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Photo Album: As Apple Pie

Submitted by Ellen (Faron) Powers, Millbury, Massachusetts
June / July 2002

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Proud of their country and their new house, Lawrence and Blanche Faron hosted the Faron family's first July 4th clambake at their home in Millbury, Massachusetts in 1941. Lawrence's grandfather Peter Faron (Fern) had emigrated to the United States as a boy with his mother and six siblings from Kileary, County Armagh, in May 1853, six months after his father, Michael. Michael … [Read more...] about Photo Album: As Apple Pie

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Happy Valentine’s

Submitted by Mary Caulfield, Farmington Hills, Michigan
February / March 2002

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1916: Timothy & Mary Etta Caulfield, Ohio. ℘℘℘ On April 3, 1916, Timothy and Mary Etta Caulfield marked their 50th anniversary. The day began as befitting the occasion with High Mass at St. Joseph's Church in Dayton, celebrated by pastor, Rev. Father William Hickey. Timothy Caulfield, after the death of his father, emigrated to the United States around 1860 from … [Read more...] about Photo Album:
Happy Valentine’s

For the Love of Ireland

By Susan Cahill, Contributor
October / November 2001October / November 2001

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Author Susan Cahill tells what prompted her to write For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers. ℘℘℘ I grew up in New York City in an Irish-American family whose patriarch on my mother's side fought to keep Ulysses out of the Queensborough public libraries and later grand-marshaled the St. Patrick's Day Parade. As a graduate student in … [Read more...] about For the Love of Ireland

Roots: Caulfield:
The Clan of Confusion

By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
August / September 2001

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The name Caulfield is one about which much confusion arises. A name of several origins, few patronymics have acquired so many anglicized versions, the more common being MacCaul and MacCawell. Other variations include MacCall, MacHall, MacCarvill, MacCowhill, Callwell, Howell, Campbell and Gaffney. In parts of Galway and Mayo Caulfield has been used as the anglicized form of … [Read more...] about Roots: Caulfield:
The Clan of Confusion

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Catherine’s Family

Submitted by Neal Moran, North Brunswick, New Jersey
June / July 2001

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Catherine Flannely was born in Porturlin, County Mayo, Ireland around 1835. She married Anthony Moran from the nearby village of Baralty. Catherine and Anthony immigrated to America in the 1860s and settled in a small coal mining town near Scranton, Pennsylvania. They had twelve children. She is pictured here, along with her daughter Mary Ann and son-in-law Edward Donnelly. … [Read more...] about Photo Album:
Catherine’s Family