and Ann to leave Philadelphia and move their growing family near him in Kankakee County in Illinois.
1987 (1) Anthony Canavan (1822-1890) & Ann Hughes (1818-1899)
John tells the story of their nine-week sailing voyage from Ireland to Baltimore, their immediate relocation to Philadelphia and Ann quickly finding a job during Anthony's serious illness.
Anthony Canavan, Jr. (1845-)
No one now alive knows what befell Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes's 3rd child, Anthony, Jr., called Tony.
The Children of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes
Long story short: they quit after 13.
