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.
2021 Obsessed: The Pandemic Meets the 114th Annual Meeting of Members of The Cliff Dwellers
Bill Bowe tells questionable stories of his incarceration during the pandemic.
2021 Gus & Julia Bowe: Tony Bowe Interviews Bill Bowe
Introduction to the Gus & Julia Interviews When Gus Bowe died on February 6, 1966, it wasn’t just headline news in the Chicago Tribune. The New York Times reported the news as well. And over at the Chicago [...]
Tony Bowe Asks Bill Bowe about His Mother, Mary Gwinn Bowe
Tony Bowe Asks Bill Bowe about His Mother, Mary Gwinn Bowe Editor's Note: In November 2022, Tony Bowe resumed his conversations with his cousin Bill Bowe, this time to learn more about Bill's immediate family, his father [...]
2021 Old Chicago
Editor's Note: Here is a collection of photos and postcards of a now lost Chicago shown at The Cliff Dwellers at a Canavan Family Reunion in 2021. The images date from 1867. The slideshow is accompanied by music and [...]
1997 Hamster Heaven Home
Editor's Note. At his grandparents home in Springfield, Illinois, Pat Bowe puts together a multi-story McMansion for his newly arrived hamster. After thinking about different names (Margueritta and Moesha were rejected), Pat's second hamster Marvita joins the earlier hamster [...]
2019 Wilbert R. Hasbrouck Memorial
Bill Hasbrouck was a Past-President of The Cliff Dwellers who advocated for, and presided over, admission of women to the club. He was also the architect of the award winning renovation of the space above Orchestra Hall that the [...]
