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Remember Joseph! - Truth very often is stranger than fiction.

One of my first on the job training experiences - was a tour of the Crane Paper Company in Massachusetts.

I had to share it with you.

Cousin,

John Patrick

I'm sorry this may not relate. However my mother who is 95 had a friend named KELLY for many years. She had not heard from him in years and asked me to help her find if he was still alive. Investigation found that he had died in Beckley, West Virginia and we visited his burial site. I often think of...

HOLY COW!

Its an old Irish expression used in West Virginia.

Cousin,

John Patrick

Hello Patricia,

I don't know where you are from but I have a friend in ENGLAND who spells humor the same as you. HUMOUR! And don't forget it was my friend GILHOOLYS cake!

Cousin.

John Patrick

Stephen Crane was the first in the Crane family to become a papermaker. He sold currency-type paper to engraver Paul Revere, who printed the American Colonies’ first paper money. In 1801 Crane was founded by Zenas Crane, Henry Wiswall and John Willard. The company's original mill had a daily output ...

Ok lets mix the pot some more. :wink: Ireland Old News Roscommon Journal Roscommon, co. Roscommon, Ireland 12 July 1845 Bigamy A Roscommon Summer Assizes, John FLYNN was indicted for having on the 12th Feb in the 6th Geo. IV, at Dromore, Co. Leitrim enter into marriage with one Judith ROWLEY, Spinst...

I have been pondering this for some time. If you go to the Ballykilcline.com., Ballykilcline story - you will find a Catherine White living with a blind Fallon girl. Now was Bridget Fallon Catherine Whites grandmother or was Bridget her mother by a Mr. White. Remember there were twins Mary and Cathe...

Hello Doris,

Is that a guy who makes Millions? Or a guy who makes Mills for grinding grain?

Cousin,

John Patrick

'There sings a bonnie linnet
Up the heather glen;
The voice has magic in it
Too sweet for mortal men!
Sing O, the blooming heather,
O, the heather glen!
Where fairest fairies gather
To lure in mortal men.'

Now lets shift from G-Grandmother Mary & Owen GILLULYs family to G-Grandfather Tomothy & Anne Goluly. Mary and Owen lived in Kingsville,WV. Came there with the building of the B & O Railroad from Allegheny, Virginia. Timothy & Anne Goluly lived in Weston, WV. Came there with The Nort...

OK! Mary and Catherine were twins.
When OWEN and MARY married the first boy was named after daddy, OWEN. The second child born was named after mommy, MARY.
The third child was named after ELLEN.
Later twins were born JOHN and CATHERINE.

Its the "NAME GAME".

Cousin,

John Patrick

I think I feel safe in posting this! Three young girls, traveling alone it appears, arrived in Boston Port on April 5, 1849. Mary White age 16 born 1833 - Catherine White age 16 born 1833 and Ellen White age 15 born 1834. National Archives Number M277, Roll 28. Where was OWEN and where was his broth...

OK! OWEN GILLULY and wife MARY WHITE entered the United States in 1849 according to the US Census of 1900. Owen Jr. was the first born in 1854, where ?. Mary was the second born in 1858 in Wisconsin. Questions: 1. Did they come throught Canada. 2. Did OWEN work on the canals in Canada? 3. Where did ...

1. OWEN - DOB 1854 - Born - ? 2. MARY - DOB 1858 - Wisconsin 3. ELLEN - DOB 1860 - Virginia 4. JAMES P. - DOB 1862 - Virginia 5. ANNA - DOB 1863 - Virginia 6. MARY ELIZABETH - DOB 06-06-1864 - West Virginia - DOD - LosAngeles - 03-19-1952 7. BRIDGET - DOB 1865 - West Virginia 8. MARGARET - DOB 1867 ...

For what it is worth. The 041 on the social security number indicates it was issued in Connecticut.