My greaat grandfather was John W. Kirwin, born 1845 in Canada. He married a Catherine Kennedy, born1843 in Wilton Center, Illinois. They moved to Hodgeman County, Kansas before 1880 -- my grandmother was born there in 1878. Both John and Catherine died in Wichita, Kansas. I have not been actively looking for Kirwins (Kirwans) because proving what I find seems nearly impossible. I knew my grandmother but never asked about her parents. I've been told my grandfather's middle name was Wesley, but that seems unlikely since he was Catholic. Perhaps it was William. Carole Shanahan