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.
How the Younger Anthony Canavan became Anthony Canavan, Sr.
Anthony Canavan's father was also named Anthony Canavan. So why is the younger Anthony Canavan given the Senior suffix?
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.
1988 A Day at the Beach
Kathie, John, Rob and Charlie Bowe hosted a June 1988 Day at the Beach for the Caseys, Hanleys, Heffrons, Lynches, Thompsons and other Bowes. From the looks of it, it was a great family get-together. The "Cumpy" beach [...]
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.