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Surnames: Cahill
Classification: Query
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I'm doing a bit of "on the side" research for my DP as I research my own
family. His grandparents are a Bernard Cahill and Mary Connelly (sp). Apparently the two
were unmarried <gasp> and the baby, James J. Cahill, was placed in an orphanage in
Pittsburg, PA. James was born in 1926. My DP tells me that both Mary and Bernard were
born in Ireland. That means they would have immigrated between the years 1900 and 1926
ish.
Having such sketchy information on his father's family makes it rather difficult to
find any leads. My thought is that both probably married later which makes it difficult
to find Mary but I do find a Bernard living in West Chester Cty, NY of about a good age to
be a primary suspect.
Does anyone have any family skeletons of a child placed in a orphanage?
Info is appreciated