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Irish Heritage
March 10, 2013
— Ireland, Irish, St Paddy
Grandmothers
The lady on the far right, Emiline P Nichols, was born in Pennsylvania in 1837, moved to Ohio, and then to Kansas. Her daughter, Harriet Peterson (to her left) married an Irishman, James Oscar Byrne, of County Meath. James died the year his daughter, Sarah Helena Byrne (big lady in the middle) was born. He is buried in a Catholic graveyard in Kansas. Without the hardship and adventure endured by James O’Byrne I would not have the luck of the Irish, so I am eternally grateful.
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I went to visit my uncle in Kansas, who had a load of pictures. Irish are lucky, so it is important to have the luck of the Irish.
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Oh, I did not know that they are lucky. But if this is so it is important to inherit your share. And it is great that you uncle not only had the pictures but was also able to tell you who is who. I have some VERY old pictures but as they are from a different branch of the familiy even my grandma could not give me the details. We know only about a few pictures the who is who. But one could tell that many of them went to the same photographer. As the people were poor the photoraphers had some jewellery people could use. The ladies had all the same necklaces and brooches.
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I went just in time. He still remembered and we took a trip together to Frank Lloyd Wright’s only sky scraper in Bartlesville, OK (Price Tower) and stayed the night…pretty fun. Now he is not in shape to travel, so I am glad we went.
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One of us remembers it anyhow. He was really a super travel companion because he and had lived in the area forever and knew all about everything.
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So appropriate for upcoming St. Paddy’s Day! Cheers to my fellow Irish!;-)
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