This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Halligan,Cavanaugh,Quinn,Beste Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IQh.2ACIB/114 Message Board Post: Seeking info on Thomas F.&James Halligan(brothers)Were in the wholesale coffee business in Iowa.Likely connected to Mae(Mary Ellen)Halligan md.to Otto Beste in St.Louis,Mo.1902.Mae & Otto's daughter was Madeline b.1903.Otto was also president of coffee business by 1930 in St.Louis(likely brought in by his in-laws)Mae had a twin brother Thomas Joseph Halligan,they were b.Sept.18,1885 in St.Louis.Have their baptismal record.Their parents were Thomas Francis Halligan & Mary Augustine Cavanaugh.This Thomas F.gave his parents' names as Thomas Francis Halligan &Ellen Quinn.