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#52Ancestors: Foster Brother & Sister-in-Law Verne and Edna Buckley Taught My Orphaned Grandfather How to Love

February 22, 2015 by Colleen Greene 4 Comments

#52Ancestors: Foster Brother & Sister-in-Law Verne and Edna Buckley Taught My Orphaned Grandfather How to Love

Orphaned twice by the time he was a toddler, split from his sister and brothers, abused and hurt while a foster child, never wanted enough to be adopted, Grandpa Mike Flanagan should NOT have learned how to love. Except for Verne and Edna Buckley.

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997)
Applicable Surnames: Flanagan
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), foster families, New York, orphans

#52Ancestors: Great Grandfather Patrick Thomas Flanagan Dies of TB Two Days Before Christmas 1928

December 21, 2014 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

#52Ancestors: Great Grandfather Patrick Thomas Flanagan Dies of TB Two Days Before Christmas 1928

Patrick Thomas Flanagan (abt. 1897-1928) died on 23 December 1928 from tuberculosis, just two days before Christmas, plunging his family into a series of events that would leave the children orphans. My grandfather, at just 1-1/2 years old, never knew his father.

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick Thomas (1897-1928), Kennedy, Sarah (d. 1930)
Applicable Surnames: Burke, Flanagan, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Christmas, deaths, orphans

#52Ancestors: Who are the Parents of Grand Uncle Harry Flanagan?

December 1, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Who are the Parents of Grand Uncle Harry Flanagan?

My grand uncle Harry. J. Flanagan is the only sibling of my grandfather’s for whom I cannot confirm parentage. Both of the parents he claims were married to their first spouses at the time of his birth. And he is the only sibling for whom I cannot locate a birth or baptism record.

People Referenced: Flanagan, Harry J. (b. 1920), Flanagan, Patrick Thomas (1897-1928), Kennedy, Sarah (d. 1930)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Loyd, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), cemeteries, census records, marriages, New York, orphans, Pennsylvania, WWII

1940 Census Stories: Michael John Flanagan, Orphaned And Alone Again At 12 Years Old

June 7, 2012 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

1940 Census Stories: Michael John Flanagan, Orphaned And Alone Again At 12 Years Old

1940 US Census, courtesy of Ancestry.com. Click on the image to view a larger copy. Work at my day job and some personal web development projects in my spare time have kept me away from genealogy work for a couple of months. But, when I read in the news that Ancestry.com just published its index today […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: census records, New York, orphans

Genealogical Inspirations: That Very First Kind Look-Up Volunteer

March 29, 2012 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Genealogical Inspirations: That Very First Kind Look-Up Volunteer

This is part of my “Genealogical Inspirations” series highlighting some of my key milestones, to commemorate the release on Monday of the 1940 US Census. In 2002, I was able to beat down a big brick wall that I’d faced the first year I started researching my own family history — trying to find any […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Harry J. (b. 1920), Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick "Pat" Joseph (1925-1981), Ward, Joseph (b. 1916), Ward, Leonard Luther (b. 1917)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: church records, Germany, New York, orphans

Flanagan: A Virtual Tour Of The German Roman Catholic Orphan Home In Buffalo, New York

March 25, 2012 by Colleen Greene 20 Comments

Flanagan: A Virtual Tour Of The German Roman Catholic Orphan Home In Buffalo, New York

An old sketch of the GRCOH, that I came across a bout a decade ago on the web. I  failed to keep the source citation, but will gladly attribute (or remove, if contested) as soon as I find the source again. I mentioned in a post last week about the break-through I had, as a […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Harry J. (b. 1920), Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick "Pat" Joseph (1925-1981), Ward, Joseph (b. 1916), Ward, Leonard Luther (b. 1917)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: New York, orphans

Genealogical Inspirations: Busting Down A Brick Wall With The 1930 US Census

March 21, 2012 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

Genealogical Inspirations: Busting Down A Brick Wall With The 1930 US Census

The 1930 U.S. Census. Enumeration District 15-173, Sheet No. 2A. Buffalo (Erie) New York. (Source: Ancestry.com) This post is a part of a “Genealogical Inspirations” series I am writing — sharing my own early personal genealogy milestones — to commemorate the public release of the 1940 U.S. Census on April 2nd. In my last post, […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Harry J. (b. 1920), Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick "Pat" Joseph (1925-1981), Ward, Joseph (b. 1916), Ward, Leonard Luther (b. 1917)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: census records, New York, orphans

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