Mary Bowe’s Book The Families as a Canavan Guide
Joe discusses the role Mary Bowe's 1970 book The Families played in his unearthing the details of the Canavan roots in Ireland.
Uncle Jim Hart’s Memoirs: Understanding the Hart & Canavan Ancestors
Joe explains how his uncle Jim Hart's memoirs helped him focus on the source of his Irish ancestry and prompted his research into the Hart and Canavan roots in Ireland.
Canavan Journeys from Ireland to Philadelphia to Kankakee County to Iowa
Joe Hart recalls the family of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes sailing to America in a nine week voyage.
Without Doubt, the World’s Greatest Hart & Canavan Genealogist
Mary Gwinn Bowe may have pioneered the Canavan family tree 50 years ago in her work The Families, but Joseph Christopher Hart is today without doubt The World's Greatest Canavan and Hart Genealogist on the planet.
1987 (8) Son Anthony Canavan, Jr. (1845-)
John Casey recalls that "uncle Tony" went away and no one ever knew what happened to him
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)
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.
