A Christmas Gone to the Dogs
A Christmas Gone to the Dogs On a cold Christmas Day in 2022, Charlie and Betty helped open the presents under the tree.
France 2022
With the pandemic and lockdown fading fast in the rear view mirror, I proposed to my son Pat that he join me in visiting our cousins in France this summer.
Pat Bowe
Pat Bowe E Editor's note : Pat Bowe was a key member of the secret cabal that tried and failed to throw a surprise party for my 80th birthday. Leaders Tony and Cathy Bowe tasked Charley Bowe with organizing [...]
25 The Gwinn Sisters (Bowe, Casey, Danielak & Riboud)
25 The Gwinn Sisters (Bowe, Casey, Danielak & Riboud) We’re in the home stretch now folks, as we follow the Gwinn sisters into the Casey, Bowe and Riboud families. You see my mother Mary and the four Gwinn [...]
2021-07 The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families
The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families In the center of this slide you see Mabel’s daughter Julia Lecour. Julia married my uncle, Augustine Bowe in 1927. Gus, as he was known, was Julia’s cousin once removed, being [...]
2021-06 Mabel Canavan & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe)
Mabel Canavan Lecour & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe) In 1900, Mabel Canavan moved from Michigan back to Kankakee County, where her father had grown up. There she married Edward Lecour. Edward’s family was of French extraction and [...]
1991 Nancy Gwinn Riboud (1911-1991)
1991 Nancy Gwinn Riboud (1911-1991) Editor's Note: Nancy Gwinn, my mother's sister, married Jacques Riboud in 1933, nine years before I was born. Though she and Jacques raised their five children in France, I remember meeting the Riboud family [...]
1990 Emily Casey Has a Birthday Party, 2212 Chestnut Street, Northbrook, Illinois
1990 Emily Casey Has a Birthday Party, 2212 Chestnut Street, Northbrook, Illinois Editor's Note: In May, 1990, Emily Casey celebrated her birthday with a family party at home. Emily and Andy Bowe chowed down on hot dogs while [...]