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Author: jessicahodder1
Surnames: CANTWELL, BARBER
Classification: queries
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I'm trying to find information about the family of my great-grandparents. It's a
little bit of a strange situation that I'm trying to sort out.
My great-grandfather's name was Israel J. BARBER (b 1864). He is orignially from the
Poestenkill area of Rensselaer county, NY. He was married twice. His first wife (married
in 1891) was named Bridget CANTWELL, and from what I've been able to find in census
records, she was born about 1859 and died in 1910. I would think that she would probably
be from the Poestenkill area herself, or at least from Rensselaer county.
After her death, my g-grandfather remarried a woman from Hoosick Falls named Helen Cecelia
CANTWELL.(My great-grandmother.) Yes, she was a Cantwell, too. She, however, was about
25 years younger than Bridget, and 21 years younger than her husband.
I can't help but wonder what the situation is with both of the women being Cantwells.
I'm actually wondering if the two women were related somehow.
Are any of these names familiar at all to anyone? Anyone with any Cantwell connections in
Rensselaer, NY?
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