An ongoing journal of genealogical and family discovery.
Articles that deal with people known to be related to my wife or myself.
Visitors Honored With Surprise Family Reunion Mr. and Mrs. William J. McGrath and daughter, Theresa Ann, of Upper Darby, Pa., were honored at a surprise family reunion held in Constitution Park, Sunday. Mrs. McGrath, the former Miss Catherine Counihan, is Read More …
Mrs. William McGrath Mrs. Catherine M. McGrath, 82, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital. She had been a patient at the Cumberland Nursing Home. A native of Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary (Keating) Counihan and Read More …
Former Resident Dies in Philadelphia, PA Frostburg, Md., March 25 – John Counihan, aged 71 years, a former well known resident of this place, died Monday evening in Philadelphia at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Katie McGrath. His body Read More …
It was 23 years ago, at the age of 68, that Jeremiah A. (Jerry) Counihan began thinking about plans for the “tennis match of the century” in 1984. He was to have been the principal in that match, called by Read More …
Jeremiah Counihan Jeremiah (Jerry) A. Counihan, 91, formerly of 224 Harrison Street, died yesterday. He had been ill three years. Born in Frostburg, he was a son of the late John and Catherine (Keating) Counihan. Mr. Counihan was a member Read More …
John F. Counihan John Francis Counihan, formerly of 231 Race Street, died yesterday. Born in Frostburg, he was a son of the late John and Catherine (Keating) Counihan. His wife, Mary T. (Hart) Counihan, also preceded him in death. Mr. Read More …
This image is from the wedding of my grandparents, John William Keating and Sara Elizabeth Pope. It comes from a scanned negative and is a group shot from the wedding and reception that I’d never seen before scanning it in. Read More …
Mary Merrill Durst [Frostburg] FROSTBURG – Mary Merrill Durst, 93, formerly of 73 Durst Lane, Frostburg, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 at the WMHS Frostburg Nursing and Rehab Center. Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Avilton, she was the daughter of Read More …
Memorial for Edward T. Pape Born in Frostburg, MD on Dec. 29, 1946 Departed on Dec. 4, 2008 and resided in Abingdon, MD. Visitation: Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 Service: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 Please click on the links above for Read More …
Father Benedict Pope [Pittsburgh] PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Father Benedict Pope, OFM Cap., 79, died on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh. Father Ben was born in Cumberland, Md. on Sept. 17, 1929 to Claude and Regina (Loraditch) Pope. Read More …
This is the death certificate of John Thomas Migan, my great-grandfather.
The death certificate of John J. Migan Sr, probably my great-great-grandfather.
Catherine was my great-grand-aunt, the first Keating of my family born in the United States. More information on her can be found in her page in my family’s genealogy.
Retired Elyria Fireman Dies Henry A. Keating, 56, a retired Elyria city fireman, died suddenly in Florida at 3 p. m. yesterday, according to word received by friends here today. His death was reported due to a heart attack. Mr. Read More …
Earl T. Gaumer HYNDMAN, Pa. – Earl Theodore Gaumer, 81, died yesterday at his home here. Born near Hyndman, he was a son of the late Samuel and Mary (Kennell) Gaumer. Mr. Gaumer was a member of Central Christian Church. Read More …
Roy Shroyer Roy Shroyer, 67, Fairhope, Pa., died yesterday at his house. He was a retired employe of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. A native of Fairhope, he was a son of the late Jacob and Rose (Clites) Shroyer. He Read More …
Jacob Shroyer Jacob Shroyer, of Southampton township, Somerset county, answered the final summons July 22. He was aged seventy-three years, five months and twenty-six days. Decedent was a native of Londonderry township, this county, where he resided until about eight Read More …
Solomon Shroyer Solomon Shroyer, 67, of Hyndman died on October 28 at the Cumberland Memorial Hospital. He was born on July 31, 1883, the son of Nathaniel and Ellen (Shaffer) Shroyer and was married to Rebecca Emerick who preceded him Read More …
City Court Illegal Muffler and Speeding–Thomas Hammonds, 19, 767 Howard Mills Rd., fined $10. Source: City Court, Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee, 24 April 1963, p. 8.
Births KEATING–Mr. and Mrs. Leo F., Baltimore, a daughter there Tuesday. The mother is the former Susannah M. Boch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Boch, 7 Locust Street, LaVale. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Keating, Read More …