McRae/Anderson Genealogy

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Parish Records for the Marriages of Bridget Theresa Kane

Lately, I've been trying to find out more about my 2nd great grandmother Bridget Theresa Kane and where exactly it is she came from in Ireland.

This past Saturday, I went to the Boston Irish Festival in Canton where The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) had a tent set up to provide assistance for those researching their Irish heritage. One of the suggestions they had for me was to find the parish records for each of Bridget's marriages. They said it was possible that these parish records might provide more information as to where exactly Bridget came from in Ireland.

To do this, I would have to contact the Archdiocese of Boston Archives with the names of those who married, the date of the marriage, the city the marriage took place in, and the name of the minister who performed it.

I e-mailed him yesterday with this information and he e-mailed me back fairly quickly with the parish records that I was looking for. While the records didn't provide any more information as to where Bridget came from in Ireland, they were nevertheless still good to have.

Parish Record for Bridget Kane's marriage to John McCormack.

Parish Record for Bridget Kane's marriage to James R. McRae.

Monday, June 10, 2013

A Late Night Discovery Before Bed...

So I was puttering around on FamilySearch, looking for some information but not really getting my hopes up when I found the marriage record for my 2nd great grandmother Bridget Theresa Kane's marriage to her first husband, John McCormack! Whoo-hoo!

Having found this document, some burning questions have been answered. I now know that Bridget and John were married in America (as opposed to already having been married when they came here from Ireland). They married on January 10, 1875 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

I also know now that the maiden name of Bridget's mother, Kate, was Downy.

Another interesting thing is that Bridget's age is listed as twenty, which would make her birth year approximately 1855. Other documents I have found have always insinuated that Bridget was born in the late 1840's. It's an interesting piece of information to look into.

Below is the image of the marriage record for Bridget and John. Theirs is second from the top.

Marriage record for Bridget Kane & John McCormack.

To view the original link, click here.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Using Social Networking to Find Long, Lost Uncle Fred

As I continue to search for dear long, lost Uncle Fred, I've decided to embrace the social networking websites and use them to my advantage. I have set up both a Facebook page and Twitter account dedicated to finding the man.

Here is the Facebook page, Help Me Find My Long, Lost Uncle Fred. Please like it, share it, and help spread the word.

And here is the Twitter account, @HelpMeFindFred.

If anyone has any suggestions as to other social networking websites I should use, or hashtags I should use on Twitter related to the search, please let me know.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

An Old Photo of Harvey D. Monroe

Back in October of 2012, a cousin of mine gave me some copies of some old photos she has, one of which I posted the other day. This is another one she had. It is of my great great grandfather, Harvey Dennis Monroe, husband of Olive Feener. The date of the photo is unknown. I presume the location of this photo to be Massachusetts, probably in Brockton on the outside of his home. Harvey died Jan. 8, 1948.

Harvey Dennis Monroe

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Mrs. Eva M. Guyette

On Wednesday, December 16th, 1964, Eva May Guyette (née Lozo) passed away unexpectedly at her home in Brockton, Mass. She was the widow of the late John George Baptiste Guyette (my great-great grandmother's brother), a Brockton police officer shot and killed on November 29th, 1919. The funeral was held on Saturday, December 19th at the Grenier Funeral Home in Brockton, followed by a High Mass of Requiem at Sacred Heart Church. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery in Brockton.

Thursday, December 17, 1964 , Brockton Daily Enterprise - Page Thirty-One

An Old Photo of Hattie & Olive Feener

This is a photo given to me back in October of 2012 by my great-grandmother's niece. The photo is of my great-great grandmother, Olive (Feener) Monroe, and her sister, Hattie (Feener) Lowe. The date of this photograph is unknown.

Hattie (Feener) Lowe (Seated) and Olive (Feener) Monroe (Standing).

Long Lost Uncle Fred's Birth Certificate FOUND!

Yesterday was a very productive day, research-wise. And the best part of it was when I went to Brockton City Hall. I had at least figured out a birth year for Fred (1946) and so I thought I'd go to Brockton City Hall to see if I could maybe find his birth certificate. I didn't have my hopes up because I wasn't quite sure if Fred was even born in Brockton. Plus, I wasn't sure if the clerk would even look since I didn't have a specific date. But lo and behold, she did look and he was born there!

So for $20, I now have a certified copy of my long, lost uncle Fred's birth certificate. And I now know that his birth name was Frederick Chester McRae and that he was born on Oct. 2, 1946 in Brockton, Massachusetts.