Anthony Canavan
Anthony Canavan, Sr. was a native of Ireland, his birth occurring in County Mayo in 1822. He was one o f a family of eleven children born to Anthony and Catherine Kirby (“Kittie”) Canavan.
John & Roberta Lynch Oral History
Editor's Note by Meg Lynch Meyer: My mother and father, Roberta Wyman Lynch and her husband John Lynch, were recorded late in their lives [...]
John & Patrice Lynch Family Tree
Editor's Note: As with most of the other families, a Canavan ancestor looms large for the John & Patrice Lynch Family. This is their [...]
Lynch Related Family Trees
John & Roberta Lynch Trees: John & Casey Lynch & The Terpstra, Pleil, Dwyer, Heck, Meyer, Gomez, Sundstrom, Truskey & Williams Families Frank & Susan [...]
Francis and Susan Alling Lynch Trees
At the age of 26, Francis Lynch married Susan Alling on Saturday, December 27, 1947, when she was 23 years old. Francis died on [...]
John Gibbons Lynch, Sr.
John Gibbons Lynch, Sr. (1922-2009) John Gibbons Lynch Sr., a resident of Cary, IL, and Inverness, FL, died on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 , after [...]
2011 Preface of William John Bowe Jr. to Julia & Gus
Preface I was delighted when Charley Bowe told me that he had run across a typewritten memoir authored by his paternal grandmother, Julia Lecour [...]
2006 Patricia Lynch Heffron Obituary
Patricia Lynch Heffron (1926-2006)Patricia Lynch Heffron of Sleepy Hollow for 45 years Patricia Lynch Heffron, 80, died in her home Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, shortly [...]
John Gibbons Lynch and Roberta Wyman Lynch Trees
Editor's Note: As with most of the other families, a Canavan ancestor looms large for the Lynch Families and their offshoots. [...]
Casey & Danielak Family Trees
Editor’s Note: As with most of the other families, a Canavan ancestor looms large for the Casey Families and their [...]
Anthony Canavan & Ann Hughes Trees
Editor's Note: Our progenitor Anthony Canavan, Sr. was born in Ireland in 1822 to his namesake father Anthony Canavan and his mother Catherine (Kitty) [...]
All the Kids of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes and Then Some
Editor's Note: If the tome of Descendants of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes were in book form and you weren't careful, [...]
The Families Vol. 2 Website Launches
November 29, 2020 Well over 50 people joined the Zoom launch meeting yesterday for The Families: Vol. 2 website. They came from the West [...]
2023 Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes Descendants
Descendants of Anthony Canavan & Ann Hughes Index of Individual Canavan Descendants Index of Canavan Descendant Locations
The Children of Anthony Canavan and Ann Hughes
Long story short: they quit after 13.
Mary Gwinn Bowe Photos (1901-1979)
Mary Gwinn Bowe Photos As happened not infrequently in those days, when Mary Gwinn Bowe entered the world in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901, her [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2021-20 Margaret Elizabeth Canavan & John Dominic Casey (Lynches & Gwinns)
Margaret Elizabeth Canavan & John Dominic Casey (Lynches & Gwinns) If you follow these light green tags, you can see that the last [...]
21 Francis Joseph Lynch & Susan Alling Family
21 Francis Joseph Lynch & Susan Alling Family The first child born to Patrick and Catherine Casey Lynch was Francis Lynch. On the [...]
22 John Gibbons Lynch & Roberta Wyman Family
22 John Gibbons Lynch & Roberta Wyman Family Frank’s younger brother Jack Lynch also saw service in the military. After the War, Jack [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
27 The Cliff Notes Version of How We’re All Related
27 The Cliff Notes Version of How We're All Related Well, there you have it. That’s the Cliff Notes version of how this [...]
2 From Wolf Point to Montgomery Ward on The North Branch
Rounding the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Chicago River at Wolf Point, Chicago’s Classic Lady headed up the North Branch to the turning basin at Goose Island by the original Montgomery Ward warehouse and office complex.
1 From the Riverwalk to Wolf Point
Out chartered tour boat proceeded west towards Wolf Point, passing under the DuSable, Rush, State, Dearborn, Clark, LaSalle, Wells and Franklin bascule bridges over the Chicago River. Our docent guide from the Chicago Architectural Foundation filled us in on the significance of the City’s famous buildings along this stretch of the River.
The Impossible Dream – Renaming the Reid Murdoch Building
Unfortunately I got carried away at the end and proposed that the name of the Reid Murdoch Building be changed to the Bowe Building. From the laughter and smirks on the faces of my kin, I could see they hadn’t been persuaded. That night I cried myself to sleep, knowing the Bowe Building would never come to be.
5 Eastbound to Navy Pier & a Return to Riverwalk
The next leg of the Canavan Family Reunion architectural boat tour took us east to the turning basin by the Chicago locks. There, adjacent to nearby Navy Pier, we stared into the sun and took in Chicago’s striking skyline.
6 The Canavans Abandon Ship
The Canavan related crowd abandoned ship in good order and surprisingly quickly. The rapidity of their departure was driven no doubt by the desire not to miss a minute of the approaching cocktail hour at The Cliff Dwellers.
Architectural Boat Tour: The Movie
Architectural Boat Tour: The Movie Editor's Note: The first event of the Canavan Family Reunion in 2021 was an exclusive Chicago River tour with [...]
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden Editor's Note: Sunday brought the Reunion crowd another gorgeous, sunny day. The Buehler Enabling Garden was exclusively set aside for [...]
Prof. John Gibbons Lynch, Jr.’s Interview with Bill Bowe
Prof. John Gibbons Lynch, Jr.'s Interview with Bill Bowe Editor's Note: On November 1, 2024, both John Lynch and I took a [...]
