My Trails into the Past

After many years of looking, I have found the marriage date for my grandmother’s sister, Ethel Elizabeth Quigley’s marriage to John Vir Quigley. I wasn’t looking at the time for her marriage, but instead was working on World War I draft cards. I made a spreadsheet with the names of all of the men in my database who were found in these draft cards. I double-checked these names against the images on my computer and sometimes I needed to return to Ancestry to see the actual images. When looking at John Vir Quigley’s card, one of the hints that Ancestry showed was to the “Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999” database.  His name was right so I clicked on it. It was a link to The Butte Miner newspaper in Montana about the marriage of Ethel Elizabeth Sullivan to John Vir Quigley in Burlingame, California, on 20 October 1925! [1] According to the article, Ethel, a former Anaconda girl and daughter of John H. Sullivan, was married to John V. Quigley of San Francisco at St. Cath...

I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (April 2016), where we write 26 blog posts featuring each letter of the alphabet. S is for Sullivan Sisters Five daughters were born to John H. Sullivan and Anna Marie Gleeson. The first two were born in Mitchell, South Dakota (actually Dakota Territory). Helena M. “Nellie” was born 25 May 1883 and Loretto M. was born 28 February 1885. Rosemary Sullivan  was born in 1889 and the birth might have been in Mitchell, but I haven’t been able to pinpoint when the family moved to Montana. Rosemary died in infancy. Once the family was in Anaconda, Montana, the last two daughters were born: Ethel Elizabeth  on 11 February 1891 and Anna Marie "Anne"  on 15 October 1892. Their mother, Anna, died young on 3 January 1912. The five Sullivan children Later that year, Nellie married Harold Hutchinson Goe on 13 August. He worked for the Anaconda Copper Mine and they lived in Anaconda their entire ...

I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (April 2016), where we write 26 blog posts featuring each letter of the alphabet. Q is for John Quigley who grew up to be a Judge John Quigley John James Quigley was born 15 Aug 1926 in San Francisco to John Virgil Quigley and Ethel Elizabeth Sullivan. He would not know his mother growing up as she died the next year as a result of eclampsia and a premature delivery of his younger sister, Ann on 26 Oct 1927. His paternal aunt, Margaret would fill those shoes. Later in 1940, his southern California cousins, Lorene, Virginia, June, and Bill Hork along with his mother’s sister, Anna, came to live with them. June was the same age and they attended high school together. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and then served during the Korean War in the Navy. He attended Hastings Law School and admitted to the California Bar. John at his retirement party with his cousins He practiced law in ...

          Today would have been the 83rd birthday of my father, William Joseph Hork, born in 1930 on April 23. [1] According to his birth certificate, he was born in Ontario, San Bernardino County.  He had always said he was born in Cucamonga, California.  Maybe they were living in Cucamonga, or maybe he just like saying the  town's  name.       Bill’s parents were William Cyril Hork and Anna Marie Sullivan. [2]   Bill was the fifth and last child born to Cyril and Anna.  He had four older sisters, one who died just days after birth.       His childhood was tough.  He was born in the early stages of the great depression.  His father was a drinker and couldn’t keep a steady job.  He was but a young fella when his mother took the courage to leave Cyril and raise her four children on her own.       He did have fond memories...

This is a blogging theme for the month of March which is Women's History Month. I'm a bit behind but do want to participate in the daily blogging posts. These 31 posts will be posted between my two blogs "My Trails Into the Past" and " Mam-ma's Southern Family ." March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family? Ethel Quigley with son, John I have not found any direct line female ancestors who died young or from a tragic or unexpected circumstance.  However my grandmother, Anna Sullivan's sister, Ethel E. Quigley, died young on 26 Oct 1927, directly following the birth of her second child, Ann.  The baby died, too. Ethel was born 11 Feb 1891 in Montana to John H. Sullivan and Anna Marie Gleeson.  She was their youngest child and she grew up in Anaconda, Montana.  When her mother died in 1912, she moved to Portland, Oregon to live with her gra...

Ethel Sullivan, Helen Gleeson & Margaret Gleeson Sorry, I can't post a photo without some explanation.  Margaret (Tierney) Gleeson [1835-1920] is my great-great grandmother.  Helen Gleeson [1867-1950] is her daughter.  Ethel Sullivan [1891-1927] is her granddaughter, the daughter of her oldest child, Anna Marie Gleeson [1860-1912], who married John H. Sullivan [1854-1932].  Ethel married John Vir Quigley [1889-1959] but died during the childbirth of their second child. *corrected Helen Gleeson's birthdate. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

Yesterday I posted the obituary of James Quigley (1846-1944) from the Napa Journal . [1]   The obituary mentioned his Civil War service and stated he was the last living Civil War veteran living in Napa, California.   I decided to do some investigating on his Civil War service. I checked first on the internet and found several websites devoted to regiment histories.   I found a James Quigley in a roster for the 11 th Wisconsin Infantry, Co. B. which stated he enlisted 28 Dec 1863, transferred in, and mustered out 4 Sep 1865. [2] Quigley, James B 12/28/63 Transfered 09/04/65 Mustered out So far the roster matches the obituary.   But what is this about being transferred in?   On another website about the Co B. Mendotta Guard, I found this information: [3] Quigley, James Boscobel Dec 28, 1863 From 33rd Wis. Inf.; M.O. Sept 4, 1865. So he possibly transferred in from the 33 rd Wis...

I  found the obituary for James Quigley and other Quigleys of Napa, California on Friday at the California State Library.  James Quigley was the father of my great-great-aunt, Ethel E. Sullivan’s husband, John Vir Quigley.  I found this obituary interesting because he was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Napa.  I am interested in finding out more about James Quigley’s service in the Civil War.             Funeral Tomorrow for James Quigley, Napa's Last Veteran of the Civil War Napa's last Civil War veteran is dead.         Funeral services will be held at the Treadway Chapel at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning for James Quigley, 98, who accompanied General Sherman on his famous march through Georgia.  The aged veteran, who would have been 98 on November 9, died Tuesday at the Veteran's Home Hospital after a long period of failing health.     ...