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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish in me, I thought I’d share a St. Patty’s Day card. This card is from my dad.  The copyright on the card is 1988, so it’s pretty likely that’s the year I received it.  It would be the second to last St. Patrick’s Day my dad would celebrate, as he died in October 1989.

This is one of the oldest memorial cards that I have.  And for the longest time, I couldn’t place her in the family.  When I made the discovery about Tessie Karas (post 1, post 2, post 3) being a Cahill, I also figured out that this card was for her mother, Anna M GLYNN Cahill.

This is a newspaper article, likely from 1972, for the infamous Rottman Family Reunion.  There’s a lot of wonderful information in this small amount of space!

This is a newspaper clipping that I found in the Webster family Bible a few weeks ago.  I have no idea what paper it came from (likely something in or around Pontiac, Michigan) nor when, as I have no idea when he died.  I am trying to track down more information, but getting a hold of an actual person for the cemetery, has been quite a challenge. Update:  Found some additional information to narrow down Byron’s death.

Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of the holiday, I thought the following find would be appropriate. This is a Valentine’s Day card that my grandmother gave to my grandfather in 1960.

This small Bible belonged to my grandfather, John Francis CAHILL.  It was given to him before heading off to WWII by his cousin, Tessie, who had helped to raise him after his mom died.  

As I mentioned in last week’s Saturday in the Attic, I needed to pull out the family Bible to complete my DAR application.  So, without further ado, here is the family Bible that belonged to my third great-grandmother, Sarah Norton WEBSTER Coffinger Mulligan.

The last few weeks I have been preparing to apply for membership into the Daughters of the American Revolution.  So I had to pull out the Webster family Bible wherein my legacy resides.  The Bible belonged to my third great-grandmother, Sarah Norton WEBSTER.  It was given to her in 185[3] as a gift from her father, Calvin Price WEBSTER.  It is in critical condition, so this is only the second time I’ve opened it, as I needed to gather some final sources for my DAR application.