There is a new blogging prompt at GeneaBloggers called, Family Friends Friday, and I think it is a perfect way to add those extra stories to genealogy. These are the folks that were considered family, and invited to every family function. They were the elders that we used to call auntie or uncle, because they … Continue reading Family Friends Friday – Lillian Flaherty Bannon (1895-1976)
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Surname Saturday – Mahoney Clan
This photograph from 1951 shows Thomas Mahoney (1931-2002) with his arms around his wife, Sheila Joyce Lewis Mahoney, and also his mother, Mary Dorothy Zielinski Mahoney (1906-1985). On the far left, family friend and honorary auntie, Lilly Flaherty Bannon (1895-1976) sits. I always remembered Lilly's name because she had lily white hair. All of these folks had … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Mahoney Clan
Surname Saturday – Barnes Family in County Offaly (King’s Co.), Ireland
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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