St. Louis. 31 March 1912. A cold, rainy start of baseball season. It is Palm Sunday. Tom Barrett goes to Mass with his family. He
Bill Hession
Column: South Loop neighbors stand outside dying man’s condo to pay tribute in his final days By Heidi Stevenschicagotribune.com At noon on Saturday, under gray skies
Elizabeth Dunne Kilmartin
1898 14 Jul. On a summer’s day, 31-year-old Catherine Martin Dunne gives birth to her sixth child and fourth daughter, Elizabeth, known as “Lizzie.” She
Ellen Gibbons Barrett
I got to know Ellen Gibbons–Mrs. Frank Barrett, my great-grandmother–through stories my mother told. The few photos of her show her frowning, her white hair
Love in the Time of Fever, Famine, Fire
Mary Gardiner & Patrick Barrett Come of Age: Ireland 1847 – Missouri 1852 If history is a river, then most people would prefer to live
Barretts of Catawissa
The day brought reconnecting with distant cousins. In reconnecting with the Barrett side, I remembered this fan chart that I did for my mom a
