1951 Reunion of the James Francis and Anna Canavan Hart Family, Des Moines, IA
Front row: Florence, Annie, Mary Ann, Joe Jr., Denise, Mike, Jimmy, Elizabeth, Maureen;Middle row: Florence (Mrs. Paul) holding Paul, Izzy (Mrs. Pete) holding Katie, Anna Canavan Hart holding John, Donna (Mrs. Larry) holding Tom, Marie (Mrs. Jim) holding Larry;Back row: [...]
The Families Vol. 2 Website Launches
November 29, 2020 Well over 50 people joined the Zoom launch meeting yesterday for The Families: Vol. 2 website. They came from the West Coast, from France and from all points in between. The festivities began with a meet [...]
Bill and Gus Bowe, as Remembered by Jim Hart in his Memoirs
8/1/1918 WB JHT 1700 Oakland Street, Des Moines, Iowa -- According to Joe Hart (a retired Canavan relative in Ireland) this is Bill Bowe, Sr. visiting his Canavan cousin Jim Hart's family after mustering out of the Army at [...]
2001 John & Roberta Lynch’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Party
Teddy Casey took this video at Jack & Roberta Lynch's 50th Anniversary Party in 2001. It features the receiving line with Jack & Roberta and their children, the 50th anniversary blessing, toasts by Walter Heffron (brother-in-law), Sarah Lynch (niece) [...]
2001 John and Roberta Lynch 50th Wedding Anniversary Video
In 2001, Catherine Lynch Pleil, and her husband, Joachim (Joach) made this video in celebration of Jack and Roberta (Wyman) Lynch's 50th wedding anniversary. Extended family members of the Lynch and Wyman families, as well as family friends are [...]
All the Kids of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes and Then Some
Editor's Note: If the tome of Descendants of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes were in book form and you weren't careful, it would break your coffee table in two. But it's not a book. It's merely [...]
Julia Lecour Bowe’s Preface to The Generations (1959)
Preface to The Generations (1959) by Julia Lecour Bowe What kind of a country was it that Paulin Pallissard came to in 1855? It was prairie land at the foot of Lake Michigan in a country along the Kankakee [...]
2001-05-27 Anna Victoria Skura Family Index and Parish-Skura Album and Genealogy
2001-05-27 Anna Victoria Skura Family Index and Parish-Skura Album and GenealogyEditor's Note: During high school, Anna Victoria Skura, a Parish family descendant, completed her assignment. To create her family index she researched:all known locations in the United States they have [...]
1984-03-15 The Parish Family and the Momence, Illinois Sesquicentennial (Momence Progress-Reporter Newspaper Article)
Editor's Note: At 19, William Parish, Sr. travelled from Naples, New York by way of the "Strap Railroad," the Erie Canal, a lake steamer to Chicago and overland. When he arrived in Momence, Illinois 18 days later in 1842, [...]
