My Trails into the Past

The last three 12 for '26 posts have been about John Gleeson, the husband of Margaret Tierney (1835-1920). These next posts will focus on Margaret and her parents John Tierney and Ann Murray. Introduction Margaret was born on 20 April 1835, likely in Goulbourn Township, the daughter of John Tierney and Ann Murray. [1] She was baptized on 18 May 1835 at Notre Dame of Ottawa, with William Hanrahan and Eleonore Murray as sponsors. [2] John Tierney and Ann Murray married on 27 November 1832 also at Notre Dame of Ottawa. They were both of Goulbourn. [3] She was the second child. Her older sister, Elizabeth was baptized on 15 December at Nepean. [4] John and Ann lived in Nepean until their deaths. John died on 14 December 1891. [5] Ann died on 8 October 1899. [6] Census Records John and Ann were enumerated in each of the census records from 1891 down to 1841. I will list them below beginning with the most recent one first. At the end will be a table showing all the census records...

Outside activities included a hike at Lafayette Community Park, visiting Linda’s garden, volunteering at the History Center, phenology, lunch with friends, and Beaver Festival.   Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: At the History Center, John and I finished boxing up the studies and loaded them into the U-Haul truck on Monday, and on Tuesday, LeighAnn and I took them up to Fairfield to drop them off and pick up some books for sale. I worked on the PH Hist. Soc. clipping files some more. Monday, I gave a presentation to the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society on Research Plans. Thursday, I led the writing group and we discussed Lynn’s and Jacqueline’s work, both making great progress. Genealogy Meetings:  I attended the Recert Accountibility group and the Military SIG on Monday, and the Sonoma County Genealogical Society’s board meeting on Tuesday. This was my last board meeting as I’m off the board as of July. Sunday was book club where we highlighted books we had ...

I posted this photo on Facebook this morning. This is a daily ritual at Diablo Day Camp, a volunteer-run Girl Scout Camp in the Girl Scouts of Northern California Council. Each day, one unit put up the flag with the help of an Elf, and at the end of the day, another unit took town the flag. In the morning, the Pledge of Allegiance was said and then a patriotic song was sang. Most often, it was "You're a Grand Old Flag." At the flag down, the song often was Taps. Funny, before being a volunteer adult and later a camp director, I had never heard this song, but when I just searched online for the words, the first return was from a scouts page. Who knew? Here are the lyrics, appropriate for June 14, Flag Day. You're a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of The land I love. The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White...

We last left off with the John Gleeson family packing up and moving to Portland, Oregon, from Mitchell, South Dakota, in November 1900. The last news article said they would stop off in Montana to visit some of their children. The following records are from prior research, full-text search at FamilySearch , and newspaper search at Newspapers.com . Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon Supposedly, some of John’s children already lived in Oregon prior to John and Margaret moving there, however, I did not locate any of the Gleeson children in 1890-1900 city directories. [1] A John Gleeson and Mrs. Gleeson from Oltane, were staying at The Imperial Hotel on 15 January 1901, but Oltane doesn’t seem to exist. [2] However, since they left in late November, it is possible in early January, that they may have stayed at a hotel until locating a place to live. The 1901 Portland city directories listed several Gleasons and one Gleeson, but none of the Gleasons were his family, and the one Gleeson, a...