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Sea Voyages With Father
Annie Burke shares memories of how her father, Jim Burke, helped her overcome childhood respiratory…
family album | The Road to Bright City
My grandfather John Bernard “Barney” Hynes and his brother, Thomas J. Hynes emigrated in their…
Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow
Chicken today, feathers tomorrow. That’s how my mother described life with my father, James McQuilan…
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Family Photo Album: Sea Voyages With Father
Writing from his mother’s perspective, Jim Dette pays tribute to the memory of his grandfather Jim Burke. My son has been after me to write down some of the remembrances […]
Family Photo Album: The Boys of Summer
For years my father, Roger Millea, a retired urologist, has refused to use a computer. So for his 83rd birthday, I flew to Rapid City, South Dakota, presented him with […]
Family Photo Album: Neither a Nun Nor Married
Aunt Peggy Last year my mother began to hang old photographs and framed documents on what she calls the “family wall” in her living room. No need for a coat […]
Family Photo Album: The Autobiography of Patrick Cashin
Patrick Cashin recorded his autobiography on March 8, 1971, his 60th birthday. In 13 minutes and 20 seconds of cassette tape, he tells his life story with pride and a […]
Family Photo Album: Mary’s Gift
This is a photo of my maternal grandmother Mary Clifford, or Nom as she was always known to me. She was born in the rural picturesque parish of Cartron, Kilmore, […]
Family Album: John Hughes
This is a picture of my grandfather, John Thomas Hughes, born January 1891 in Dundalk, Co. Louth. He died in May of 1954, so I never had the pleasure of […]