1987 (5) Catherine Canavan Parish (1859-1940) and William Wallace Parish (-1944)
John also remembers the 3rd youngest child of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes, Catherine Canavan Parish, who married William Wallace Parish of Momence, Illinois
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.
1987 (1) Anthony Canavan (1822-1890) & Ann Hughes (1818-1899)
John tells the story of their nine-week sailing voyage from Ireland to Baltimore, their immediate relocation to Philadelphia and Ann quickly finding a job during Anthony's serious illness.
The Children of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes
Long story short: they quit after 13.
2023 Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes Descendants
Descendants of Anthony Canavan & Ann Hughes Index of Individual Canavan Descendants Index of Canavan Descendant Locations
Robert Augustus Gwinn (1827-1911)
Robert Augustus Gwinn, a teacher in Conyers, Georgia at the outset of the Civil War, recounts his service in the Confederate Army and his later capture and internment by General Sherman's Union Army troops.
Mary Gwinn Bowe Materials
1970 The Families, by Mary Gwinn Bowe 1970 Mary Gwinn Bowe Before & After Chicago, from The Families 1960-09-16 Mary Bowe Hosts Kennedy Kin in 1960 Presidential Election (Chicago Triboune
