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FEATURED DOCUMENTS 2021-05-02 Hamlin Garland - "Veritist" Writer of the Middle Borders by Laura Ferri (Introduction by William J. Bowe, Jr.) 2021-01-21 Tony Bowe interviews Bill Bowe about Tony's Grandparents, Augustine Joseph Bowe and Julia Lecour Bowe 2019-10-12 [...]
The Hart Family
My earliest recollection of having Hart family cousins came from my mother mentioning James Austin Hart to me. he was then the Dean of the DePaul University business school in Chicago.
Introduction of Reunion Co-Hosts Anthony Canavan Bowe and Beth Hanley Dunn
Editor's Note: To get the pre-dinner part of the Reunion program underway, Bill Bowe introduces the Reunion's star-name attraction, host Anthony Canavan Bowe, and the organizer and host of the Chicago Botanic Garden event, Beth Hanley Dunn. [...]
Tony Bowe on Gus and Julia Bowe and the Canavan Family Website
Editor's Note: Before dinner at The Cliff Dwellers, Tony Bowe talks to the Reunion guests about his grandparents, Gus and Julia Bowe. He also comments on the false report of my death and Illinois Appellate Court Judge Michael Hyman's recent [...]
Bill Bowe warns of B.E.D. risk.
Editor's Note: In my pre-dinner remarks, I took time to warn the Reunion diners of the dangers of B.E.D. First diagnosed two years earlier in my brother Richard and myself, Buffet Eating Disorder causes the sufferers to eat so [...]
2021 The Parish Families
The first thing to know about the Parish families over the generations is that many of the males have William as a first name. Many others share the name Varnum or Anthony. Of those named William, about half have [...]
1935-Nancy, Jacques & Chesley in Chindrieux & an Alpine Excursion
In 1935 in Chindrieux Nancy & Jacques attend a wedding, watch Chesley play, swim in Lake Bourget, and travel through the Alps boating and hiking.
1934-Chesley is Born and Family Visits
Nancy Gwinn & Jacques Riboud go to a wedding in Paris, welcome the birth of daughter Chesley at 7, Rue Madame, watch Bon Papa work on the Lake Bourget dock, swim, greet Nancy's mother Elizabeth Tack Gwinn and [...]
Anthony Canavan & Ann Hughes Trees
Editor's Note: Our progenitor Anthony Canavan, Sr. was born in Ireland in 1822 to his namesake father Anthony Canavan and his mother Catherine (Kitty) Kirby. Because the son Anthony Canavan, Sr. and his wife Ann Hughes emigrated to the [...]
