Julia Mullane/Ryan/Shanahan/Big 4 RR
M Ryan in 1850's/3 children/Mattoon/Coles County/m
Patrick Shanahan abt 1866 in E Alton/Douglas County moved to Charleston/ Coles County 1870s/six children including my gm Kate(Wrenn) died
abt 1913.Looking for info abt marriage to Ryan & his cause of death.Someone close was a railroad detective (probablyon the Big Four/NYCbecasue Shanahan worked there) who was killed on the job.I have his gun, but not his name.Moral: listen and ask questions when your grandparents talk about their family.Kate married John Wrenn a blacksmith and one-time owner of RedFront (now Black Front) tavern, my GF
about 1898.
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Re: Julia Mullane/Ryan/Shanahan/Big 4 RR
Bob Wrenn 1/28/00