John and Jane (Jennie) Corbett had nine children, eight of whom were born in King Township, York County, Ontario and their youngest child being born in Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. All would survive infancy. These are the stories and biographies of good, decent, respectable and hard-working relatives. It is to their memories that this work is lovingly dedicated.
John and Jane (Jennie) Corbett had nine children, eight of whom were born in King Township, York County, Ontario and their youngest child being born i...
Albert Victor Goodsir was one of the original members of the 36th Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force also known as "Carmichael's Thousand." Goodsir was born at Newcastle, New South Wales and later grew up in Toronto, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales where with his cousin, Harry Cleveland Goodsir, they loved to play football, soccer and cricket and played together on the same team from the Port Stephens district. The cousins would at one time also serve with the same Infantry Battalion but would be in different companies. Albert would also see his share of trench warfare and...
Albert Victor Goodsir was one of the original members of the 36th Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force also known as "Carmichael's Thou...
James Cronin was the first member of his family to leave his native Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland before the Great Irish Famine of 1845. Cronin, along with his wife would travel to Boston, Massachusetts in June of 1842 and settle in the towns of Groton and nearby Harvard where he worked as a laborer and soapstone worker in the neighboring quarry. By 1854 the Cronin's relocated west to Wisconsin settling in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County where he purchased land and began farming. Here, he and his wife Johanna raised their family of ten children. James Cronin sought a better life in America...
James Cronin was the first member of his family to leave his native Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland before the Great Irish Famine of 1845. Cronin, al...
James Patrick Tracy was a Chicago contractor and builder by trade. He would build the steeple for Holy Family Church which is located at 1080 West Roosevelt Road after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It would be one of Tracy's greatest building achievements and he would himself place the cross in position onto of the steeple which still stands today. James Tracy went out west to Atchison, Kansas and helped build the small rural town into a city for the railroad industry during the early 1880s. The Tracy family relocated back to Chicago, Illinois by 1889. This then is the narrative of the life...
James Patrick Tracy was a Chicago contractor and builder by trade. He would build the steeple for Holy Family Church which is located at 1080 West Roo...
Daniel and Mary Tracy had ten children: Two of whom were born in Ireland; four of whom were born in Grand Isle, Vermont; and four of whom were born in Plattsburgh, New York. One child, John died at the age of 2. Daniel Tracy was a farmer and the boys would help their father on the family farm while Mary Tracy made dresses for the girls out of linens and materials she got from Ireland when she left it was said. These are the stories and biographies of the children of Irish immigrants. It is to their memories that this work is lovingly dedicated.
Daniel and Mary Tracy had ten children: Two of whom were born in Ireland; four of whom were born in Grand Isle, Vermont; and four of whom were born in...
James and Johanna (Hannah) Cronin had ten children: one who was born in Ireland and died as an infant; four were born in Groton, Massachusetts; two were born in nearby Harvard, Massachusetts both of whom died as infants and two children whom were born in Maple Grove, Wisconsin. James Cronin was a farmer and the surviving children would help him on the farm. Johanna (Hannah) Cronin did the household chores and cared for the children. Maple Grove during the 1850s was still considered a frontier town and the Cronin's were one of its early settlers. These are the stories and biographies of the...
James and Johanna (Hannah) Cronin had ten children: one who was born in Ireland and died as an infant; four were born in Groton, Massachusetts; two we...
The family surname of Buist has a long lineage going back through the mists of the ages in Scotland. The surname is derived from the old Scottish word buist or boist, which means wood or someone that lived by a wood. The earliest known record of the Buist family appears in the year of 1564 when James Buist the Elder married Janet Huton at Dunfermline Abbey in Dunfermline Parish in the Kingdom of Fife. This union produced six children all of whom were born and raised in Dunfermline Parish. Thusly the modern day family members are descended from James Buist the Elder. This is the most complete...
The family surname of Buist has a long lineage going back through the mists of the ages in Scotland. The surname is derived from the old Scottish word...
Anastasia McCadden was the seventh child born to Francis McCadden and Catherine Tracy of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. She was known by her family and friends as Anna. She would meet and later marry William Thomas Burleigh, a bank cashier at the Clinton County Savings Bank in Plattsburgh. They would have five children who were all born in Plattsburgh. William would later become a partner in the insurance firm of Heffernan and Burleigh which he helped operate for many years. He also would hold many public positions among them being a Plattsburgh Village Assessor and Trustee, a...
Anastasia McCadden was the seventh child born to Francis McCadden and Catherine Tracy of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. She was known by her f...
John McCadden was the first son born to Francis McCadden, a prominent businessman of Plattsburgh, New York and Catherine Tracy. He was a life-long resident of Plattsburgh however he had the unique opportunity to travel across the United States during his early 20s. His enlightening letters to his younger sister discuss his adventures in Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri and Clinton, Iowa along the Mississippi River. When he returned to Plattsburgh in 1872 he decided to establish a grocery store called John McCadden's which was located on the corner of Bridge and Water Streets. McCadden...
John McCadden was the first son born to Francis McCadden, a prominent businessman of Plattsburgh, New York and Catherine Tracy. He was a life-long res...
Like his father before him, Daniel H. Kean was an architect and builder of his time, who built structures, part of a railroad, hotels, banks and residences across the western United States. He began his life-long work starting in Chicago working as a carpenter. Kean later traveled west to Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas where he married and had a family firstly of two children. While there he built many residential homes, a one-mile railroad track for the St. Louis, Pittsburg & Southern Railroad including the coal shaft for the Pittsburg Coal Company plant. He also built two new wings of...
Like his father before him, Daniel H. Kean was an architect and builder of his time, who built structures, part of a railroad, hotels, banks and resid...
