My 2nd great uncle, Eugene Timothy Hanley (1896-1958), raised beagles and in 1938 was the president of the Lake Superior Beagle Club. Here he is with some of his dogs.
Professor John M. Harrington (1893-1967) of Michigan Technological University - Family Artifact Challenge (Day 26)
Professor John M. Harrington (1893-1967) was my first cousin twice removed. As the obituary states, he was a well known professor at the Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan and a former head of the Department of Mathematics there. By some he was described as, “one of the greatest teachers to serve on the Michigan Tech faculty.”
1930s and 40s Funeral Costs - Family Artifact Challenge (Day 14)
If I Had a Hammer - Family Artifact Challenge (Day 9)
The Pipe and Rosary of My Hanley 2nd Great Grandparents - Family Artifact Challenge (Day 8)
This is perhaps my most treasured family heirloom. It is a wooden rosary and pipe that belonged to my 2nd great grandparents, Patrick Hanley (1857-1923) and Ellen Sullivan Kelly Hanley (1850-1938). They were both immigrants from the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland to Atlantic Mine, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Here is their story.
John J. Harrington (1895-1963) World War I Identification Tags - Family Artifact Challenge (Day 3)
These are the World War I identification tags (i.e., “dog tags”) of my 2nd great uncle by marriage, John Joseph Harrington (1895-1963), of Hubbell, Michigan. He married my 2nd great aunt, Margaret Hanley Harrington (1894-1979), the younger sister of my great grandfather, Michael John Hanley (1890-1964).
