Another generation

Just wanted to share some picture of the Jack Brennan "boys". the really young ones are Mike's - Ryan in front and Connor on the far left. Then Jack, Marty, Mike, Tim and Matt. I'm looking for a photo of Mom the "girls" to share, too.

More Family History

Here are some materials that Cousin Ray Brennan (Great Uncle Bill's youngest son) sent me last week. Very, very interesting.

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Great Uncle Jim's Unit, World War I

(Jim is front row, furthest right)

Great Uncle Jim (close-up)

Great Uncle Jim
(photo with handwritten inscription)

Gold Star Pilgrimage ID

for Great Grandma

Great Grandma (passport photo, 1930)

Newspaper clipping with passport:

IN ARGONNE FIELDS

Dedicated to the heroic dead of the Thirty-fifth Division

In Argonne fields the crosses stand

Uplifted by our comrades' hands,

To mark the places where we died,

The soil our blood has sanctified.

Around us now peaceful breezes blow,

We rest serenely---now we know

That peace has come and all our pain

And suffering have not been in vain.

And we who blazed the conqueror's trail

That Right and Liberty prevail

Shall sleep untroubled till the call

Of Him---Commander of us all.

---Denis O'Rourke, ex-A.E.F.

[American Expeditionary Force]

Granny's Family:

Bert, Sr. Anna Cecilia (Nellie), Great Grandma, Uncle Bill,

Granny (Margaret), Marie

(photo taken at Bert's house; mantel photo is Bert Jr. from the Navy)

Greetings from Scenic South St. Louis, MO

Hello, Family!

Like Dan, I am a "rookie blogger", too --  it only took me two months to get hooked up!!

BELATED 60TH BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO FR. LARRY!!  Madeleine heard it broadcast on KMOX radio last week -- it was big news here in South St. Louis!!

Hey, cousin Jeff -- you still following the Cardinals?  I think they're going back to the Series this fall!!

I was with Joan and Maureen this weekend in Omaha -- Maureen's son Jack graduated from high school.  Joan and Maureen will both be at the Reunion in July.

L8R, G8Rs!

Peggy

Greetings from Colorful Colorado!

Just wanted to let everyone know (I also put out an email), on the Science Channel a documentary is being aired call Radiocative Paradise. It's about research being done at Bikini Atoll. The scientists involved are trying to see how much, and to what extent the area is still radioactive. They have footage of dives to the ships as well as archival footage of the tests, ships and sailors.