Family Tree Frog

Thomas McLoughlin This is, without a doubt, my favourite family photo in our collection.  Poor Grandad.  We used to tease him mercilessly about it.  "ET come home!" we used to say.  He was a very good sport about it all.  When I look at the photo I really wish I could talk to his parents today about it.  About what he was wearing.  About what the photo session was like.  About how they felt about dear Thomas. Here is my biography of my maternal grandfather, Thomas Joseph Benedict McLoughlin. This is my contribution to the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks theme run by Amy Johnson Crow.  You can participate too.  Just sign up here. . Thomas McLoughlin 1898 – 1982 Ahnentafel Number 6 Context for discovery: This is a biography of my maternal grandfather, that is to say, my mother’s father.   He was the only grandfather I knew, my father’s father dying just 10 days before my parents were married. I knew my grandfather for 21 years. ...

                                                                                    Edwin Conner seated far left     Edwin CONNER 1869-1927 Ahnentafel Number 8 Context for discovery: This is my contribution to the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks theme run by Amy Johnson Crow.  You can participate too.  Just sign up here. .  Edwin is my great-grandfather.   From his death certificate in 1927 [i] we knew he was 58 years old and born in Portsmouth circa 1869. His parents were listed as Edward Conner and Rebecca FOYNE. Birth Date/Place : We have a copy of his Birth Certificate which states he was born 29 March 1869.   His father listed as Edward Conner and his mother, Rebecca Conner formerly Foyne. ...