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
Gus and Julia Bowe, Remembered Bill Bowe’s written account of Gus and Julia, in eight chapters drawn from the interviews on this page. The fifty video clips below remain the complete record — each caption links to the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2018 Wilbert R. Hasbrouck Memorial
Remembering Wilbert R. Hasbrouck (1931–2018) A Memorial Celebration at The Cliff Dwellers · Chicago · March 2, 2018 Contents Summary 1. Charles Hasbrouck 00:07 Welcome and Remembering His Father 00:07 Honoring Marilyn Hasbrouck 01:05 [...]
