On December 3, 1955, my great aunt Rose McMahon married Bernet Oien. Here’s a snapshot of Rose and her siblings from the reception. All surviving siblings are present except for the youngest, Frank. I wonder where he’s hiding?
McMahon Sibs 1955 (left to right): Agnes, Margaret, John, Rose, and Mary. (Private Family Collection)
Let’s take a look at them about thirty-five years earlier, on the family’s farm in Benson, Minnesota.
McMahon Sibs 1920, back row: Mary, John, Tom; front row: Margaret, Frank, Agnes, Rose (Private Family Collection)
I know, that is a terrible photo of the front row, but here is a better one of the youngest McMahons, Agnes and Frank.
1920: Agnes and Frank McMahon (Private Family Collection)
I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My heritage pretty much covers the map of Ireland: great-great-grandparents from Cork (Crowley, Foley, Regan), a great-great-grandmother from Clare (Quinn), a great-great-grandfather from Fermanagh (McMahon) and his wife's parents from Mayo (McAndrew), a great-grandmother from Connemara (Hannon) married to my great-grandfather from Laois (McCormack), great-grandparents from Sligo (Flannery), and a great-grandmother from Kildare (Hill). All of those people ended up in Minnesota, where my four grandparents were born.
Three and four generations after my people left Ireland for America, I retain all Irish heritage. So much for the melting pot...
The Irish in America 
March 7, 2022 at 3:06 pm
Love seeing these photos online. What would Mary, John, Tom, Rose, Margaret, Agnes & Frank think?
March 7, 2022 at 8:44 pm
Dodo would definitely enjoy it! I think Mary would wonder how anyone had time to do stuff like this!