The first cemetery reburial card that caused me problems was that of Catherine Kelly. The card states that Catherine died 1 July 1872 in San Francisco at the age of 44. She was buried at Calvary and reburied 21 Oct 1890 at Holy Cross Cemetery. I didn’t really question this until I came across the…
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San Francisco Reburial Mysteries Part One
I am not sure why but on October 21st, 1890, my Gr Gr Gr Gr Uncle, Patrick Dolan, paid to have several of his sister’s Kelly kin reburied. They were originally buried at Calvary Cemetery (I am assuming this was Calvary Cross?) and reburied at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, CA. The cemetery sent me…
Meet My New Ancestor, Michael Dolan
Finally! At long last I get to add a generation to my Dolan family tree. I found a possible entry for my ancestor’s brother, Patrick Dolan, in the Massachusetts Vital Records index at Footnote.com. The date, 1855, seemed a little late. Patrick would be in his 30s by the time he was married, but the…
Martin Kelly, My Family’s First Business Owner?
Much of what my Grandma Shellabarger told me about her family turned out to be myth or exaggeration. She got one thing right. One of her ancestors owned boarding houses in San Francisco. That ancestor was my Great Great Great Grandfather, Martin Kelly. Martin was born sometime around 1820 in County Roscommon, Ireland. I’m not…
The Dolan Project Part Two: Are You My Dolans?
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,…