Table of Contents
Preface
- Our Family's Biography
Dedications
The Lawton's
- James Lawton, is born in County Cork in 1809
- The Penal Days
- The History Behind the Irish Suffering
- The Wild Geese
- Tenant farmers
- Johanna Callaghan of Dungourney
- Killeagh, County Cork
- James and Johanna marry in 1841
- The Famine: 'The Great Hunger'
- Was it Famine or Genocide
- Johanna (Callaghan) Lawton dies at age 28
- Edward Lawton emigrates to America in 1862
- The Port of Boston
- An oath of disallegiance to the Crown
- Lynn, Massachusetts
- Edward Lawton and Margaret Heaphy marry
- The 'Go-Betweens'
- The Lawton's move to Brockton, Massachusetts
- Fred and Christine Lawton
- February 15, 1931
- Death Ends Fears
- Full military rites for Fred Lawton
- The Brockton public assists the Lawton's
- The suffering of another mother
- Fred and Christine Lawton's children
- Christine (Twohig) Lawton
- Marguerite R. Lawton
- Frederick H. Lawton
- Thomas E. Lawton
- James Robert 'Jimmy' Lawton
- The call for military service
- Operation Varsity
- Jim Lawton, the politician
- Jim Lawton runs for state-wide political office
- Jim Lawton, the jurist
- Jim Lawton, Chairman of the Board
- Jeanne Gloria (Cashman) Lawton
- Fred and Christine Lawton's grandchildren
- Children of Jim Lawton and Jeanne (Cashman) Lawton
- Mark Edward Lawton and Patricia (O'Leary) Lawton
- The perfect storm
- The Boys and Girls Club
- The passing of a great leader
- Patty (O'Leary) Lawton – the candidate
- Patty's influence was felt for years to come
- Patrick O'Leary Lawton
- Timothy Clifford Lawton
- Molly Burke Lawton
- Thomas David Lawton
- Richard James Lawton
- Robert Sean Lawton
- Paul Matthew Lawton
- Fred and Christine Lawton's great grandchildren
- The Maurice Lawton Family of Killeagh and South Boston
- Lawton Family Reunions
- Edward Lawton and his family's legacy
The O'Leary's
- The O'Leary's of Inchigeela
- The Famine: 'The Great Hunger'
- Finding the O'Leary ancestral home
- The Tailor and Ansty
- Timothy O'Leary I and Timothy O'Leary II
- The O'Leary's in America
- James O'Leary of Inchigeela and Boston
- Denis O'Leary, of Inchigeela and Brockton
- Timothy and Mary (Daylor) O'Leary's children
- Snub O'Leary
- The world goes to war again
- Snub and Marie O'Leary's children and grandchildren
- Patricia O'Leary and Mark Lawton marry in 1975
- Patty and Mark Lawton's grandchildren
- The O'Leary and Creedon Clans
- Maura Hugh Twomey is born in 1837 in Inchigeela
- The Famine – An Gorta Mor
- Branch nickname: 'O'Leary Galic'
- The Creedon's of Ballyvourney and Inchigeela
- Maura Hugh Twomey marries Michael Creedon in 1858
- The Creedon's begin their American journey
- Patricia O'Leary and Mark Lawton marry
- The Creedon support system; 'the Creedon machine'
- The five Creedon sons
- The Quabbin trip
- The Creedon cousins
The Cashman's
- Timothy and Johanna Cashman of Aghada Parish
- James Cashman
- The History Behind the Irish Suffering
- The Famine: 'The Great Hunger'
- James Cashman weds Catherine Corcoran
- Bandon-Bridge
- Was it Famine or Genocide
- Asenath Nicholson
- The Irish Come to America
- The Know-Nothings
- John Henry Cashman, the slate roofer
- The Ryan's and Quinlan's, of Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary
- Mary Quinlan weds William Ryan
- The mistreatment of the papist Irish of Borrisoleigh
- The celebration of the Eucharist in America's hometown
- Maggie Ryan weds John Henry Cashman
- The suffering of a mother
- John Henry Cashman, WWI Soldier and Brockton Firefighter
- The Strand Theatre Fire – March 11, 1941
- The World Wars
- John Henry Cashman, Jr.
- Lt. John Henry Cashman's death on April 30, 1943
- Aeschylus (525 BC – 455 BC)
- Soldier's Heart
- Post WWII
- Jeanne (Cashman) Lawton and Jimmy Lawton
- John and Beatrice Cashman's great grandchildren
The Poudrier's
- Alphonse Poudrier arrives from Quebec
- In 1911 the Poudrier's leave Spencer for Brockton
- Detective Micheal Dennehy
The Heaphy's
- Margaret Heaphy, of Killeagh
- February 15, 1931
- The suffering of Margaret (Heaphy) Lawton
- Mary (Heaphy) Donovan
The Twohig's and Long's
- The Long Family
- The Twohig Family
- Kate Long weds Tom Twohig
- Fred Lawton and Christine Twohig meet
- The day everything changed
- Catherine (Twohig) McCaig – Aunt 'Kit'
The Daylor's
- Mary F. Daylor, is born on Christmas Eve 1877
- The Irish revolutionary, David Daylor
- The assassination of Michael Collins
The Clifford's
- The Clifford's of Buttevant, County Cork
- Lynn, Massachusetts
- The children of Bill and Hannah (Burke) Clifford
- The grandchildren of Bill and Hannah (Burke) Clifford
The Burke's
- Was it Famine or Genocide
- The townland of Curragh, County Cork
- Hannah Burke marries Bill Clifford in 1911
The Keliher/Kaylor's
- From Keliher to Kaylor; from Killorglin to Roxbury
- The Puck Fair
- Asenath Nicholson visits Killorglin in 1845
- The Famine: 'The Great Hunger'
- Was it Famine or Genocide
- Who was James Keliher
- James Keliher's Journey to America; Queen of the West
- New York's immigration processing station
- Ellis Island
- James Keliher marries Ellen (Conlan) Garrity
- Good Hill
- James Kaylor's remarriage
- James Kaylor and the celebration of the Eucharist
- Richard James Kaylor weds Annie Doyle of Ireland and starts the next generation of Kaylor's
- The 'Go-Betweens'
- Richard Thomas Kaylor weds Virginia Florence Ducey
- Brian John Kaylor
- Tragedy befalls the Kaylor Family
- Travis Manning Kaylor
- Duxbury, Massachusetts
- The Kaylor cousins
- Richard James Kaylor
- Five generations removed
The Kehoe's
- Beggar's-Bridge
- An Gorta Mor at Beggar's-Bridge
- Thomas John Kehoe I
- The birth of Thomas John Kehoe II and the death of his mother, Annie (Lunney) Kehoe
- The Lunney's of County Fermanagh
- Annie Lunney born in 1870
- Tom Kehoe I remarries
- Thomas John Kehoe II marries Mary Cuddihy
- The Cuddihy's and Dunn's of Kilkenny
- The Senator Mike Mansfield connection
- Thomas John Kehoe III
- The 71st Combat Division
- Aeschylus (525 BC – 455 BC)
- Soldier's Heart
- Tom Kehoe III marries Aileen Manning in 1947
- Aileen Marie (Kehoe) Kaylor
- Aileen's siblings
- Greg Kehoe: from paperboy to prosecutor
- Coach Marchibroda
The Manning's and the Cahill's
- The Manning's of Kerry
- The Cahill's of County Clare
- Kilmaley Parish, County Clare
The Giel's of Pennsylvania
- William Giel
- William Giel, the United States Marine
- Prudence Moore and William Giel marry in 1969
- Dawn Giel meets Timothy Lawton
- The Giel/Lawton wedding in Montana
- Dawn and Tim's announcement
The Moore's of New York
- Marcus Heiselmann Moore, Jr. (1915 – 2019)
- From Hingham, Norfolk, England to Boston in 1630
- John and Adam Hawkes
- The Puritan Great Migration
- The Hawkes' Descendants
- Relationships between John & Adam Hawkes' descendants
- President Abraham Lincoln
- Common ancestry with Presidents and Kings
Family Stories
- Lawton Family Recollections (by Richard James Lawton)
- John F. Kennedy (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Lt. John Henry Cashman (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Frederick Lawton (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Gerry Kelleher and Jimmy Lawton – friends forever (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- March 30, 1945, Munster Germany (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Romance at its best (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- The Long Walk (by Travis and Molly Kaylor)
- The Announcement (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Jim, always kept the wheels of democracy turning (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Boys and Girls Club (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Family Medical History (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Keeping it in Perspective (by Mark Edward Lawton)
- Once Upon a Time (by Dawn Giel)
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