My first Wordless Wednesday. I tried to post pictures weekly anyway, why not do it along with everyone else? Click for full-size. … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo: Maurice Corrigan
7 January 2009 By
Photo: Maurice Corrigan - Original owned by Mary Jane Zalewski (daughter of subject) This is a photo of my great-grandfather, Maurice Corrigan. At least, that's what it's noted as. I've been told unofficially that they used to dress up boys in dress-type clothing in the early 1900s for … [Read more...]
Sunday Photo: Tom Corrigan Family
16 March 2008 By
Today's photo comes from my Irish roots, just in time for St. Patrick's day. The original photo is my grandmother's collection. This photo was taken in Ashland, Wisconsin, year unknown, but I'd guess around 1892 or so looking at the ages of the children. Based of the number of children in this … [Read more...]
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan
12 November 2007 By
My grandmother, who's maiden name is Corrigan, always used to tell us about some distant cousin that they called "Wrong Way" Corrigan. She talked about how he flew a plane from New York to Ireland. When I was young, I thought this was some made-up, grandma-style folk tale the old people liked to … [Read more...]
Pour me a Guinness
7 November 2007 By
The last major ethnic group that has affected my Ancestry (and a bit of Wisconsin) is the Irish. It's probably the 3rd largest ethnicity in my family tree, behind German and Polish. All of the Irish in my family tree comes from my paternal grandmother's line. She herself was born a Corrigan, … [Read more...]
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