Westmeath County Ireland Archives Photo Person.....McCann, Patrick Joseph May 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/copyright.htm http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ ************************************************ File contributed for use in Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives by: Patrick McCann http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001213 August 2, 2011, 4:30 pm Source: Family Name: Patrick Joseph McCann Date Of Photograph: May 1942 Photo can be seen at: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/westmeath/photos/mccann341gph.jpg Image file size: 138.5 Kb The gentleman is my great-grandfather, the first of four named Patrick Joseph McCann. This snapshot was taken two-three months before his death in July 1942 in his southside Chicago backyard Additional Comments: Patrick was born on March 17, 1960 and baptized on March 19, 1860 in Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath . His parent were James McCann and Cathrine Gibney McCann of the same place. He left Ireland with his parents and arrived in New York at Castle Garden aboard the "Constellation" on May 2, 1861. A sister, Anna Bridget was born on board in the harbor! Eventually the family ended up in Chicago where the remainder of his siblings were born. Patrick married Katherine Mary Agnes Ivory there in 1890. File at: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/westmeath/photos/mccann341gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/irfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb