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
4251 Penrose Street
A pastime: using Google streetview to find old family homes. Here’s where I lived till fifth grade. My parents lived in the lower right apartment
Curly Price: “Old Green River”
Thousands of times my dad sang “Old Green River” to us kids, popping the “cork” with his thumb inside his cheek, to our giddy delight.
Barrett-Curran timeline
1912 22 Nov. Marriage between CATHERINE “KITTY” FLANAGAN (age 22) and THOMAS BARRETT (age 29). Tom owns a store at 4841 Easton Ave (at Bayard).
