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 [...]
The Cliff Dwellers Canavan Family Reunion
This video is an introduction to the complete talk given at the Canavan Family Reunion dinner on September 25, 2021.
2021 The Skura Family
Editor's Note: In the summer of 1976, I was visiting my mother Mary Gwinn Bowe at her apartment when Ova Parish dropped by.
2021 The Parish Families
The first thing to know about the Parish families over the generations is that many of the males have William as a first name. Many others share the name Varnum or Anthony. Of those named William, about half have [...]
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.














