While I have written much about Patrick and Mary Barrett, the patriarchs of the Catawissa Barrett clan, famine refugees, and Missouri homesteaders, I’ve neglected Patrick’s
Author: Susan Barrett Price
Indie on the edge. Author and artist, working from my studio at the Monastery of Artful Delights on the shore of Lake Ontario.
American Support for Ireland
My grandfather Thomas Patrick Barrett was a member of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. When the convention was held in
Mayo, God Help Us
[New findings.] My mother and Uncle Tom Groark used to commiserate that they both had ancestors from “Mayo, God help us.” County Mayo [may-OH], isolated
Ballaghduff Breakdown 1903
The Petty Sessions Court Register of 1903 records a dispute over fences and right-of-way between five families of Ballaghduff and John Steevens of neighboring Miltown,
Postponing Marriage, Living with Your Parents
Where did I get the impression that in the “olden days” of America, people married young? For months now, I’ve been entangled in the twigs
Two Barrett Cousins
When I first saw this photo of our cousin Francis Pedrotti (left), I thought he was my uncle Bob Barrett (right)–cleft chin, very Barrett. They
Old Green River 