I noticed 3 Catherine Phelans in the-mail I received from Chris Doehring today. Do you suppose.....? I will forward it to you. Charles Phelan Winnipeg Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <CynthiaBlalock@aol.com> To: <PHELAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: [PHELAN] searching for the needle in the hay stack > I am reading and have subscribed to this list, because I think I might have a > cousin on my mothers side who married a Phelan. I have such little > information about my mothers family so I am kinda looking for a needle in a > hay stack. > When my mother passed away in her letters her brother wrote is a notation of > a Catherine Phelan having passed away in New York City. I do not know the > time frame. I believe her maiden name was Pretzer. There were only daughters > in her family. 4 sisters I think. I know so little of my mothers family that > I cannot offer much info. I am searching for them and maybe some descendants. > Catherine Pretzer Phelan may have had sisters named Tillie, Olga, Her mother > would have been named Hanna or Johanna, Mothers maiden name Johnk. Her father > might have been Otto or August Pretzer. At one item they would have lived in > Newport R. I. Maybe born there am not sure. My grandfather was Karl Johnk. If > anyone on this list has this family would you please let me know thank you > Cynthia Blalock >