Happy Anniversary: The First Sandwich South Council 1893

I want to thank Wendy Pulleyblank-Cunningham who is the administrator for the Facebook group "Growing up in Sandwich South Twp. (Oldcastle, Maidstone, Paquette Corners)"

She recently posted that "127 years ago in January 1893 the first Township of Sandwich South Council met at the home of Downey/McCarthy hotel & tavern in Oldcastle. This home still exists today on Hwy #3 & Oldcastle Side Road. Many descendants of the first council members still reside in Sandwich South....We truly have a rich heritage!"

The Irish in the Civil War: Daniel C. Moynihan (1841-1912)

I collect "Moynahan" stories whenever I find them and I share them online in my "Moynahan Scrapbook". 

Captain Daniel .C. Moynihan 

This blog post is about Captain Daniel .C. Moynihan who was born in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland and came to America at a young age. During the Civil War, he enlisted in 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 164th New York Infantry. After the Civil War, Daniel returned to Ireland (1866) and was incarcerated along with many others in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin where he was photographed below.

Mugshot: Mountjoy Prison, Dublin (November 1866)

After the Civil War, Daniel returned to Ireland and was arrested on the suspicion of being a Fenian. Many high profile Irish officer returned to Ireland in 1866 to assist the movement in its aim of rising against British rule and during their incarceration they were photographed.

Moynahan Scrapbook: Dr. Edward J Monahan

 A great genealogical tool for finding our ancestor's photographs and memorabilia, is using the eBay alert feature.

Over the years, I have located a number of photographs for sale on eBay like this one about Dr. Edward J Monahan who extracted a crucifix from a woman's throat in Boston Massachusetts in 1923!

Source: https://ebay.ca/itm/373142248715