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 [...]
2021-06 Mabel Canavan & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe)
Mabel Canavan Lecour & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe) In 1900, Mabel Canavan moved from Michigan back to Kankakee County, where her father had grown up. There she married Edward Lecour. Edward’s family was of French extraction and [...]
2021-05 James Canavan & Julia Kingsley (Mabel Canavan Lecour)
James Canavan & Julia Kingsley (Mabel Canavan Lecour) As the oldest of the 13 children of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes, James had been born in County Mayo in Ireland in 1841. As he came of age [...]
2021-04 The 13 Children of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes
The 13 Children of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes In this family tree, you see all the 13 children of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes in the order of their birth. The oldest, James is on [...]
2021-03 Coming to America – John Casey on Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes
Coming to America - John Casey on Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes Editor's Note: In 1987, I sat down with my uncle John Casey, a grandson of Anthony Canavan, Sr. and Ann Hughes. He was the son [...]
2021-02 Anthony Canavan and Catherine Kirby
Anthony Canavan and Catherine Kirby Let’s look at the family tree of the earliest Anthony Canavan we know anything about. The progenitor Anthony Canavan at the top of this family tree was born in 1790 in County Mayo, [...]
2021-01 “Aren’t Families Wonderful!”
"Aren't Families Wonderful!" Editor's Note: In this introduction to the talk I gave at our gala Reunion dinner, I set out to explain to the assembled how they were all related to one another. With the lockdown's separation [...]
1991 Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch’s 40th Wedding Anniversary Party, Cary, Illinois
1991 Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch's 40th Wedding Anniversary Party, Cary, Illinois Editor's Note: In June, 1991, Bobby Gay and Jack Lynch celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a family party at a park in Cary, Illinois. The [...]
