Tag Archives: Family: Ward

The challenge for Randy’s Saturday Night Fun is: Which of your ancestors were alive in 1909? Tell us where your ancestral families were living in 1909. What country, state, county,  city/town, etc. Who was in the family at the time? Use the 1910 census as “close enough.” Have you found each of these families in the 1910 census? Write a blog post about your response. Or write a comment to this post. Have fun. Learn something!

Taking the bait from Craig over at GeneaBlogie, here’s my list of names, places, and most wanted faces. Names Places Cahill Cook Co., Illinois Kane Co. Illinois Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland Garrison Cook Co., Illinois Picton, Ontario, Canada Leppin Cook Co., Illinois Germany McMahon Cook Co. Illinois Tipperary, Ireland Miller/Mueller/Muller Cook Co., Illinois Germany Millet Kane Co., Illinois Kilkenny, Ireland Mulligan Genesee Co., Michigan Norton/Naughton Connecticut Rutland Co. Vermont England Parks/Parke New London Co., Connecticut Oakland Co., Michigan Rottman Cook Co., Illinois Eastern Iowa/Western Illinois (Quad Cities) Germany Ryan Tipperary, Ireland […]

Randy over at Genea-Musings asks: Who is #21 on your Ahnentafel list? Sarah Jane WARD, my second great-grandmother, was born in April 1875 in Illinois to Bridget and ?? Ward.  She married Timothy J McMAHON about 1899.  He was born on 14 May 1874 in Chicago.  Together they had two children:  John Ward McMAHON (b. 7 April 1902 in Chicago) and Timothy G McMAHON (b. 17 March 1904 in Chicago).  John is my great-grandfather.