You may remember that I’ve been trying to figure out the parentage of Michael and William Dolan who appeared in the obituary of Patrick Dolan, my Great Great Uncle, who died in 1905. I had been searching one family for a couple of years, only to realize they did not connect to my tree. So,…
Category: Newspaper Research
Newspaper Clipping File: McSwegan
One of the families I know very little about is the McSwegan’s. My Gr Gr Gr Aunt, Catharine Kelly, married Thomas McSwegan sometime in the 1870s. They’re children were Hugh, Nellie, Joseph, Catherine, Alice, Arthur, and Ellen. The family lived in various areas of San Francisco. I know that Catharine lived with several of her…
I Found John Dolan’s Obituary
If you heard a heavy sigh awhile ago, that was me. I have been researching a prospective Dolan family for a couple of years now to see if the father might be my “Unknown Dolan”, brother to Patrick, Catherine, Margaret, and Bridget. Tonight I got my answer and it wasn’t good. I have a trial…
Introducing Nellie, I mean Helen, no wait…Lottie!
It really bothered me yesterday that I couldn’t find anything on John C. Jones’ daughter, Nellie. Where could she have gone to? Was she another relative who fell off the face of the Earth? I wasn’t about to give up so easily. Thursday morning I went back to the San Francisco Call Newspaper Index. In…
Details about John C. Jones’ Death
I don’t know why, but I get emotionally attached to the people I research. As their story unfolds, I feel like I’m getting to know them. I continued researching John C. Jones (now known as John Charles Jones). Something intrigued me on his mortuary record. It stated that he died of gas asphyxiation. My first…