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    3. My greatgrandparents Elizabeth McCollum and Cornelius (Neal) Glass were married at Bushmills in the parish of Billy, county Antrim on February 28, 1848. On the marriage paper Cornelius' father was listed as Neal and his residence as Lisnagunnoc. Elizabeths' father was listed as George and their residence as Carnrolss.This is all the info I have on the family in Ireland. I have a recollection from childhood that my grandfather had a paper that showed the induction of one of his ancestors into the masonic blue lodge in county Cork. All the officers of the lodge were Glasses. I do not have the paper. Elizabeth and Cornelius left Ireland on their honeymoon, landing first in Canada, but going later to upstate New York. They had a farm near Schnectady in an area that became Glenville. They lived on the farm until Cornelius death.in 1888. In 1896 Elizabeth left Glenville with her daughter Margaret and her husband Benjamin Franklin Hollenbeck for Inkster, ND where she lived with my grandfather, William James Glass, for most of the remainder of her life. She died in St. Paul, MN while visiting her son George. She is buried in Glenville, NY along with her husband and six of their nine children. I have been told by the Ulster historical society that there are currently many Glass and McCollum families living in the area where they were married. I think Elizabeth had two or more brothers who came to America, But have found no trace of them. Additional information on the family and its interconnections is available in the World Family Tree Volume 4. James Samuel Glass

    06/18/1998 02:05:05