Tag Archives: Family: McMahon

John Ward McMAHON, my great-grandfather, was apparently a temporary member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1945 and possibly participated in World War II.  Below is a Certificate of Enrollment as a Temporary Member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, dated 27 July 1945.

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

Prompt:  Visit a cemetery and talk about your ancestors buried there. Bring their stories to life for your readers.

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.

The other day I posted And the Wall Begins to Crumble, in which I explained that I had finally found the names of a set of third great-grandparents, Henry WACH and Amelia WIETZKE. Today, I believe I have found the names of two additional sets of third great-grandparents!

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.