That’s the question I had to answer. One of my distant cousins, Catherine McSweegan, daughter of Thomas McSweegan and Catherine Kelly, married a man named B.F. Baddeley. That “B.F.” drove me crazy. What did it stand for? I researched different records to see if I could uproot his first and middle name. I eventually found…
Tag: San Francisco
What Is the CMA Society?
You know I can’t leave any stone unturned. After find out from my Gr Gr Gr Grandfather’s death notice that he was a member of the CMA Society, I spent a considerable amount of time going through the 1877 San Francisco City Directory looking through the list of societies in hopes of finding one that…
First Lucky Break of the Year
I wanted to start off the new year with some family tree research. I had fooled around for awhile looking for a death notice for Catherine (Dolan) Kelly, but had no success. I came back after dinner and took up John Joseph Jones–a name with impossible to research written all over it. Through census and…
My Biggest Genealogy Discovery in 2010
I’m borrowing this for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun since I wrote it only two days ago. This is by far my best research adventure of the year. I located obituaries that were out of my reach and I uncovered a new line of my Kelly family tree. None of this would have been possible…
Surname Saturday: Pohley
My last Surname Saturday was for the surname Jones. Today, I’ll chat about Pohley. The oldest daughter of Thomas Jones and Margaret Kelly was Josephine. Josephine married Joseph Charles Pohley ca. 1892 in Sa1n Francisco, CA. Joseph was the son of Charles Pohley and Bridget Cahill. His Father died when he was 3. His Mother…