1 From the Riverwalk to Wolf Point
Out chartered tour boat proceeded west towards Wolf Point, passing under the DuSable, Rush, State, Dearborn, Clark, LaSalle, Wells and Franklin bascule bridges over the Chicago River. Our docent guide from the Chicago Architectural Foundation filled us in on the significance of the City’s famous buildings along this stretch of the River.
27 The Cliff Notes Version of How We’re All Related
27 The Cliff Notes Version of How We're All Related Well, there you have it. That’s the Cliff Notes version of how this Canavan group is all related. If you want the Encyclopaedia Britannica length version, you got [...]
26 Nancy Gwinn & Jacques Riboud (de la Chapelle, Lacombe, Kuhn and Corderoc’h)
26 Nancy Gwinn & Jacques Riboud (de la Chapelle, Lacombe, Kuhn and Corderoc'h) When two of the four daughters of my grandfather Richard Gwinn, Jr. married Canavan descendants John Casey and my father William Bowe, Sr., it created [...]
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 [...]
24 Walter Heffron I, Patriarch
24 Walter Heffron I, Patriarch We salute the Heffron patriarch, Walter Heffron I. At age 98, and with a virus still afoot, he couldn’t be with us in person, but we know he is with us in spirit. [...]
23 Patricia Lynch and Walter Heffron I (Cain, Turner, Romano & Reyes)
23 Patricia Lynch and Walter Heffron I (Cain, Turner, Romano and Reyes) Which brings us to Catherine Casey Lynch’s third child, Patricia Lynch Heffron. Her children with Walter Heffron brought along the Romano, Reyes, Turner and Cain family [...]
22 John Gibbons Lynch & Roberta Wyman Family
22 John Gibbons Lynch & Roberta Wyman Family Frank’s younger brother Jack Lynch also saw service in the military. After the War, Jack Lynch married Roberta Wyman in 1951. And their children Robbie, John Jr., Cathy, Beth, Casey, [...]
21 Francis Joseph Lynch & Susan Alling Family
21 Francis Joseph Lynch & Susan Alling Family The first child born to Patrick and Catherine Casey Lynch was Francis Lynch. On the left is a picture of him taken during World War II standing with my parents [...]
2021-20 Margaret Elizabeth Canavan & John Dominic Casey (Lynches & Gwinns)
Margaret Elizabeth Canavan & John Dominic Casey (Lynches & Gwinns) If you follow these light green tags, you can see that the last of the 13 children of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes is Margret Elizabeth Canavan. [...]
