2021-01 “Aren’t Families Wonderful!”
"Aren't Families Wonderful!" Editor's Note: In this introduction to the talk I gave at our gala Reunion dinner, I set out to explain to the assembled how they were all related to one another. With the lockdown's separation [...]
27. Canavan Origins Found: Curraghadooey Townlands, Crossboyne Parish, County Mayo
After several years in Ireland looking into the roots of the Hart and Canavan families, Joe Hart head to the genealogy centers in County Mayo.
1987 (8) Son Anthony Canavan, Jr. (1845-)
1987 (8) Son Anthony Canavan, Jr. (1845-) Editor’s Note: John’s account closes with a brief, poignant memory of “Uncle Tony” — Anthony Canavan, Jr. (b. 1845) — who left the family and was never heard from [...]
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)
1987 (5) Catherine Canavan Parish (1859-1940) and William Wallace Parish (-1944) Editor’s Note: John continues his account of his aunts and uncles, remembering Catherine “Kate” Canavan Parish (1859‑1940), her husband William Wallace Parish (‑1944), and Parish’s [...]
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.
