Thank you, Pat. I would like to remember my father's brother Charles Fagan, who was killed in France in World War I, September 1918. He was a wagoner and was killed by a sniper. May he rest in peace. Marian McCabe Fredericksburg, Virginia > From: ny-irish-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: NY-IRISH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 96 > To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 01:00:40 -0600 > > > > REMEMBER: > 1. When replying to a message posted in a digest, change the subject. > 2. When replying to a message posted in a digest, delete all of the digest, except the message you are replying to. If it is a long message, delete most of it, keeping the part that you are commenting on. > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. A time to remember....George James Connors (Pat Connors) > 2. Re: A time to remember....George James Connors (judy christopher) > 3. Re: A time to remember....Thomas H Dennison (TEE) > 4. Re: A time to remember....Thomas L. Durkin (IRED52@aol.com) > 5. Re: A time to remember....John J. Dinan, Private > (Kiskatomcreek@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 11:07:12 -0700 > From: Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> > Subject: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....George James Connors > To: IRISH-AMERICAN <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com>, ny irish > <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>, New-England-Irish@rootsweb.com, > Irish-In-UK-L@rootsweb.com, Can-Ontario-Irish-L@rootsweb.com, > cornish-american-l@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4C0157D0.5010001@pacbell.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > This week in the United States, we take the time to remember our > veterans, those still alive, those of our many war dead and/or those > injured. Those who gave their time and lives so we could be free. I > would like for all who would like to take the time out of their busy > lives and dedicate an email or emails to a relative or someone they were > close to and tell our various readers from around the world about their > contribution. > > I am going to start with my first cousin, George James Connors. It is a > cousin I never met. He died December 14, 1944 in Antwerp, Belgium and > is buried there in Henri-Capelle Permanent Cemetery with many other > heroes. George was the oldest son of my father's brother and was in > the Navy and was attached to the USS Christopher Gadsen. The ship was > charged with bringing in supplies for the upcoming major Battle of the > Bulge. You can read about it here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge > > The ship had just docked and unloaded and the crew were given liberty > and George and three others took off into the city of Antwerp and went > to a movie theater. The lights went out and movie was about to begin > when they were hit by a V-2 rocket. Over 600 died and only one of the > four sailors lived and is still alive and has written to me about my cousin. > > I wish I had met, cousin George who was buried on my birthday. Maybe > someday I can get over to Belgium to pay my proper respects to our > family's hero. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:49:07 -0400 > From: judy christopher <ajuntasc@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....George James Connors > To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com > Cc: New-England-Irish@rootsweb.com, Can-Ontario-Irish-L@rootsweb.com, > cornish-american-l@rootsweb.com, ny irish <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>, > Irish-In-UK-L@rootsweb.com, IRISH-AMERICAN > <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTin8Pqo8iZWYQka2gy7IYiIUjCeGjiPlwysD_C8z@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thank you for remembering Pat. > Judy Christopher > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > This week in the United States, we take the time to remember our > > veterans, those still alive, those of our many war dead and/or those > > injured. Those who gave their time and lives so we could be free. I > > would like for all who would like to take the time out of their busy > > lives and dedicate an email or emails to a relative or someone they were > > close to and tell our various readers from around the world about their > > contribution. > > > > I am going to start with my first cousin, George James Connors. It is a > > cousin I never met. He died December 14, 1944 in Antwerp, Belgium and > > is buried there in Henri-Capelle Permanent Cemetery with many other > > heroes. George was the oldest son of my father's brother and was in > > the Navy and was attached to the USS Christopher Gadsen. The ship was > > charged with bringing in supplies for the upcoming major Battle of the > > Bulge. You can read about it here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge > > > > The ship had just docked and unloaded and the crew were given liberty > > and George and three others took off into the city of Antwerp and went > > to a movie theater. The lights went out and movie was about to begin > > when they were hit by a V-2 rocket. Over 600 died and only one of the > > four sailors lived and is still alive and has written to me about my > > cousin. > > > > I wish I had met, cousin George who was buried on my birthday. Maybe > > someday I can get over to Belgium to pay my proper respects to our > > family's hero. > > > > -- > > Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Judy Christopher > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:59:29 -0400 > From: "TEE" <irishgirl1@frontiernet.net> > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....Thomas H Dennison > To: <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4584660F21034290BB94819C83D026BA@Radical> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > This maybe the week of remembering .... But I think of my veteran ancestors > everyday . One most of all was in the Civil War Thomas Henry Dennison of > the 123rd CoF out of Washington county NY . > I only found out about him 10 years ago . He died in 1884 at the Willard > state Hospital, buried in a unmarked and unknown location in there cemetery. > He was never acknowledged as a Civil War Vet from 1884 to 2000 When my > mother and I took it upon ourselves to contact the VA and received a brass > plack for him. Seeing no one knew where Thomas was at Willard . We had the > plack put with his regiment out in the evergreen cemetery in Salem NY . At > least we know now that every year he will have a flag by his name . > > thank U > Tee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Connors" <nymets11@pacbell.net> > To: "IRISH-AMERICAN" <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com>; "ny irish" > <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>; <New-England-Irish@rootsweb.com>; > <Irish-In-UK-L@rootsweb.com>; <Can-Ontario-Irish-L@rootsweb.com>; > <cornish-american-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 2:07 PM > Subject: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....George James Connors > > > > This week in the United States, we take the time to remember our > > veterans, those still alive, those of our many war dead and/or those > > injured. Those who gave their time and lives so we could be free. I > > would like for all who would like to take the time out of their busy > > lives and dedicate an email or emails to a relative or someone they were > > close to and tell our various readers from around the world about their > > contribution. > > > > I am going to start with my first cousin, George James Connors. It is a > > cousin I never met. He died December 14, 1944 in Antwerp, Belgium and > > is buried there in Henri-Capelle Permanent Cemetery with many other > > heroes. George was the oldest son of my father's brother and was in > > the Navy and was attached to the USS Christopher Gadsen. The ship was > > charged with bringing in supplies for the upcoming major Battle of the > > Bulge. You can read about it here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge > > > > The ship had just docked and unloaded and the crew were given liberty > > and George and three others took off into the city of Antwerp and went > > to a movie theater. The lights went out and movie was about to begin > > when they were hit by a V-2 rocket. Over 600 died and only one of the > > four sailors lived and is still alive and has written to me about my > > cousin. > > > > I wish I had met, cousin George who was buried on my birthday. Maybe > > someday I can get over to Belgium to pay my proper respects to our > > family's hero. > > > > -- > > Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 15:26:11 EDT > From: IRED52@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....Thomas L. Durkin > To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com, Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com, > ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com, New-England-Irish@rootsweb.com, > Irish-In-UK-L@rootsweb.com, Can-Ontario-Irish-L@rootsweb.com, > cornish-american-l@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <627a8.fc055b.3932c453@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > Like Tee I remember our soldiers past and present almost everyday. Pat and > Tee remembering loved ones is a wonderful thing and I believe helps us > keep our ancestors in our hearts. My uncle, Staff Sgt. Thomas L. Durkin of > the Army Air Corps was killed on Jan 24, 1944, he was a gunner. His plane was > shot down and from reports I found just recently he was shot and went down > with his plane, some of the other crewmen survived and were captured. He > was buried in Liege, Belgium but his brother went overseas and brought him > home. He is buried in the Long Island NY National cemetery. The other sad > thing that happened that day is that his mother, my grandmother suffered a > stroke that night, she turned to her husband while in bed and told him that > "something happened to Tommy". She suffered three more stroked after that > and according to her other children was never the same. > Three of his brothers Walter, Joseph and Edward and three brothers-in-law, > Edward Quinn, Vincent Janniello, and Arthur "Willy" Williams also fought > in World War ll they all survived and I am happy so say they lived to be old > men. Many of my cousins and my son, have served in the military and for > that I am forever thankful. > There will be a "National Moment of Remembrance'' that will occur at 3 p.m. > (local time) on Memorial Day for all our veterans past and present and for > all the men and women that are serving our country, so please think of > them at this time and always. > > > Ellenjane > > > > In a message dated 5/29/2010 2:07:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > nymets11@pacbell.net writes: > > This week in the United States, we take the time to remember our > veterans, those still alive, those of our many war dead and/or those > injured. Those who gave their time and lives so we could be free. I > would like for all who would like to take the time out of their busy > lives and dedicate an email or emails to a relative or someone they were > close to and tell our various readers from around the world about their > contribution. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 20:34:04 EDT > From: Kiskatomcreek@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] A time to remember....John J. Dinan, Private > To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com > Cc: sdgree2@yahoo.com > Message-ID: <66ed1.19de9d14.39330c7c@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I would like to remember a fallen veteran of the Spanish-American War, > 1898. He is a collateral ancestor of mine, barely eighteen when he enlisted > in New York's 71st Regiment, Company under Captain Rafferty. He enlisted > under the grandiose promise of Victory and died alone in a hospital ship in > Santiago Bay, Cuba from tropical fever induced by malnutrition. He was a > son of Irish immigrants settling in Westchester County, NY, and I am thankful > for his and his extended family's sacrifice. > > Jackie Dinan > Brooklyn, NY > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NY-IRISH list administrator, send an email to > NY-IRISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NY-IRISH mailing list, send an email to NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NY-IRISH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 96 > *************************************** _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. 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