Our Barnes clan from County Offaly, Ireland died out with the family of John Barnes (1870-1949), his wife Bridget Larkin Barnes (1879-1934), and their only son, John Joe Barnes (1914-1998). Their son didn't marry, and after his death the family farm went to the Larkin family. I took this photo of their gravestone at the … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Barnes Family in County Offaly (King’s Co.), Ireland
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Surname Saturday – Our Doran Clan
March is Irish-American Heritage Month, so for the next four weeks my blog postings will be about different branches of our Irish roots. Our Doran Clan comes from West Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a section that at one time was on the outskirts of the city, called Springfield Village. This photo that I took, shows … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Our Doran Clan
Surname Saturday – Barnes Kinfolk of Wayne County, NC
We have two lines of Barnes kinfolk in our family tree, and this picture is of at least three generations of our Wayne County, North Carolina kinfolk. The original photo belonged to Sarah Ophelia Rose Barnes, who was married to Thomas Whitley Barnes (1861-1892). I've done a previous blog posting on Ophelia, as she was … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Barnes Kinfolk of Wayne County, NC