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[sent January 23rd]
Today is January 23rd. According to his WWI draft registration, James
Ahern of Manhattan, New York, was born on this date in Ireland.
The Ahern obituary page has now passed the 4,350 mark. The most recent new
obituary is for Lumena (O'Hearn) Coffin of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 28
December 2010. The earliest new obituary is for Katherine Theresa (Ahern)
Grimes, of LeMars, Iowa, 28 February 1911. This particular obituary is a
good example of how things come together on the Ahern website. You'll see
below that there are several news stories about James Ahern of LeMars. In
delving into the individuals in LeMars I found some who were not fully
identified. Pursuing leads from one name to another, however, begins to
reveal the identities, relationships, and origins of the various family
members. In this case, the obituaries linked together include Mrs. Grimes,
her brother James, James' wife, his sister and a sister-in-law. And from
clues in the related obituaries, I was able to link to James' Civil War
pension details.
The following stories have been added to the Aherns in the News page.
- James Ahern of LeMars, Iowa, hunted opossums while visiting friends in
Illinois, 26 October 1893; visited friends in Indiana, 4 February 1895;
visited friends in Illinois, 3 and 4 November 1897; visited wife in
Illinois, 29 June 1898 and 13 December 1899; visited Dakota City,
Nebraska for old settlers reunion, 2 September 1902; visited family in
Illinois, 10 October 1903 and 20 December 1904; retired after 22 years
with the Illinois Central R.R., 16 and 22 December 1905; visited LeMars,
21 October 1913; Mrs. James Ahern leaves for Illinois to spend the
summer with her mother, 28 May 1896; Mrs. Ahern's sister, Miss Agnes
McDonald, boarding with her in Potosia, Iowa, 9 June 1898
- In need of a job, Anita O'Hearn, of Walnut Creek, California, floated a
hot air balloon over Oakland with her name and phone number and the
words "Anita Job", 16 September 1991
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Alderman John J. Ahern responsible for the
erection of a new bathhouse and swimming beach on the Charles River,
10 July 1899
- Lieutenant George Patrick Ahern recovering from swamp fever at Camp
Wickoff on Long Island after fighting his way across Cuba, 24 September
1898; Captain George Patrick Ahern thinks the canned beef issued by the
Army Commissary Department when he was stationed at Fort Snelling was
"palatable, and that the men liked it.", 26 April 1899
- Miss Maggie Ahern featured in the All Hallows Convent School Christmas
show at Brisbane, Australia, 18 December 1894
- David Ahern, of Quincy, Massachusetts, assaulted with a table leg,
5 July 1901
- Miss Lucille Ahern of Englewood, Illinois to summer in Montana, 26 May
1920
- George C. Ahern, of Oakland, California, on the honor roll at school,
30 September 1899
- Rev. David O'Hearn, of Hunter, New South Wales, suspended pending
investigation of professional conduct, 30 May 2008, 3 June 2008; to
stand trial on 17 counts of child sexual assault, 19 June 2010
- Michael Ahearn on trial for murder in Harlem, New York, 17 May 1884
- William Ahern testified in trial of Timothy Ahearn for fatally kicking
one of a gang of boys who were causing a disturbance in front of his
butcher shop in New York City, 4 August 1868
- James Ahern, a captain in the New York City Fire Department, undergoes
quintuple-bypass surgery, 22 March 2007
- Worcester, Massachusetts Santa Fund gets donation in memory of Richard
and Alice O'Hearn, 4 February 2007
- Laguna, California bookstore owner Tom Ahern hosts author T. C. Boyle,
14 March 2007
- Lowell, Massachusetts High School wrestler Ryan Ahearn scores in State
Championship meet, 8 March 2007
- $9,592.04 in gold and silver coins, stocks and bonds found hidden in the
home of recently deceased railroad worker John J. Ahern in Dubuque,
Iowa, 19 April 1926
- 9-year-old Harold Ahern, of Rockhampton, Queensland, drowned in the
Fitzroy River, 11 January 1919
- Patrick Ahearn guilty of disturbing the peace at Hobart, Tasmania,
29 January 1919
- Ann Ahearn jailed for vagrancy along with several other "degraded
looking women" found in a "house frequented by idle and disorderly
persons" in Melbourne, Australia, 19 February 1879
- photograph of Dennis Ahern of Acton, Massachusetts [me] waiting for his
company vanpool to pick him and his bicycle up on way home, 31 July 1991
- Albert A. Ahern, vice president of the International Fur Exchange to
oversee auction of more than 15 million dollars worth of pelts at St.
Louis, Missouri, 21 February 1921
- widow Annette Ahern found slain in New York City home, 31 December 1892
- Arlington, Massachusetts Town Engineer George Edward Ahern [my
grandfather's brother] hosts meeting of the North Shore Street
Superintendents' Association, 8 April 1921
- Henry "Dutchy" Ahern of Philadelphia, arrested for larceny, 21 May 1866;
escaped while out on bail, recaptured the following year and sentenced
to four years, 11 April 1867; pardoned by Governor, 7 January 1869
- John and George Ahern, along with four others, charged with murderously
assaulting a policeman in Philadelphia, 30 November 1868
- Fairbanks, Alaska City Council meeting discusses how to go about sending
Jack Ahearn, "a character of the city" out of the country before winter
sets in, 13 September 1906; townsfolk chip in to buy Jack some new
clothes to wear on the boat out of town, his ticket paid for by the
city; 15 September 1906; Jack Ahearn and two other indigents deported
from Fairbanks, said to have connections in Iowa, 15 September 1906;
remembered for passing case eggs off as fresh in exchange for drink,
17 September 1906
- unable to determine which of two police officers was guilty of killing
19-year-old Francis Ahern, of Arlington, Massachusetts, a Mexican court
released both "to avoid convicting an innocent man", 25 March 1936
- Gertrude Ahern of Syracuse, New York, visited Agnes Ahern in Utica,
3 September 1911
- 7-year-old William Ahern dies of rabies after bitten by dog in New York
City, 3 August 1911
- two sons of Michael H. Ahern, Matthew Ahern of Creston, Iowa and William
A. Ahern of Chicago, meet for the first time at the inquest of their
father, learning that he had two separate families for over fifty years
[4 reports], 20 April 1911; Matthew alleges William is an imposter trying
to get money from the estate, 23 April 1911
- Matthew Ahern, of Creston, Iowa, sued the city for damages after falling
on the sidewalk, but ended up being found guilty of attempting to bribe
the jury, 28 November 1912
- Lieutenant Michael Ahern of the 10th West Virginia Infantry on a list of
prisoners being held at Columbia, South Carolina, 6 February 1865
- John Barber married Ann, daughter of Denis Ahearn of Parramatta, New
South Wales, 1 January 1867
- dancer and choreographer Jacques d'Amboise, born Joseph Ahearn in
Dedham, Massachusetts, recalls his mother changing the whole family's
names to enhance his career, 21 January 2011
- Angela M. Ahern of Boston is a visitor at the National Soldiers Home at
Togus, Maine, 8 August 1902
The Ahern Family Genealogy Website
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/
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