My Trails into the Past

Here is a photo of the John Gleeson and Margaret Tierney family at their home in Portland, Oregon. They lived in Portland from about 1901 to 1920 when Margaret died. According to records, they lived first at 486 Burnside. [1] Later, they lived at 410 Ross Street. [2]   The photo is undated. In the photo is John and Margaret with four daughters or perhaps a few granddaughters. In 1910, the following were living in the household of John and Margaret, living at 410 Ross. Elizabeth, daughter, 34 Helena, daughter, 32 William, son, 30 Margaret, daughter, 28 Frank, son, 26 [3] These daughters were single. John and Margaret had two daughters who were married. Mary Martha lived in Los Angeles and Anna lived in Anaconda, Montana. By 1912, two of Anna’s daughters, Loretto and Ethel, lived with John and Margaret after Anna died. They, too, were living at 410 Ross. [4] The dark-haired girls could be Loretto and Ethel. Another of the girls was likely Margaret, as she lived with her paren...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!   Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings : 1)   Do you have a photograph of yourself with one or more of your grandparents?  How about your great-grandparents?  Show us what you have, and tell us your grandparent's names.   Here's mine: I knew exactly which photo to show for this theme. This is a photo of both of my grandmothers, my Mam-ma on the left and my Nana on the right. This must have been right after I came home from the hospital, likely in our house. Many of the pieces of furniture were made by my grandfather, Tom-Tom. My maternal grandmother was Pansy Louise Lancaster, who married Tom J Johnston. We called them Mam-ma and Tom-Tom. My paternal grandmother was Anna Marie Sullivan, who married William Cyril Hork. We called her Nana. We never met our grandfather, as he lived in Los Angeles after my grandparents separated. N...