An ongoing journal of genealogical and family discovery.
It was 23 years ago, at the age of 68, that Jeremiah A. (Jerry) Counihan began thinking about plans for the “tennis match of the century” in 1984. He was to have been the principal in that match, called by Read More …
Jeremiah Counihan Jeremiah (Jerry) A. Counihan, 91, formerly of 224 Harrison Street, died yesterday. He had been ill three years. Born in Frostburg, he was a son of the late John and Catherine (Keating) Counihan. Mr. Counihan was a member Read More …
John F. Counihan John Francis Counihan, formerly of 231 Race Street, died yesterday. Born in Frostburg, he was a son of the late John and Catherine (Keating) Counihan. His wife, Mary T. (Hart) Counihan, also preceded him in death. Mr. Read More …
This image is from the wedding of my grandparents, John William Keating and Sara Elizabeth Pope. It comes from a scanned negative and is a group shot from the wedding and reception that I’d never seen before scanning it in. Read More …
Late each June, my Keating family holds a family reunion. Over the years, I’ve put together staple—bound family histories created by my primary genealogy program. The resulting histories are distributed at the reunions and corrected or added—to on the spot and Read More …
Catherine was my great-grand-aunt, the first Keating of my family born in the United States. More information on her can be found in her page in my family’s genealogy.
Births KEATING–Mr. and Mrs. Leo F., Baltimore, a daughter there Tuesday. The mother is the former Susannah M. Boch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Boch, 7 Locust Street, LaVale. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Keating, Read More …
Mrs. Jesse D. Hawkins Mrs. Katherine M. Hawkins, 94, of 10035 Renfred Road, Silver Spring, died yesterday at her residence. She was born in Frostburg, a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Keating) Cronin. Her husband, Jesse D. Hawkins, Read More …
John D. Pape Frostburg–John D. Pape, 77, of Parkersburg Road, died yesterday shortly after being admitted to Frostburg Community Hospital. Born in Eckhart, he was a son of the late William T. and Mary Ethel (Holsinger) Pape. Mr. Pape was Read More …
Miss Boch Announces Attendants Miss Susanah Marie Boch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Boch, LaVale, has announced her attendants for her June 23 wedding to Leo F. Keating of Frostburg. Mrs. Cathy Becker will serve as her cousin’s Read More …
St. Michael’s Activities List Frostburg–St. Michael’s School will close for the Easter recess tomorrow afternoon and classes will resume on April 18 at 8:30 a.m. Peter Slettehaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Slettehaugh, and Regis F. Larkin, son of Read More …
Mrs. Claude Pope Salisbury, Pa.–Mrs. Regina Pope, 64, died Tuesday at Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born in Pocahontas, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Alice (McKenzie) Loraditch. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Avilton, and Read More …
Marriages […] James Edward McKenzie, Beeches Avenue, Eckhart, and Mary Cecelia Keating, RD 2, Flintstone Source: Marriages, Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 7 June 1967, p. 10.
Rites Slated for Missing ABL Victims Two of Six Injured Released From Two Local Hospitals Memorial Services for two of the three men killed in Saturday’s earthshaking explosion at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center, W. Va., will be conducted tomorrow. Read More …
Keating Fair The condition of Gerald M. Keating, three—year—old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Keating, of 87 Mt. Pleasant Street, Frostburg, was reported as “fair” today by attaches at Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown. The youngster, who was struck by Read More …
Six Babies Begin Life On First Day Of Year […] The only New Year’s Day birth at Miner’s Hospital occurred at 7:18 p. m. when Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Keating, of 98 Mechanic Street, Frostburg, became parents of a daughter. Read More …
Births KEATING–Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, Frostburg, a daughter Friday in Miners. Source: Births, Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 15 February 1960, p. 16.
Personal and General Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Keating, 34 West Main street, announce the birth of a son at Miners’ Hospital, Saturday. Source: Personal and General, Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 21 June 1940, p. 14.
Counihan Services Mass of the Christian Burial for Jeremiah (Jerry) A. Counihan, 91, formerly of 224 Harrison Street, who died Saturday will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 a.m. in St. Patricks Church. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. A Read More …
Back From Florida Frostburg–Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keating and children have returned after visiting her brother, William Youngerman, in Florida. Where there they also visited Disney World and Cape Kennedy. Source: Back From Florida, Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 26 Read More …