August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 Maryann Barnes

Mystery Monday – Belfast, Ireland Couple – Photographer, J. Thompson

During a recent visit to my father's cousins in New Jersey, my brother, John, and I came across this mystery photograph. He was looking through an old religious book that had belonged to their maiden great-aunt, Lizzie Hall. There stuck inside one of the pages, was this picture that neither Ted nor MaryLou had remembered … Continue reading Mystery Monday – Belfast, Ireland Couple – Photographer, J. Thompson

June 16, 2014 Maryann Barnes

Mystery Monday – Photograph of Mrs. Carolyn Hyde

This photograph of Mrs. Carolyn Hyde, with her dog, was taken around 1940 by her personal secretary, Mary Mirota. The two men are a mystery, as is also the location. In January of 2013 I had posted about Mrs. Hyde, along with sharing some photographs and postcards. I found Mrs. Hyde's obituary, dated 29 August … Continue reading Mystery Monday – Photograph of Mrs. Carolyn Hyde

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013 Maryann Barnes

Mystery Monday – 1898 Brooklyn Murder of Patrick Gilligan

Family legend tells of the story of my great-grandfather, John Mahoney (1860-1916), being connected to a Brooklyn murder mystery. My father and his siblings would talk about their grandfather having to leave Brooklyn when their mother, Mary Mahoney Doran, was three years old, because of this death in which John Mahoney was implicated. Since we … Continue reading Mystery Monday – 1898 Brooklyn Murder of Patrick Gilligan