Subj: Annie Valentine nee McCloskey Date: 11/23/00 11:01:50 PM Eastern Standard Time From: NJVSr To: CTFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com I am seeking help with the following. As I cannot seem to find my Great Grandparents through my Grandfathers records (CHARLES EDWARD VALENTINE b. Brooklyn 1856) I will attempt to find something on the family of my Grandmother, ANNIE VALENTINE (McCLOSKEY) per her Death Certificate, was b. 1852,"England" (I understand "England" to the census taker might include, Ireland & Scotland) My grandparents, he a "Hatter", lived in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT, from about 1880 until their deaths in 1910 and 1918. Norwalk has no record of their marriage, possibly they were married in Brooklyn or elsewhere in CT. While living in Norwalk, Fairfield Co. CT. they had seven children. One, Catherine Valentine, stepped on a fallen electric wire and was killed on her 16th or 17th birthday" (about 1896/97) According to the 1880 census and "soundex card" she was 11 months old so I assume she was born in 1879/80 There are only three of my cousins left and they know nothing of the family history. I have been told that Annie Valentine - Nee McCloskey, had "a mother & two sisters, one of which was a "Whistler", two brothers, one had been a prize fighter called something like "Battling McCloskey" or "Knock `em down" McCloskey" and may have moved to Mt. Kisco, NY. The other brother "moved to Philadelphia and started a construction company" I have Obits and death certificates of my grandparents but their parents are recorded as "Unknown"