For weeks, I was scouring the ads in Facebook Market Place for a wood desk. It had to be a certain size and made out of wood. I was looking for something to give new life to and ultimately have a workspace in the den. One Saturday morning, I came across this post with a […]
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Julia Crowley (1883 – 1959) Julia Crowley was born April 11, 1893 in Cool Mountain, Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. She was the youngest child of David Crowley and Julia Vaughan O’Leary Crowley. She is listed in the 1901 Census of Ireland living with her parents and brother. Immigration Julia Crowley boarded the Teutonic in Queenstown,
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The Morro Castle was a ship that traveled between New York City and Havana, Cuba in the 1930’s. The Newport News Shipbuilding Company began construction on her in January 1929. She was christened March 1930. She had her maiden voyage from New York City to Cuba on August 23, 1930. My grandfather, Hugh D. Turner,
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