Tag Archives: Family: Cahill

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

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!

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

This is a State of Illinois Service Recognition Certificate that was awarded to my grandfather in 1947 after serving in World War II.

This is the MLS listing for the house my dad grew up in.  With all the “reconstruction” going on in Elmhurst, I wonder if it’s still standing, or if it’s been torn down with a McMansion built in its place.

The theme for the 13th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture is Irish names. Share with us the surnames in your Irish family tree, but don’t just stop there. Do a little research and tell us the origin of one or more of those surnames, the stories of how they might have changed over the years, or tales of how they’ve been mixed up and misspelled, etc. Want to focus on your family’s given names instead? Share with us the story of your ancestors’ Irish first names […]

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.