The
Conroy
Chronicles

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Copyright © - 1990 by Raymond Conroy

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From the Gaelic, Mac Conraoi, the following names are derived - Conroy, Connery, Conry, Cunree, McConry, MacEnry, McHenry, Mulconry, and King.

The Conroy family is descended from Milesius, King of Spain, through the line of his son Ir. The founder of the family was Cahal McRory O'Connery, King of Connaught in the eleventh century. The ancient name was Cahal and signifies "Beautiful". The possessions of the sept were located in the present county of Carlow.

Another family of the name - The McConroys - were Lords of Dealbh-na-Thire-da-locha, or Delvin of the Land of the Two Lakes, now the barony of Moycullen, situated between Lough Corrib and Lough Lurgan, or the Bay of Galway, in the County of Galway. They also had lands in the Counties of Limerick and Leitrim.

The Conroys, who are of the Dalcassian race of Thomond, are still very numerous in this territory, but they usually translate the name to King from the erroneous belief that the name is Mac-anrigh, or Son of the King. The true Anglicized form of the name is MacConroy.

(GRANDFATHER)

KEVIN RYAN LAUDERDALE

First published in "Westwind", Spring, 1990, Volume 33.
Copyright (c) The Regents of The University of California

FROM THE EDITOR

"DON'T CALL ME 'POP'"

THE GUTENBERG PRESS

BY JOHN MARCUS CONROY
This is the press that Joh built.

This is the base, legs and superstructure
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the bed of the press
That moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the crank and rounce
That moved the bed to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the type form
That lay in the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

These are the leather covered ink balls
That daubed ink on the type form
That lay in the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the frisket, blank paper and tympan
That was placed on the inked type form
That lay in the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the platen and impression lever
That caused it to press down on the tympan and
That printed the paper between the frisket and tympan
That was placed on the inked type form
That lay in the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base
That formed part of the press that Joh built.

This is the finished printed sheet
That was between the frisket and tympan
That was pressed by the platen and impression lever
That caused it to print from the inked type form
That lay in the coffin
That sat on the bed of the press
That the rounce moved to and fro on the base and
That makes all of the press that Joh built.

Copyright (C) 1985 by John Marcus Conroy
(with apologies to "Mother Goose")

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The following is taken from IRISH FAMILIES by MACLYSAGT, published by Crown
Publishing Company, New York, NY and is used with permission:

The most important of these is O'Mulconaire, i.e. descendent of the follower of Conaire, from which O'Mulconry and its abbreviation, Conry, naturally derive, though as we have seen, Conroy is also used by modern descendants of this sept. However should he stated that in the homeland of the O'Mulconaire sept, whose patrimony was the parish Clooncraft in the neighbourhood of Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, they are usually called Conry not Conroy. The O'Mulconrys were hereditary poets and chroniclers to the Kings of Connacht, and many such are recorded in the "Annals of Connacht", the "Annals of the Four Masters" etc ., the most notable of whom were Fearfasa O'Mulconry, who was himself one of the Four Masters (whose work was completed in 1636), and Maurice O'Mulconry whose copy of the "Book of Fenagh", made in 1517, is an exceptionally heautiful manuscript. Most Rev. Florence Conry (1561-1629), Archbishop of Tuam, was also of this sept. His name is so spelt in the Franciscan records, but in some other contemporary documents he appears as Conroy, and also as O'Maolconaire. This most distinguisguished Franciscan was associated with the foundation of the Irish College at Louvain, and wrote many important works including a theological treatise in Irish. He was chaplain in the Spanish Armada and to Hugh O'Donnell at his death. Charles O'Mulconry (son of John O'Mulconry, whofoughtin the Cromwellian war and lost his estate in Co. Roscommon) was an ardent Jacobite and was killed in the Battle of theBoyne in 1690. Another John O'Mulconry, the famous Gaelic poet and chronicler, whose family had settled in Ardkyle in Co. Clare, was of this sept. He presided over a school of poets at Ardkyle from about 1440 to 1470. Hardiman's inclusion of the Mulconrys among the Dalcassian septs is an error.

Other Gaelic surnames which are anglicized Conry and Conroy in Connacht are O'Conraoi of Ui Maine or Hy Many, i.e. the territory otherwise known as O'Kelly's Country in East Galway and South Roscommon, and MacConraoi of Moycullen, called by the Four Masters Lord of Delvin of the Two Lakes (viz Lough Corrib and Lough Lurgan - an old name for the Bay of Galway). The "Books of Survey and Distribution", and other seventeenth century records, show that MacConrys or MacConroys were there at that period. Padriac O'Conaire (1883-1928), one of the best known of all the modern writers in Irish, was a Galway man. His statue is to be seen in Eyre Square in Galway City. He spelt his name O'Conaire, though this form is usuallyfound in Munster and anglicized Connery, and is quite distinct from the Galway sept just mentioned. O'Connery is included in Smith's "History of County Waterford" among the principal inhabitants of the county at the end of the sixteenth century.

A further complication is the use of the surname King as a synonym for MacConraoi, and even for O'Conraoi and also for Fhearadhaigh. This arose from the similarity in sound of these Mac names and Mac an Righ: the latter means son of the King, and so became King in English by a process of mistranslation very common in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In fact nearly all the MacConroys of Moycullen use the name King, and in the nineteenth century they called their ancestral seat of Ballymaconry Kingstown. King, of course, is a common English name, and is also the anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O'Cionga or O'Cingeadh (fcrst anglicized O'Kinga), a family which in medieval times were seated on the Island of Inismore in Lough Ree, and were influential in Co. Westmeath up to the end of the sixteenth century.

Statistics of the modern distribution of population indicate that Conrys are found in considerable numbers in Leix and Offaly, as well as Connacht. This might well be expected hecause, in addition to the septs referred to ahove, there was also a not important sept called O'Conratha, alias Mac Conratha, of the same stock as the MacCoughlans of Offaly. Their arms are quite different from those of O'Mulconcy.

In 1868, Coleman, Sarah and their infant son Patrick arrived in the United States and eventually settled in Bellaire, Ohio. He was an iron worker by trade, and a monument to his work is a railroad bridge that runs from Bellaire, Ohio, across the Ohio River to Benwood, West Virginia. He was the construction foreman on the bridge, which is now over one hundred years old. As of 1988, the bridge is still in use and five railroad trains a day, each carrying twenty tons of coal, are moved by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to one of the power plants in the Ohio Valley.

Coleman and Sarah had seven Children:

Patrick, born in 1868, in Ireland
Michael, born in 1871, in West Virginia
John, born in 1874, in West Virginia
Coleman, Jr., born in 1876, in Bellaire, Ohio
Mary, born in 1878, in Bellaire, Ohio
Joseph, born in 1880, in Bellaire, Ohio
Marcus, born in 1883, in Bellaire, Ohio.

Coleman Conroy saved all the extra money he could and brought friends and relatives from Ireland by sending them the passage money. One of his brothers, Patrick, migrated to the south and was said to have fathered sixteen children. No records of this family are known at this time. His other brother, Cornelius, and his wife are buried in Ohio. Most of their children migrated to the Dakotas. Little is known of this family at present. It was said that both Patrick and Cornelius became millionaires.

Of the Coleman Conroy children, two of the sons were bachelors, Coleman Junior, and John. John was said to be the only one in the family with brown eyes and his love of Irish whiskey was legendary. One time, on a visit to his brother, Marcus, in Toledo, Ohio, Jack, as he was mostly known by, made some mulberry wine, corked the jug good and hid it up in the attic. Unbeknownst to Marcus, who was in the process of adding a room up in the attic the jug was sealed behind the walls and in due time ripened and exploded. Of course, Uncle Jack as he was known, didn't get the benefit of his concoction and Marcus had to re-do the wall.

Nothing is known of Coleman's son Patrick. He was a wanederer and it was thought that he migrated west. Also nothing is known at this time of his son Joseph.

Michael was married to a woman named Julia Joyce. He worked as a glassworker and usually was a foreman or superintendent of glass factories. He worked in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and even in California. Not too much is known oh his family. One son, Joseph, died in California during prohibition days from poisoned whiskey. Another son went to Notre Dame University and was on the boxing team. We believe his name Michael. Another son was an airline pilot.

For additional information on the Michael Conroy family Bellaire, OH.

As a child, he was raised by an aunt named Ney or Nay, since his mother was ill. In the 1900 census for Bellaire, OH, there is an Anna Ney listed with her two children living at 3223 Guerensey Street, a few blocks from the Conroy home at 3444 Noble Street. Her age was listed as 62 and she was from Ireland. His formal education was ended with the third grade, at which time, as was customary among the poorer classes, he went to work in the coal mines and later on became a glassworker and worked on the railroad.

At about the age of twelve, he went to work at the Imperial Glass Company in Bellaire where his older brother Mickey was was a foreman. The bond between these two brothers became a lifelong relationship as they worked, visited and corresponded with each other.

Although Marcus was denied further formal education, he could read and write English and was conversant in Gaelic, the language of his parents, Coleman and Sarah. He could also read music and played the banjo and mandolin. He could do any kind of mechanical work such as automobile repairing, carpenter or electrical work, or plumbing. When the children were young, he was the family doctor treating them with home remedies. The only time they went to see a doctor was for something serious like a bad accident or such amenities as tonsil removal. It would be wrong to call him a handy man; he was indeed a practical engineer.

Sometime in the latter part of 1908 or early 1909, Marcus, who was then working at the Libby Glass Company in Toledo, met Margaret Wagner. He stopped in John Wagner's grocery store to buy some chewing tobacco and John's daughter, Margaret, waited on him. Although forbidden by her father to go out with Marcus who was a glassworker (considered by John Wagner to be in the same category as transients or hoboes), Marcus had winning ways and it was to be a lifelong marriage.

They were married on June 30, 1909 by a priest, Father W. A. Harks, and then proceeded to take a three month honeymoon part of which time was spent at Niagara Falls, New York, which was the popular honeymoon resort for newlyweds in the Gaslight era. The primary reason for the long honeymoon was that glassworkers seldom worked in the summer months as the glass oven ran at temperatures of 1700 degrees and there was no air conditioning in those days. During their honeymoon they also managed to visit relatives in Bellaire.

Margaret Angela Wagner was born on November 11,1886. She was the daughter of John Wagner, born in December 1861, in Germany and Louisa Stephan, born (date unknown at this time). She had a sister, Theresa, who was called Tracey, born in May 1885 and a brother, John, born in March 1888. Tracey suffered from epilepsy and passed away on April 29, 1892. Johnnie, as he was known, lived to be 91 years old and died by drowning in the Maumee River.

Louisa Stephan Wagner died in her early twenties, April, 12, 1889, and John Wagner then married his housekeeper, Anna Kaefer, who was born in November, 1876. As a result of this second marriage, they had 6 children:

Martin, born in November, 1895
Leo, born in July 1897
Malcolm and Melvin, twins, born in September, 1898
Catherine, (birth date unknown at this time)
Mary Jane, born 1911.

Margaret Wagner finished the eighth grade and was sent to business school where she learned typing and shorthand. She worked for a time as a milliner in Newhostle's Department Store in Toledo. She was an excellent seamstress and made most of her girl's dresses when they were in school. She also wrote poetry and was an accomplished pianist. She was also an excellent bookkeeper and her bread baking day was like a feast day.

Marcus and Margaret Conroy had ten children:

John Marcus Conroy, born April 3, 1910, Toledo, OH
Helen Louise Conroy, born July 31, 1912, Toledo, OH
Mary Angela Conroy, born May 25, 1914, Toledo, OH
Raymond Leo Conroy, born July 30, 1916, Toledo, OH
Joseph Conroy, stillborn June 16, 1918, Toledo, OH
Rita Catherine Conroy, born January 22, 1920, Toledo, OH
Francis Bernard Conroy, born August 21, 1921, Toledo, OH
Harold Joseph Conroy, born May 17, 1923, Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Rose Conroy, born March 15, 1925, Los Angeles, CA
Don Lee Conroy, born March 1, 1928, Los Angeles, CA.

In the early days of their marriage Marcus bought a house from John Wagner for $ l ,600.00. It was supposed to have been willed to Margaret by her mother, Louisa Stephan Wagner, but John was an astute businessman. When Marcus remodeled the house and sold it for $3,000.00, John Wagner was furious as he didn't share in the profits.

During the winter of 1922 the Marcus Conroy Family moved to California. Marcus was already there working at the Crystallite Glass Company in Vernon, Los Angeles County. Margaret and the six children arrived by train and joined him at a house he had rented in Huntington Park, close to the town of Vernon.

Later on, the family moved to a house on 77th street in Los Angeles, and after a time, they bought a house at 9527 Kalmia Street in Los Angeles, in an area which is now known as Watts. There, the family lived until the Big Earthquake of 1933 struck Los Angeles. The house survived, but since it was in the deepest part of the Great Depression, like a lot of other people at that time, they lost their home.

The family next moved to 7668 Walnut Drive in Los Angeles a few blocks from their former home on 77th Street. Late, the family moved to 1151 West 66th Street in Los Angeles. Here the family lived until World War II. Marcus Conroy passed away on October 18, 1943.

By this time, John, Helen, and Frank were married; Raymond and Harold were in the Army Air Corps; Frank and Don Lee were in the Navy; Mary was a an Immaculate Heart nun; and this left only Margaret and daughter Patricia at home during the war Forced to move into smaller quarters, there was no longer any room for Margaret's prized possession, herpiano. At this time she donated it to the Blessed Sacrament School in Los Angeles where up until a few years ago, it was still being played in the parish hall Margaret Conroy passed away November 23, 1975.

John Marcus Conroy married Magdalene Lucy Schrepfer on May 26,1937. John and Magdalene both sang in their church choir and, in keeping up with his music, John also took piano lessons from Magdalene, and wound up marrying the teacher. John continued his musical career by singing with the Ellis Club, an all male choir in Los Angeles, and also sang on some local radio stations. Later on, he became a piano tuner technician. His main line of work was in the printing business which he entered after leaving high school and The Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles. He worked as a Linotype operator, compositor and proofreader until his retirement about 1978. Following the death of his wife, Magdalene Lucy Conroy on June 4, 1968, John Conroy married Anna Kayich on December 1,1972. John Conroy died July 9, 1987.

Magdalene Lucy Schrepfer was born July 14,1907 in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of their marriage she was living with her sister, Ann Schrepfer, and her father at 2510 Broadway in Huntington Park, California. Magdalene graduated from The University of California at Los Angeles and received her Teacher's Credential from that institution.

Her father's name was Michael Schrepfer, affectionately known as "Pops". He was born April 7,1866 and died January 21, 1959. Michael Schrepfer worked at the Los Angeles Union Stockyards in Vernon, an industrial area which included many manufacturing plants and packing houses. Her mother's name was Anna HHeider She was born July 13,1867 and died January 4,1932. Michael and Anna Schrepfer had ten children, of whom seven survived:

Johanna, born March 21, 1888, died October 19, 1932
Michael, born July 16, 1891, died May 9, 1954
Margaret, born June 19, 1893, died November 22, 1954
Ann, born August 22, 1895, died August 1, 1986
Francis, born September 4, 1897, died March 19, 1940
Aloysius, born February 20, 1904, died April 5, 1984
Magdalene Lucy, born July 14, 1907, died June 4, 1968

Johanna Schrepfer married Andrew Porzel in 1904. They had ten children. Margaret, Andrew, Francis, and Lucille P survived to adulthood.

Michael Schrepfer married Catherine Morgan in 1913.

Margaret Schrepfer was married twice; in 1914 to Charles Lumpp and later in life, to Fred Mayes.

Ann Schrepfer married Charles Brefka October 20, 1940

Francis Schrepfer married Freida Freiburg in 1922.

Aloysius Schrepfer married Eva Lumpp October 22, 1931.

They had two children, Barbara and Charles. Eva Lumpp died in December, 1987.

John Conroy and Magdalene Lucy Schrepfer had five children

Ann Margaret Conroy, born July 30, 1939
Miriam Magdalene Conroy, born December 17, 1941
Margaret Agnes Conroy, born September 30. 1943
John Francis Conroy, born October 15, 1945
Michael Joseph Conroy, born May 29, 1951.

They have five children:

Michele Marie Erwin, born April 8, 1963
Glenn Francis Erwin, born January 27, 1966
Damien Joseph Erwin, born November 26, 1969
Maureen Elizabeth Erwin, born July 17, 1971
Roseann Miriam Erwin, born February 2, 1975.

Glenn T. Erwin was born July 1, 1928 in Winooski, Vermont. His father was Thomas Erwin, born September 11, 1889 in Enosburg Falls, VT. His mother was Aurore Campbell, born September 23, 1899 in Canada. Again music brought two people together; Glenn's mother played the piano and his father was a violinist. They were married September 23, 1919. His father, Thomas, passed away March 14, 1946 and his mother, Aurore, passed away February 19, 1987. Glenn received his B.A. degree from St. Michael's College in Vermont, in 1955. He received his M.A. degree from Loyola University, in Los Angeles, CA in 1969.

Glenn Erwin has an older sister, Jeanette Erwin, born September 2, 1920. She was married to Normand Mercure on May 4, 1940. They have six children; three boys and three girls. Another sister, Kathleen Erwin, was married to David Hawley on March 30, 1957. She is the surviving twin of Kathleen and Maureen Erwin, born June 6, 1935.

Glenn has worked in education for thirty-three years as a teacher, school counselor, attendance counselor, and school psy- chologist. He retired from the Long Beach, CA, School District July l, 1988. However, he will continue private practice as a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor and as an Educational Psychologist. He was also ordained as a permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Orange on May 12,1979. He has been choir direct~or at his parish church for fourteen years.

Ann Margaret Conroy attended St. Emydius School in Lynwood, CA, St. Pius X High School in Downey, and received her B.A. degree from Immaculate Heart College, in Los Angeles, in 1961 Since graduating from college, she has been primarily occupied in raising her family and working part-time as a teacher and secretary. In 1984, she went to work as a full-time teacher at St. Joachim School in Costa Mesa, CA. She is currently teaching the fifth grade there and has been the organist at her parish church for fourteen years.

The children of Glenn T. Erwin and Ann Margaret Conroy are occupied as follows:

Michelle Marie Erwin graduated from Cal State, Long Beach with a degree in Sociology in June, 1987. She works for an insurance company in Orange, CA. Her musical talent is playing the piano.

Glenn Francis Erwin is presently living in New York City and working in the music industry. He plays several musical instruments and is a composer.

Damien Joseph Erwin is presently enrolled at Orange Coast College in the Culinary Arts Program and is also working as a cook. He also plays the guitar and drums, and is talented in art.

Maureen Elizabeth Erwin graduated from high school in 1989 She is also talented in art.

Roseann Miriam Erwin is, at this writing, in the ninth grade.

They have six children:

Juliana Marie Page, born May 18, 1963
Stephanie Joan Page, born January 15, 1965
Charles Walter Page Ill, B. Dec.4, 1965, D. Dec.6, 1965
Marcus Patrick Page, born December 8, 1966
Geoffrey David Page, born January 18, 1970
Jennifer Dianne Page, born May 1, 1971.

Charles W. Page, Jr. was born June 4,1940 in El Paso, TX. His parents were Charles Walter Page, Sr., born April 7, 1915 in El Paso, TX and Mabel Jean Martin, born October 28, 1921 in Montana. Another son, Stephen Leigh Page, born April 30,1946 in Lynwood, CA, married Claire Rawcliffe in 1968; they have one child, Michele, born July 5, 1969.

Charles Page, Sr. owned and operated a successful Mobil gas station business in Fullerton, CA until his retirement. Jean Page worked as an Executive Secretary for the cities of Compton, Anaheim and Fullerton, CA. They are now retired and living in Sedona, AZ.

Charles Page, Sr. was the son of Charles Henry Page of El Paso and Carolina Provencia, a Chickasaw indian maiden. She was disowned by her parents, for reasons unknown and was raised by a Mexican family in Juarez.

Mable Jean (Martin) Page was the daughter of Guy Martin and Eleanor Hunter of Montana. They had three other children; Louise (Martin) Yerby now living in Michigan, Doris (Martin) Reed now deceased, and Donald Martin who suffered from epilepsy and grand malt He is presumed deceased. Eleanor Hunter divorced Guy Hunter and was married four more times. The last husband was John Hollingsworth whom she married in 1961. She also suffered from petit mal seizures. She died in 1987.

The children of Miriam Conroy and Charles W. Page, Jr. are occupied as follows:

Juliana Page married Lee Alan Mandeville on March 1, 1986 She works as a Child Support Investigator for the Orange County District Attorney. They were divorced in 1990.

Stephanie Page married Curt Cardwell in November, 1989 Stephanie works as a secretary for the California Probation, Parole and Correctional Assn. in Sacramento, CA. Curt works as a chef for the priests at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, CA and also attends college full-time.

Marcus Page graduated from Cal State University in Sacramento, CA with a B.A. in Communications. He lives in Sacramento and is presently working for the studio from where the California Lottery is broadcast.

Geoffrey Page is a sophomore at Yuba City College majoring in Administration of Justice. He lives at home and works part-time as a Police Cadet at Yuba City College. Around his eighteenth birthday, Geoff developed a type of epilepsy that is inherited is now taking medication to keep this condition under control

Jennifer Page graduated from Yuba City High School in She is presently living in Southern California with her sister, Juliana Page.

She married William Michael (Mike) Denny on June 6, 1966. Mike was a graduate student in the Physics Department at the California Institute of Technology, having done undergraduate work at St. Louis University in Missouri. Margaret went to work for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Their son, Kevin Ryan Denny, was born on October 26, 1967. They divorced in 1970.

Margaret then went to work for the Pasadena Unified School District where she is still employed. She has taught learning disabled, physically handicapped, and now regular high school students. She also worked for five years as a teacher-manager for the heads of the P.U.S.D. Special Education Department.

In 1971 Margaret met James Lauderdale whom she married on November 21, 1976. Jim was a company comptroller for several small steel companies in the Los Angeles area.

Jim's parents were Mary Elise Brown and James Burton Lauderdale, both from Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mary's family are descendants of George Rogers Clark, who explored the Mississippi River. Her grandfather Brown founded the University of Arkansas in Jonesboro. James Sr. served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater, in WW II. After the war, he was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, OH. He died of lukemia in 1951. Mary now lives in Sierra Madre, CA. She is a retired school teacher and a Docent at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.

Jim and Margaret had a son, Stuart Rogers James, born June, 4 1978. He is blonde and blue-eyed and at birth looked remarkably like a Conroy! His older brother, Kevin Denny, has dark hair and hazel eyes and many people remarked how much he looked his dad meaning Jim!

On February 10, 1980, Jim died suddenly. The cause of his death is unknown. Margaret continued to teach. In 1983, she joined a local group of jazz musicians as a singer and change name to Rosalind the name she now prefers.

Kevin attended city schools in Pasadena, graduating early from Blair High School. He did undergraduate work at Pasadena City College and transferred to U.C.L.A. He graduated from U.C.L.A. with a B.A. in English in 1989 and is presently working on his Masters in Library and Information Science at U.C.L.A. He plans to become a librarian - a vocation that matches his intense interest in writing.

Stuart is in 6th grade. He is interested in all things mechanical and electrical. His favorite playground is the Radio Shack store

In 1986, Rosalind discovered the Church of Religious Science in La Crescenta, CA. She is a member and is the Minister of Music at the La Crescenta Church.

Johnny was born in Huntington Park, CA. He attended St. Emydius Grade School in Lynwood, CA and Pius X High School in Downey, CA. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1962 and was trained in cryptographics, electronics and security specialties at Lackland AFB in Texas. The major portion of his service was spent at Holloman AFB in New Mexico.

He married Janice Carol Guthrie of Lynwood, CA in October 1966 and they were divorced in 1967. There were no children from this marriage.

In late 1968, while attending Long Beach State College, he met Sara Virginia Wilkinson and on November 1, 1970, they were married at her parents' home in Ventura, CA.

They have three children:

John Carter Conroy, born October 13, 1976
James Steven Conroy, born October 1, 1980
Marcus Andrew Conroy, born July 8, 1982.

Sara Virginia Wilkinson was born on June 29, 1947 in St. Louis, MO. Her parents were Alfred Oliver Wilkinson and Virginia Isabel Carter, of St. Louis. Alfred Oliver Wilkinson was born July 12,1913. He received a Ph.D. in Theatre Arts and taught at Washington University, in St. Louis, at Stanford, and was Chairman of the Theater Arts Department at Ventura College. He passed away in October, 1985. His parents were Jesse Oliver Wilkinson and Susie Alice Bringhurst, of St. Louis. Jesse was a commercial artist and also painted pictures.

Sara's mother is Virginia Isabel Carter, born April 18, 1916 in St. Louis. She is an artist, potter, and taught Costume Design and Construction at Ventura College until she and Alfred retired in 1979. Her parents were Henry Adrian Carter and Alta Isabel Bilby, of Indiana. Henry was a weaver by trade and Sara's mother keeps a published volume of their designs.

Sara has four brothers and sisters:

Sue Ellen Wilkinson, who was born in 1941. She is married to James Emerson Stinson of Pittsburgh, PA. They have two children, Alexander and Lilly.

Oliver Carter Wilkinson, who was born in 1951. He is married to Connie Mitterer, of Ventura, CA. They have three children, Sean, Daniel, and Elizabeth.

Kassandra Rose Wilkinson, who was born in 1954. She married was married to Russell Lee Gale, of Greely, CO on July 30, 1988

Alfred Jesse Wilkinson, who was born in 1955. He is married to Janet Hiller, of Ventura, CA.

Michael Conroy was married to Kay Louise Buglass in 1977. They have one daughter, Magdalene Elizabeth, born July 26,1978 at the Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. She was born with a congenital heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, and underwent two shunt procedures at ages 6 and 13 weeks at the Children's Hospital NMC in Washington, D.C. Later, at the age of 16 months, she had open heart surgery at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center to patch the hole between the lower two chambers of her heart and to open the pulmonary valve. Recently, at the age of 8, she had surgery at the the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore to replace the pulmonary valve and the pulmonary outflow tract. Magdalene is currently in the sixth grade and is an "A" student.

A daughter of Michael's uncle Harold, Ann Conroy who lives in Grand Island, NE, also was born with Tetralogy of Fallot and was operated on for this condition at Birmingham General Hospital in Alabama. At this time she is 29 years old.

Kay Louise Buglass was born November 13, 1946 in Weisbaden, West Germany. She is the daughter of Lt. Colonel Kenneth Buglass U.S.A.F., Ret. and Betty Zimmerman, both of Wisconsin. Lt. Colonel Buglass was a B-24 Pilot in WW II and flew more than 50 missions over North Africa. Her mother, Betty Buglass, was a civilian secretary for the Navy.

Kay Conroy also has two sisters, Ann (Buglass) Hiss and Erin (Buglass) Rhamstine.

Kay Louise Conroy is a Registered Nurse and resides with her daughter, Magdalene Elizabeth, in Chantilly, VA. She also has a son, Andrew Michael Cowden, born in 1969. He is presently working as a news photographer for The Daily Review in M City, LA.

Kay Louise Conroy is employed at the Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. She and Michael were divorced in 1984.

One of Helen's fond memories was that of her mother playing the piano for her when she was a small child. Helen had learned to whistle at the age of eight months and can remember, at the age of three or four, how beautiful her mother looked with her chestnut colored hair as she played the piano for Helen.

Jay Gonzales was born January 28, 1920 in Sinaloa, Mexico. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II and became a citizen in 1953. Jay worked for Northrop Aircraft in Los Angeles and spent six months in Seville, Spain with Helen and son Thomas, on assignment for that company.

Jay Gonzales and Helen Conroy have three children:

Rita Angela Gonzales, born April 17, 1943
Michael Jay Gonzales, born August 2, 1946
Pamela Anne Gonzales, born June 25, 1948,

and by adoption:

Thomas Michael Gonzales, born January 3, 1961 (born Thomas Emerson Reynolds).

The Gonzales Children are occupied as follows:

Rita Gonzales married Thomas Franklin Piocos on October 31, 1959. They live in Tacoma, Washington.

They have five children:

Pamela Anne, born July l, 1960
Stephanie Marie, born June 27, 1961
Cindy, born October 12, 1962
Michael, born October 17, 1965
Matthew, born May 7, 1967.

The three Piocos girls are married.

Pamela Anne has a daughter, Nicole, and a son, Ryan. Stephanie Marie has a daughter, Sheena, and two sons, Phillip and Joshua. Cindy Piocos is married to a man named Bret Wood and has two daughters named Amanda and Ashley. Matthew Piocos also has a son.

Michael Gonzales married Antoinette Soto. They have three children:

Michael Gonzales, born March 29, 1967
Mark Gonzales, born June l, 1968
Margaret Angela Gonzales, born February 5, 1975.

Michael was divorced and married a second time to Bunnie Pritchard. They have a daughter, Sarah Danoya, born September 12, 1983. Bunnie Pritchard also has a son and a daughter by a previous marriage.

Mark Gonzales is an International Skateboard Champion and is now on his fourth trip to Japan for a company named Vision. He lives in Huntington Beach, CA.

Pamela Anne Gonzales married Fred Selig. They have a son named James Robert, called J.R., born November 12, 1970.

She did graduate work at Sacramento State College, Immaculate Heart College, and studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

Her many teaching assignments took her as far away as Texas, where she taught the poor children at San Jose Mission School. At St. Alphonsus, she taught English to hispanic children and also art and choir to the high school students.

She was principal at Mary Star of the Sea School in San Pedro and also taught at St. Anthony's in Long Beach. Other teaching assignments included Cathedral School, in the heart of the Old Plaza area in Los Angeles, where there were no lights in the old building.

Other assignments took her to St Mary's School in Palmdale, California, Blessed Sacrament School, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, and Holy Spirit School in Los Angeles. She also taught at St. Bernadine's School in San Bernardino and in Colton and other assignments in Sacramento and Visalia, California.

After retiring from teaching, she did all the purchasing and meal planning for retired sisters; also cooked five nights a week for thirty-five people for a period of five years. She tutored in the Immaculate Heart Reading Clinic for three years and also found time to act as Minister of The Eucharist to the sick and elderly in the Alexandria Convalescent Home.

After graduating from high school, Raymond went to work as an Auditor for the California State Relief Administration in Los Angeles and later transferred as a Bookkeeper to the California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo, CA where he lived and worked until he and his brother Harold were inducted into the service on the same date. They spent their basic training in St. Petersburg, Florida and didn't see each other again until the end of the war when they met again and were discharged on the same date and at the same place where they were inducted some three years earlier.

During WW II, Raymond served in the Army Air Corps. He attended the Adjutant General's School for Non-Commissioned Officers at Mississippi Southern College and saw service in the 1906th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He served in New Guinea, The Dutch Indies and the Philippines.

After the war, he worked as a foreman for the United Piece Die Works for seven years. During that time, he studied Industrial Engineering by correspondence school. He worked for two years as a tool liaison man for The Thor Tool Company and then worked for Beckman Instruments in Fullerton, California for thirty-two years. He also studied electronics at Cerritos College and even ran a television and radio repair business as a hobby. He retired from Beckman Instruments as a Standards Analyst in the Corporate Products Standards Group in 1985.

Currently, Raymond works as a volunteer at Circle City Hospital, in Corona, California, two or three days a week in the surgery where he washes and sterilizes surgical instruments, and wraps them for autoclaving. He also works as an orderly for the nurses when needed. Jean works as a volunteer at the same hospital, putting in many hours a week in the gift shop and as a "Pink Lady" on the floor visiting patients and delivering mail and flowers to the patients' rooms.

Their son, Richard, graduated from Corona High School and attended Riverside City College. He runs his own sun-tanning business in Corona and also works as a cosmetologist.

Jean Turner's parents were Robert Daniel Turner, of Elmore, Alabama and Rosa Mae (May) Rogers of Terre Haute, Indiana.

Robert Daniel Turner was born on February 24, 1897 in Elmore, Alabama. His father was James D. Turner and his mother was Hattie L. Zeigler, both of Elmore, Alabama. Robert Turner served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during World War I and worked as a laboratory technician for forty-two years at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio and Los Angeles, CA. He died in Corona, CA on January 8, 1970.

Rosa Mae (Rogers) Turner was born June 25, 1898 (1899 is listed in her family bible) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her father was Adlaska Rogers who was a Terre Haute city policeman and also a carpenter by trade. He died at age 55 in Terre Haute, Indiana at 318 N. 4th Street, on November 21, 1917.

Her mother was Ora Ellen Whittaker of Terre Haute. She died at the age of 37 at 230 S.2nd Street on March 11,1913. Rosa Mae (Rogers) Turner often talked about the time when they lost their farm and all their livestock in the great flood of 1905. With her father driving a horse and wagon, she remembered being the last ones to cross the river to high ground when the bridge behind them was washed away in the torrent. Rosa Mae was a cosmetologist and operated a beauty shop in Akron, Ohio. Rosa Mae (Rogers) Turner died April 1, 1988 at Corona, CA.

Robert D. Turner married Rosa Mae Rogers at 923 Raymond Street, Akron, Ohio on May 1, 1920. The minister was Rev. Robert Beichley and the witnesses were Bessie and James B. Arent of Elmore, Alabama.

Children of this union were:

Audrey May Turner, born March 28, 1921 at 4:00 PM.
Jean Frances Turner, born August 4, 1922 at 11:20 PM.
Richard Daniel Turner, born Dec. 22, 1925 at 2:00 AM.

Audrey Turner married Robert M. McCain on July 6, 1942 at Akron, Ohio. Robert McCain served in the First Marine Division in the South Pacific during WW II. They are currently living in Chipley, Florida. They have a daughter, Priscilla Mae McCain, born July 15,1943 in Akron, Ohio. She was married to a Fred Shepherd of Madison, Wisconsin. Priscilla and Frederic have a daughter, Bridget, and a son, Frederic, Jr.

Richard Daniel Turner was married three times. He has a daughter, Lori Jo, date of birth unknown.

Rita Conroy married William Frank Shade on April 2, 1942. They met at Vultee Aircraft in Downey, California where Bill was her departmental boss.

William Shade was the son of Charles R. Shade and Eva Ellen (maiden name unknown) Shade originally of Illinois. Later on, the family moved to Pueblo, Colorado and then to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Bill was born on October 22, 1910. The family moved to Santa Monica, CA and later on to Eagle Rock, CA.

After a divorce, and both parents passed away, the older sister, Stella Shade, raised the family which consisted of Stella, Betty, Bill and Robert. Betty was the only one to finish school. Stella's married name was Turley; Betty's married name was Doty.

When Vultee Aircraft merged with Consolidated Aircraft, to become Convair, Rita and Bill moved to San Diego where he was the Paint Shop Superintendent for Convair during WW II. They returned to the Los Angeles area in 1945 and returned to San Diego in 1947. At this time, they adopted a son, Michael Robert Shade, who was born October 1, 1947.

Later on in 1950 they moved to Fort Worth, Texas. They returned in 1953 to Los Angeles where Bill worked at North American Aviation until his death on January 14,1958. Bill loved to fly. He survived a plane crash and wound up with a broken back. He passed away of a heart attack at the age of 47.

Rita (Conroy) Shade is now retired, having worked for Northrop Aircraft for 23 years. She retired in 1983. She was Senior Layout Artist for the Decal Shop and also did silk screening, photography and photo-etching. She now makes reproductions of antique dolls as a hobby.

Michael Shade married Michelle Saltsman in 1966. They have two children; William Michael Shade, born July 18, 1966 and Sherise Jeannine Shade, born June 1, 1967. They were divorced in 1972.

Sherise Shade married Rickey Vilamar and they have a daughter, Stacia Michelle, born July 16, 1986.

 Michael Shade married Constance Brafford Eubanks on February 14,1987. They have a son, Michael Robert Shade II, born November 7, 1987. He also has two stepsons, Joshua and Bradley Eubanks.

Michael's son, William Shade, is in the construction business and currently lives with his grandmother, Rita Shade. He is engaged to be married to Coleen Echols of Bryn Athyn, PA.

Gangrene set in and his leg had to be amputated above the knee. Not wanting to have his children born in Mexico, with his young wife, they crossed the Rio Grande near E1 Paso. Fording the river on crutches must have been an ordeal; but they survived and their first child, Carmen, was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

He went on to Los Angeles, CA, managed to learn the language, and became a tailor. During World War I, in San Diego, CA, he made uniforms for the Armed Forces. The family later moved to Los Angeles and the rest of the children were born there.

In his work as a tailor, he made many custom made suits and garments for people in the movie industry. Among them were Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Janet Gaynor and other screen notables. He also made his children's clothing and they were probably among the best dressed children in school. He also made custom clothing for the McCarthy real estate family in Los Angeles.

Frank Conroy graduated from George Washington High School in Los Angeles where he was All City Quarterback on the football team. One of his favorite plays was an underhand pass which took his opponents off guard.

He served in the U.S. Navy from May, 1944 until he was honorably discharged in March, 1946. He worked for the Street Lighting Department of the City of Los Angeles from 1947 to 1957. He then joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and worked as an electrician until his retirement in 1987

Anne Conroy worked as a secretary from 1946 until 1965

They have two children:

Sandra Anne Conroy, born December 16, 1941
Francis Rick Conroy, born October 6, 1952.

Sandra Anne Conroy married Martin DiMercurio, and they had three children:

John Francis DiMercurio, born in 1963
Anthony Francis DiMercurio, born in 1964
Lisa Marie DiMercurio, born in 1966.

Sandra Anne DiMercurio died of cancer, at the age of 35 1977. She is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Francis Rick Conroy married Lisa Cansino. They have two children and live in Las Vegas, Nevada:

Nicholas Paul Conroy, born in 1981
Ashley Marie Conroy, born in 1983.

Harold Conroy met Roma Maxine Gosda at a U.S.O. dance in an outdoor pavillion at Schimmer's Lake in Grand Island, NE on July 25, 1944. As they danced to the band music, lightning struck and the thunderstorm put out all the lights. What could have been a disaster was turned into a romantic evening when the Army trucks were lined up and directed their headlights through the doors of the pavillion, and the young couples continued with the dance.

They continued to see each other nearly every evening after that night and were married on November 15,1944. Three days later, on November 18, 1944, Harold was sent to the South Pacific and was stationed on Tinian Island for the next 14 months. The dropping of the two A-Bombs on Japan quickly ended the conflict.

He returned to Grand Island and learned the electrical wiring trade; taking part in the Rural Electrification Program that brought electricity to America's farmlands in the late 1940's and early 1950's.

Roma Maxine Gosda was born at Grand Island, Nebraska on July 3, 1926. Her father was Albert Arthur Gosda, born January 1,1893 in Grand Island, NE. He passed away on April 9,1975 and is buried at Grand Island, NE. Her mother was Nelda Wilhelmina Busboom, born at Pleasant Dale, NE on February 22, 1907. She passed away May 16, 1977 and is buried at Grand Island, NE.

As a young girl, Roma stayed on the farm and took care of the three younger children. She also prepared and cooked their evening meals. She made many home baked goods and pies for dessert. She would often catch a chicken, butcher it herself, and prepare the evening meal.

Nelda would do the laundry in an old-fashioned tub and like most farm people of that era, would squeeze the clothes out with the old-fashioned hand wringer.

Each year at harvest time, the farmers would band together for the harvest. Whoever was first this season would go to the last of the list for next season. Working together this way farmers had help and in case a storm hit, all crops would be in the barns. When the season ended, the last farmer on the list would host a big celebration.

The hosting family would take a big cattle tank and scrub it clean for the farm men who had worked the harvest. The men would use this for washing up after the harvest and in preparation of the harvest feast. The wives brought their best meals and all the families would gather for the "Harvest Season".

When Roma (Gosda) Conroy was in the eighth grade at her home in Wood River, school was three and a half miles around their island, but only one mile across the river. When the river frozen solid, Nelda Gosda would make sure the children crossed the frozen river safely to and from school. During the depression her father, Albert, couldn't afford the gasoline to drive the children to school every day and trips to town were limited to once a month for supplies. Roma graduated from the eighth grade at Wood River School.

During Christmas time, Albert Gosda would go out along the river and cut down a cedar tree. They would decorate it with strings of popcorn and when completed, would light the candles for a few minutes, observing the old German tradition of Christmas.

In the winter time, when the children had severe colds or the croup, Nelda would make mustard plasters covered with goose lard and turpentine. Placed on the chest of the ailing child, this would "kill the virus or kill the kid".

In the latter part of the depression, when food was scarce, Albert Gosda would take his shotgun and go hunting for pigeons. A dozen or more pigeons with fresh vegetables, home made noodles and dumplings would make a feast for the family, topped off with one of Nelda's chocolate pies covered with whipped cream.

During the summer months, Roma would take turns living with both sets of grandparents. In her ninth grade year, she lived with her grandmother Busboom, as she attended school in Grand Island.

About 1945, during World War II, Albert and Nelda moved into the city of Grand Island. Nelda worked at Four Starr Foods for a while and later worked at the ordnance plant in Grand Island making fuses and helped assemble bombs for the military. After the war, Nelda set up a bakery in the home basement and made pies and baked goods for local restaurants. She was noted for her "Nelda's Pies" and baked goods. Albert Gosda worked at the Feed and Cattle Company in Grand Island.

Children of Albert and Nelda Gosda are:

Roma Maxine Gosda, born July 3, 1926, Grand Island, NE.
Melvin Howard Gosda, born July 7, 1930, Grand Island, NE
Jerome Frederick Gosda, born Jan.15, 1933, Grand Island, NE
Shirley Ann Gosda, born June 12, 1936, Grand Island, NE

Albert Gosda's parents were Frederick Gosda, born Octc 20, 1849 in Germany and Anna Liebbing, born September 1864. He passed away on February 1, 1913 at Grand Island, and she passed away on July 17, 1957 at Grand Island, NE.

She and her husband, Friedrich Gosda, built a log cabin and raised nine children.

Anna Gosda was was known by her relatives as a very strict and straight-laced woman of proper standards of conduct. She believed that people could rise above any adversity, such as welfare or charity programs. People, she felt, were able to work for a living.

After her husband Friedrich passed away, she managed the farm as well as raising her eight remaining children. She was a strong advocate of keeping close-knit family relations and also instilling family pride in the children.

When it came time for get-togethers or family celebrations, parties were held at her home and everyone pitched in to help. Failure to attend or help out would cause a drop in her good graces. She was a firm but loving woman.

Children of Frederick and Anna Gosda were:

Richard Gosda, B. Sept. 24, 1886, D. Apr. 5, 1973
Paula (Gosda) Bieberness, B. Mar. 18, 1888, D. Nov. 26, 1984
Frederick Gosda Jr. B. Aug. 3, 1890
Frieda (Gosda) Vogel, B. Apr. 19, 1896
Albert A. Gosda, B. 1893, D. 1975
Meta (Gosda) Wiegert
Elmer Gosda,s. 1898
Erna (Gosda) Wegner.

Louise also was a woman who did her own things. Empty feed sacks were boiled down until they were bleached and all the dyestuffs removed. From these sacks she would make perfect bed sheets.

She also gardened and, as the food needed pickling or canning, she would carefully put up preserves. She sewed clothing for the needy orphan children at the orphanage in Lincoln, NE. Once a month, she and her husband would deliver a truckload for the children. She was a very charitable lady. No doubt some of her love for others was passed down to her granddaughter, Roma.

Nelda Busboom's parents were Herman C. Busboom, born in 1872 in Illinois. He died in Grand Island NE, in 1979. He married Louise K. Nobbman in 1898 at Lincoln, NE. She was born in 1881 at Lincoln, NE. She died in 1971 at Grand Island, NE.

Children of Herman and Louise Busboom were:

John Busboom, born 190], died 1978
Alvin Busboom, birthdate unknown, died 1988
Nelda Busboom, born 1907, died 1977
Alma (Busboom) Stueven, born 1908.

Roma Conroy works as bookkeeper for the family electrical business. Harold Conroy owns and operates the Amps Rite Electric Company of Omaha.

When they were first married, there was no television and they did not own a car until after their second child was born. It cost all of $100.00 and when it rained, they had to rush home to put the car in the garage as the fabric roof leaked like a sieve. It was to be 1953 before they could afford a new Chevrolet paying $ 1,900.00 in cash for it. At the time, they felt that they were rich.

Harold had open heart surgery in June 1983. At 66, he was still working at the electrical business, but at a slower pace. He and Roma are looking forward to some leisure years soon.

Harold and Roma have six children, and as Roma puts it, our children attribute this to the "Grass Skirt" made of parachute silk which Harold brought her on his return from the islands.

The children of Harold and Roma Conroy are:

James Alan Conroy, born January 17, 1947, Grand Island, NE
Gerald Lee Conroy, born March 15,1948, Grand Island, NE
Philip Leo Conroy, born April 26, 1951, Grand Island, NE
Martin Donald Conroy, born November 14, 1955, Omaha, NE
Ann Marie Conroy, born June 10, 1961, Omaha, NE
Paul Marcus Conroy, Born August 8,1965, Omaha, NE.

They also adopted four "Special Children"; Vietnamese orphans, to raise. Their names are:

Quyen, who was 23 years old on October 12,1988
Ruth, who was 19 years old, April 2, 1989
Joseph, who was 19 years December 7, 1988
Tamara, who was 16 years old April 3, 1989.

Randall Harold Conroy, born in Omaha, NE, Dec. 7, 1966
Christopher Scott Conroy, born in Omaha, NE, June 9, 1971
Allyson Marie Conroy, born in Council Bluffs, IA, Oct. 7, 1977.

He trucked all over the United States for eleven years and now works for Eagle Systems based in Wenatchee, WA. He currently works in Omaha, NE at the Burlington Northern Railroad Terminal Hub Center.

Gerald Conroy is married to La Donna Jo Nelson of Oakland, Iowa. She was born February 18,1952. They met through friends and, proving the old adage that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach, she invited Jerry to dinner.

Gerald Lee and La Donna Jo (Nelson) Conroy have four children:

Felicia Conroy, born May 23, 1973
Shannon Conroy, born October 26, 1974
Heather Conroy, born September 20, 1977
Jason Conroy, born August 30, 1978.

La Donna Conroy works as a Dental Assistant. She is very artistic and poetic. The children are involved in scouting, 4H, church youth, band, choir, and cheerleading.

Her parents were Cecil and Naomi Nelson. Naomi Nelson's maiden name was McClain. Their heritage was from the British Isles; Wales and Scotland, with a little Cherokee and Chippewa mixed in.

In 1955 when the family moved to Omaha and Phil started kindergarten, he had curly hair and wore thick "coke bottle" glasses. He did Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, caddied, parked cars, and washed dishes. He graduated from high school in 1969 with a Naval ROTC Scholarship to Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana.

As a Midshipman First Class, in June 1972 he was ordered to the Gulf of Tonkin (a.k.a. Yankee Station) in Viet Nam for six weeks of training on the USS Midway before returning for his senior year at South Bend.

At this time a request from a Saigon attorney to Roma Conroy made a slight change in his plans. A pending adoption case for an Omaha family had reached a state of stagnation and someone was needed to speed up the bureaucratic delays. Phil took off from Clark Field in the Philippines, to Tan Son Nhut Air Base and spent the next thirty days clearing up the red tape for both countries. As a result, seventeen orphans were permitted to come to the United States bound for New York, Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska. Most of these children are now in college.

Philip Conroy graduated from Notre Dame in 1974 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a four year commitment to Uncle Sam, but he chose to add on two more years by opting for Naval Aviator Training. Several times in the mid-seventies he visited relatives in California, namely his grandmother, Margaret, and aunts and uncles, Sister Mary, Helen and Jay, Rita, and Don and Dorothe.

After checking out in the Grumman A-6E "Intruder" at Whidbey Island, Washington, he returned to duty on the uSs Midway, now stationed at Yokosuka, Japan. He enjoyed the cuisines of the Far East and Indian Ocean countries and on a port visit to Perth Australia, realized he was missing a "down home, small town girl".

Cathy Layne Muntz was born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1953, in Gladewater, Texas. She was working as a nurse in Pensacola, Florida when Phil transferred there in 1979. They were married December 19, 1981 in Grand Island, NE. He was employed by a military contractor at the time. In 1984, he went to work for American Airlines in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a First Officer flying DC-10'S on international routes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

Philip and Cathy have four children:

Rachel Mackenzie Conroy, born July 8 1983
Tara Marie Conroy, born August 19, 1985
Miranda Megan Conroy, born January 5, 1987
Andrew Joshua Philip Conroy, born January 5, 1989

Marsha Lee Gredesky was born September 8, 1956 in Amite, Louisiana. She is the daughter of William Robert Gredesky and Oathe Laura Russell, of Roseland, Louisiana. William Gredesky was born January 24,1924 and died May 9,1988. He was the son of Charles Gredesky and Mary Resack of Pennsylvania. They were immigrants from Germany in the early 1920's and are now deceased. Oathe Laura Russell was born March 31,1924. She was the daughter of Olaf Shelby Russell and Edith Spring, of Roseland, Louisiana.

Marsha Gredesky was raised in Amite, Louisiana. Her family moved to Albion, NE in 1970 and in 1971, to Norfolk, NE where she graduated in 1974 from Norfolk Senior High School. After a semester at Wayne State College, she attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where she met Marty.

They were married October 2, 1976 at the Baptist Church in Norfolk, NE. Marty worked for the family electrical business, The Amps Rite Electric Company until 1982 when he started his own business, Computer Power Corporation. He sells and installs computer power systems that maintain uninterrupted operation of computer systems, and also sells and installs air conditioning systems for computer installations.

Marsha worked in the retail music business until 1984. She is self-taught on the guitar and has taught students at her home in piano and guitar. She enjoys gardening and is active in several Christian ministries. She also manages to keep books for Martin's business, the Computer Power Corporation of Omaha, NE.

They have three children:

Melissa Ann Conroy, born December 13, 1979
Seth Aaron Conroy, born February 23, 1984
Nathan Patrick Conroy, born January 27, 1988.

All the children were born at Clarkson Bishop Memorial Hospital in Omaha. Melissa and Seth have blond hair and blue eyes. Nathan Patrick has red hair and blue eyes.

Marsha and Marty celebrated their twelfth wedding anniverary in 1988.

In October of 1975 she underwent major surgery at Birmingham General Hospital for major heart repairs and two weeks later had additional conduit replacement and ventrical repair in five corrections.

Afterthe operations the Insurance Company, Mutual of Omaha, furnished a corporate jet to take Roma and Ann from the Hospital to Omaha on Christmas Eve, 1975. Her parents Harold and Roma would, however, have to furnish a Medical Doctor to be in attendance at all times during the flight. At this point, Roma contacted the President of the company and asked if her son, James Conroy who is an M.D., could be the doctor in attendance. With the insurance company's O.K., the flight took place.

In her childhood, attending school sometimes became difficult as she spent some time in a wheelchair with attendant oxygen bottle to carry her over the difficult days. However, on June 1, 1981; after years of trial and determination, Ann Marie proudly marched with her graduating class as she received her high school Diploma from the Northwest High School of Omaha.

During the summer she took courses at the University of Nebraska with the hope of becoming a Medical Technician. However, as time and energy made their demands, her health began to deteriorate and doctors advised her to slow down and try a less demanding field. It was then that she switched over to child care and daycare job placement.

She has done volunteer work at Douglas County Hospitals and is involved in a support group for heart and heart bypass patients She also teaches summer Bible School classes for children and belongs to a women's quilting group that makes quilts for third world countries for the World Vision program.

Ann corresponds frequently with other members of the family in various parts of the country. Her lifestyle, though limited, does not prevent her from being "Aunt Ann" to her many nieces and nephews and she lives each day to the fullest as the good Lord will allow.

Joseph Ky Conroy was born December 7, 1969 in Cam Rahn Bay, Viet Nam. He arrived in the United States as an adopted child on November 21, 1971. Joe graduated from Westside High School in 1989 and entered "Boot Camp" at the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois. As a member of the Delayed Navy Reserve Program, Joe will enter college and serve in the regular Navy when he graduates. His ambition is to become a Navy Chaplain.

Ruth Keely Conroy was born April 2, 1970 in Cam Rahn Bay Viet Nam. She arrived in the United States also on November 21, 1971 as an adopted child. Ruth graduated in 1988 from Westside High School in Omaha and attended a travel related school in Miami in 1989. Currently Ruth works as a hostess in an Omaha restaurant while seeking employment in the travel industry.

The youngest adopted child, Tamara Louise Conroy, was born April 3, 1972 in Saigon, Viet Nam. She arrived in the United States as an adopted child on October 27, 1972. Tamara is attending High School and resides with her older brother Marty, and his wife Marsha, in Omaha.

John Francis Connaghan and Edna May Paquet had four children:

Ruth Elizabeth Connaghan, born November 21, 1918, died April 29, 1986
Francis J. Connaghan, born April 4, 1920, died April 24, 1944
Grace Connaghan, born July 27, 1922, died January 10, 1925
Robert P. Connaghan, born January 10, 1925.

As an Air Force pilot, Lieutenant Francis Connaghan died in combat when his plane was shot down.

Robert Connaghan served in the Army during WW II in Germany and also with the occupation forces in Japan. He started in the meat packing business in 1947 and retired in 1980. He then went to work as a Maintenance Custodian for Long Beach City College in 1981, where he is currently employed.

Patricia (Conroy) Connaghan went back to work as a Clerk-typist and was later employed by Long Beach City College in 1971. There, she was in charge of graduation evaluations and the processing of grades for the entire college with an enrollment of about 23,000 students. She retired in 1978 and spends her leisure time in cake decorating and floral arranging.

They have eleven children:

Timothy Patrick, born June 3, 1948
James Michael, born August 3, 1949
Mary Patricia, born January 6, 1952
Kathleen Louise, born March 17, 1954
Robert Francis, born November 21, 1955
Kevin Anthony, born May 24, 1957
Anne Marie, born October 15, 1958
Hugh Joseph, II, born February 2, 1960
Brian Charles, born August 6, 1961
George Arthur, born June 13, 1963
Marcus John, born December 13, 1972.

The Connaghan Children are occupied as follows:

Timothy Connaghan served in the Army from 1968 to 1971 and spent a year in Vietnam. He was married to Barbara Ellen Kaiser- Vreeland on July 19,1986. He was in public relations, but is now working in the family flower shop with his wife, Barbara. He has performed as a clown and also in civic light opera. They have a daughter, Morgan Killeen, born January 19, 1987.

James Connaghan is a salesman for an Acura dealer in Cerritos, CA. He has been in auto sales for fifteen years. He is artistic and writes music and taught himself to play the guitar.

Mary Patricia Connaghan married Gary Steven Richardson on December 7, 1974 and has two step-daughters, Shannon and Rami. She is the Southern California Office Coordinator for Merksamer Jewelers. She likes to design jewelry.

Kathleen Connaghan is married and has one daughter, Stefaini Anne Marie, born January 26, 1986. Kathleen is a pre-school teacher in Lakewood, CA. She occasionally performs with the Long Beach Community College Vocal Jazz Choir and has been recorded on three of their albums. She is proficient in cake decorating and is now a single parent.

Robert Francis Connaghan works for a cable company in the San Fernando Valley. Robert was always doing some form of artwork while in school.

Kevin Connaghan was married on June 7, 1986 to Therese Marie Black. They have a daughter, Vesika Marie, born September 3,1987. Kevin is a custodian at Long Beach City College and Therese works at a pre-school.

Anne Marie Connaghan married Michael Wisniewski July 24, 1976. They have a son, Michael Franklin, born March 7,1981 and a daughter, Jennifer Anne, born January 24, 1983. Anne Marie divorced Michael Wisniewski on January 24, 1985. She later married Michael Schneider in March, 1987 and later divorced him in 1988. They had no children. Anne Marie works in a sales office. She was in the glee club in junior and senior high school.

Hugh Connaghan works in construction maintenance. He is a "jack of all trades" and was injured on the job working as a plumber in 1986. He is now awaiting settlement of the accident claim. He likes industrial arts and has done stained glass work.

Brian Connaghan entered the Air Force in November 1985 and is currently serving in Dover, Delaware. He is an Air Force mechanic with the rank of Sergeant and works on C-135'S. He plays the trumpet and the baritone horn.

George Connaghan graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a Bachelor's degree in Finance in June 1988. He is currently working in the accounting department of an electronics company in El Monte, CA. He likes to write poetry.

Marc Connaghan is in the tenth grade and is in an accelerated program. He has been a "straight A" student all through school. He is artistic and musically inclined and has been in glee clubs or choral groups since the seventh grade.

Don Lee is a cement mason by trade and for the last thirty years has worked on many construction sites in both California and Mexico.

Don Lee Conroy married Dorothe Marie Hallam at the County Courthouse in Los Angeles on January 22, 1949. Her father was Vaus Vance Hallam, born in Missouri on July 24, 1904. He was in the construction business. Her mother was Julia Marie Rice, born in Kansas on April 11, 1909. Vaus and Julia were married September 8, 1929. Vaus Hallam died December 10, 1979 in Kansas. Julia Hallam died October 11, 1961 in California.

Don Lee and Dorothe have a son, Mark Vance Conroy, born July 27, 1950 in Huntington Park, CA. He married Rhonda Jane Womack on December 16, 1978 in Huntington Park, CA. They have two children; Danielle Marie Conroy, born June 9,1980 and Vance Neil Conroy, born April 30, 1983. Mark Conroy has worked as an electrician for the past ten years.

Their children were:

Ursula H. Harden, born July 31, 1909 in Wheeling, WV
Michael A. Harden, born August 28, 1912 in Wheeling, WV
Helen Louise Harden, born November 24, 1913 in Wheeling,WV
Clemency H. Harden, born May 4, 1917 in Wheeling, WV.

Their daughter Ursula was married June 30, 1929 to a man named Harold Vernon Ford. He was born October 5, 1905 and passed away August 10,1976. They had two daughters; Mariruth Ford was born June 5,1930 and died April 30,1958. Her married name was Lais. The other daughter, Sandry S. Ford, married a man whose name is Gray. Ursula Ford now lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Mary Harden's only son Michael was born August 28,1912. He served in the infantry in WW II and was critically wounded in the Normandy invasion. He was sent back to the United States and spent much time in Veterans' Hospitals. Michael was married September 18, 1932 to a woman named Helen Capps. They had three children; John Harden, Helen Harden, and Shirley Harden. His wife, Helen Harden, is deceased.

Michael married a second time to a woman named Mildred Brost. They had one child, Michael L. Harden. They were divorced.

A third marriage was to a woman named Virginia (Maiden name unknown) Harden. They had no children. Michael Harden died April 26, 1975.

Helen Harden was married February 10,1943 to a man named William M. Bauer. She passed away on September 18,1986. She had two daughters; Molly Clare Bauer S.S.J., who became a Nun and is teaching school in the Appalachian region, and another daughter, Sara Elizabeth Bauer who is married to a man named Chris Bowie. They live in Wheeling, West Virginia with their son Christopher. Chris Bowie is in the banking business.

Helen (Harden) Bauer's son, William J. Bauer, is a Porsche-Audi salesman in Pennsylvania.

Clemency Harden was married March 5,1935 to a man named Kenneth Flading. She lives in Martins Ferry, Ohio, near Bellaire They had four children; Joan Flading, whose married name is Wilson, Jerri Flading, whose married name is Fiscus, a son, Kenneth Flading, and Linda Flading, whose married name is Rogers.

Joan Flading was born January 6, 1936 in Wheeling, WV. She was married to Jack Oates in 1956. They were divorced in l958 She married Lawrence J. Wilson on December 3, 1960. Joan Wilson owns and operates "Ye Ole Restaurant" in Wellsburg wv. Her husband Lawrence works at the Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Beech Bottom Plant. They have two children, Jane and Jill Jane Wilson is married to Daniel Haught. They have two children Chad and Adam. Their daughter, Jill Wilson, is married to Larry Mazzella. They have a son named Andrew Mazzella. Both daughters live in the Wellsburg, WV area.

Jerri Flading was born November 15, 1940 in Wheeling, WV She was married July 3,1970 to Richard Fiscus in Bridgeport, OH Jerri Fiscus has worked at the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville, OH for the last ten years. She is the Manager of the stock room for the J. C. Penny Company there. Richard Fiscus is a driver of semi-trucks and trailers. They have one son named Ronald Fiscus. He is married and has three children, Brooke, Ronald and Ryan Fiscus. They live in the Wheeling, WV area.

Kenneth Flading was born November 29, 1941 in Wheeling, WV. He married Katherine Sterling on November 28, 1962 in Cameron, wv. Kenneth is a machinist for the L.C.P. Company, in Moundsville, wv. His wife Kathy is a nurse at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV.

Linda Flading was born May 1,1946 in Wheeling, WV. She was married to Gerald Cappicie in 1968 and divorced in 1982. She later married William Rogers on April 11, 1987 in Bellaire, OH. Linda Rogers has worked for the C&P Telephone Company of West Virginia for the last 25 years. Her husband, Bill Rogers, is a tow boat pilot on the Ohio River. Linda Rogers has a daughter, Jennifer Cappicie. They live in the Wheeling, WV area.

According to the 1900 census of Marshall County, City of Moundsville, West Virginia, Michael Conroy was born in September 1870 in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1871. Michael Conroy died November 8, 1929 in Beaver Falls, PA. The cause of death was listed as chronic nephritis. His death certificate showed his age as fifty-nine years, seven months which could be interpolated as a birth date of April/May 1870. The dates do not agree with the 1880 census figures.

He was married to Julia Joyce who is shown in the 1900 census of Marshall County as being born in May 1870 in Ohio. Her death certificate shows that she was born May 9, 1870 in Ireland.

The 1900 census of Marshall County, City of Moundsville, West Virginia lists Michael Conroy's occupation as a saloon keeper.

The children are listed as:

Conroy, Joseph, born April 1893 in West Virginia
Conroy, Elizabeth, born September 1894 in West Virginia
Conroy, Marie, born August 1895 in West Virginia
Conroy, Margaret, born January 1898 in West Virginia

Not listed in the census, but taken from the death certificate was:

Conroy, John Francis, born December 29, 1900 in Moundsville, West Virginia.

He was married to Edith (surname unknown) Conroy. His occupation was listed as a glassworker and his date of death was December 29, 1929 in Bellaire, Ohio.

From a letter written by Thomas J. Conroy of Bellaire, Ohio, dated July 20,1988, there were two other brothers named Thomas Michael Conroy (his father) and Michael Marcus Conroy, also known as Mickey Conroy, who was a professional boxer and iron worker. He passed away about 1968. He had five daughters, one of whom is named Patricia (Conroy) Norcross who is living in Ontario, CA.

Michael's daughter Elizabeth Conroy married a man named Klein or Kline.

His daughter Marie Conroy married a man named Irwin Prout.

His daughter, Margaret Conroy married a man named Ed McCardel.

There are possibly two other daughters, names unknown at this time.

Michael lived on 22nd Street in Bellaire after moving from Moundsville, wv. He was employed by The Cooperative Glass Company of Bellaire. His work also tookhim to Cambridge, Ohio, Indiana, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, CA. He was usually employed in setting up glass factories or as a plant superintendent.

His son Joseph Conroy died at about the age of 32 in Santa Ana, CA about 1925. He was living at the time with his Uncle Marcus Bernard Conroy and family in Los Angeles, CA.

Another son named Thomas Michael Conroy was married to Evelyn May Frye (or Fry). They had three sons; Bernard Vincent Conroy born August 15, 1925; Thomas Joseph Conroy born December l, 1926; and James Michael Conroy born October 4, 1928.

James Michael Conroy is living in Bellaire, Ohio.

Thomas Joseph Conroy lives in Bellaire, Ohio with his wife, June Irene (Porter) Conroy who was born in 1925. They have a daughter Colleen Conroy and a son Michael J. Conroy living the Bellaire area.

1910 census records show their address as 3156 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, OH.

Frank and Mary Conroy had five children:

John Joseph Conroy, born Aug. 31, 1890
Patrick H. Conroy, born April 23, 1892
Francis Conroy, born May 26, 1894
Thomas Conroy, born May 15, 1897
Dennis Conroy, born Aug. 1, 1899.

John Joseph Conroy served in the U.S. Army in World War I as a Sergeant in Company G, 333rd Infantry. He was a local politician in Bellaire, serving as a City Councilman and also as Mayor of Bellaire.

John J. Conroy married Marie Borman of Bellaire and they had two children:

Marie Conroy, stillborn September 9, 1920
John Joseph Conroy, born December 19, 1921.

Marie Borman passed away on December 21, 1921.

Later on, John J. Conroy married Elizabeth Shea and they had four children:

James Joseph Conroy, born Aug. 28,1926
Mary Elizabeth Conroy, born Aug. 10, 1927
Ann Rita Conroy, born Jan. 28, 1931
Margaret Rosalie Conroy, born (date unknown).

The children of John J. Conroy are occupied as follows:

John Joseph Conroy became a Priest in the Dominican Order and took the name John Jerome Conroy. He recently observed his fortieth anniversary of ordination to the Priesthood on June 9, 1989. His last service in the United States was in Youngstown, Ohio. He is now currently serving in Puebla, Mexico.

James Joseph Conroy did not marry; he is living in Bellaire, Ohio.

Mary Elizabeth Conroy married Robert St. John and is living in Orlando, Florida. They have four children. Margaret Rosalie St. John was married to John (Jack) Hartnett. He passed away January 4,1989 She lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Ann Rita is married to James F. McCauliff and has one son, Richard, and is living in Cleveland, Ohio.

John Joseph Conroy died Jan 23, 1974 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Bellaire. In the same family plot are also buried his first wife, Marie Borman, who died Dec. 21, 1921; his mother Mary, who died Nov 15,1942; his brothers; Francis who died April 28, 1899 and Thomas who died March 1, 1900 in childhood; Dennis Conroy who died November 15, 1986 and Patrick who died June 17, 1966. His brothers Patrick and Dennis did not marry. The family address in 1974 was listed as 3745 Belmont Street, Bellaire, OH.

His second wife, Elizabeth Shea, died August 11,1989 in a nursing home in Orlando, Florida. She was ninety-three years old and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Bellaire, OH on August 16, 1989.

Mary Conroy also had four sisters, three of whom immigrated to the United States and lived in the Bellaire area.

Bridget Conroy married John Durant and had nine children:

Coleman Durant
(Michael) Guy Durant
Joseph Durant
Mayme (Mary) Durant
Martina Durant - married Harold English
Margaret Durant - married a man named Snyder or Snider
Catherine Durant - deceased
Anna Durant - married Joseph Miller
Julia Durant - moved to California.

Barbara Conroy who married Michael Durant, John Durant's brother, had two children:

Michael (Buddy) Durant
Mary Durant - married Arthur Borella.

Margaret (Maggie) Conroy who married Thomas McCormick, had a son Thomas McCormick Jr. who is deceased. They also adopted two children: Arthur McCormick, who lives in Dallas, Texas and Mary Ellen McCormick Finnicum who is deceased

Julia Conroy, who remained in Ireland, married Peter Grealish They had five children:

Patrick Grealish
Mary Grealish - married Philip Coyne
Beatrice (Bridget) Grealish - married Thomas O'Malley
Barbara Grealish - married John Grealish
Anne Grealish - married Marcus Conroy
Julia Grealish - married Patrick Nee - they live in South Boston, MA.

Anne Grealish Conroy married a second time to John Canavan of Boston, MA. They have a son, Father Peter Canavan of the Order of Atonement Friars, living in Los Angeles, CA. Father Canavan has a half-sister Hallam Theresa who is married and believed to be living in Vancouver, B.C. The Ohio birth recrds show a daughter, Mary Ann Conroy, born to Marcus Conroy and Anna Marie Grealish August 13, 1931.

Their children were:

Mary Conroy, born December, 1882 in Ohio (census date)
Coleman Conroy, born July, 1884 in Ohio
Patsy A. Conroy, born April, 1885 in Ohio
John L. Conroy, born April, 1885 in Ohio
Margaret E. Conroy, born August 12, 1888 in Ohio
Thomas Conroy, born April, 1893 in Ohio
Agnes Conroy, born May 2, 1895 in Ohio.

Patsy A. Conroy married a Laura E. (last name unknown). Ac- cording to the 1910 Bellaire, Ohio census, they had two children:

Gus Conroy, born 1907
Edward Conroy, born 1909.

John L. Conroy married Edna M. Slack on Dec.13,1905. They had a son, Robert Lee Conroy, born September, 1920. Her parents were George Slack and Mary Evans.

Margaret E. Conroy married William H. Meyer on December 6, 1906. His parents were Jacob Meyer and Anna Kessler.

Agnes Conroy married Archibald Thompson on April 26, 1913. His parents were John Thompson and Mary Lennon.

They had six children:

Coleman Conroy, born July, 1874 in Ireland
John L. Conroy, born May, 1880 in Ireland
Michael Conroy, born June, 1881 in Ireland
Patrick Conroy, born March, 1884 in Ireland
Maggie Conroy, born February, 1885 in Ohio
Martin Conroy, born November, 1889 in Ohio.

From the 1910 census of Bellaire, Ohio, ten years after the census dates of 1900 listed above:

John H. Conroy is listed as 67 years old, which would make his birthdate as 1843. Maggie is listed as 65 years old, which would make her birthdate as 1845. Coleman is listed as 45 years old, which would make his birthdate as 1865.

John L. Conroy, born in May 1880, married Caroline (Carrie) Knuth (born October 18,1880) on February 28,1900. Her parents were listed on the marriage application as father Charles Knuth and mother as God Loving (Gottlieb) Benedict. The 1910 census records show their address as 3217 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, OH.

John L. Conroy died on October 30, 1943. His wife, Carrie (Knuth) Conroy, died on February 22, 1954. They had seven children according to the Ohio birth records:

Mary Conroy Frank, born April 30, 1900, died November 12, 1983 She married Louis Frank, born date unknown, died July 5, 1956.

Charles Conroy born June 30, 1902, died 1962. He married Evelyn M. DeVan born in 1902, died May 27, 1989. Children of this union were:

Sister M. Germaine Conroy
Mary Jean Conroy Coughlin
Elizabeth E. Conroy born 1906, died April 25, 1948.

Christian Conroy born March 5, 1910, died December 13, 1961. He married Catherine Meister born May 20, 1921, died February 18, 1954. They had one child:

Susan Conroy Tuckosh.

James P. Conroy born March 5,1913, died October 7,1981. He married Kathryn M. Nolte born October 6, 1908. Her father was Henry Nolte born in Germany in August 1869. Henry died June 10,1939. Her mother was Elizabeth Kirchgessner born March 21, 1876. Elizabeth died March 27, 1941.

William Conroy born May 30, 1915 lives in Canton, OH

Robert Conroy born July 15,1917 lives in Anaheim, California with his wife Catherine.

Another Conroy family listed in the Mormon Church Soundex Film 1247283 for Belmont County, OH, in 1900 is:

                                                                Birth Date Age Place 
    Conroy, Dennis       Husband                        Apr   1833 67  IRE
    Conroy, Mary                 Wife                           Sep   1836 63  IRE 
    Conroy, Hanna                Daughter                       Aug   1863 36  OH
    Conroy, Dennis W.    Son                            Feb   1873 27  OH
    Dupuy, Mary (Conroy) Daughter                       Jan   1869 31  OH
    Dupuy, John          Son in Law                     Mar   1869 31  KY
    Dupuy, Henrietta     Grand Daughter         Dec   1895  5  OH

Frank Conroy, Mary Conroy's husband, had two brothers, Dennis and Patrick, in the United States. It is possible he may be related to the Dennis W. Conroy born in February 1873 and listed on the previous page.

Mary Conroy had a brother named Coleman Conroy in the United States and two other brothers named Thomas and Mark Conroy.