Family Name Category: Whalen

John Whalen and Teresa Corcoran

This image is believed to be of John Whalen. According to the record on ancestry, the image is held by one of John’s granddaughter’s descendants

Thomas Whalen and Margaret Coughlin

Pictured: Assumption of the Blessed Mary, Erinsville When Thomas Whalen* was born in 1815 in Ireland, his parents John Whalen (1790-1850) and Bridget (nee Doyle)

When Did Mary Ann Whelan Die?

I found amongst my grandmother’s photo collection the obituary for her mother. I knew she died in 1957 (as I’ve got a record of the grave site), but wasn’t clear on the actual date.