Kelly, Father R. E. grave marker, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, USA; photograph by Annis Jean Hite Patee, 1 Oct 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Fr. Robert was one of my great-grandmother’s brothers, the youngest in the family, and largely raised by her after their mother died.

Weyrich, Edna C. grave marker, David’s Cemetery, Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Valita Robinson Randolph, 24 Dec 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Edna married into my maternal grandmother’s line.

Weyrich, Charles J and Marian V grave marker, David’s Cemetery, Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Valita Robinson Randolph, 24 Dec 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Charles is a cousin via my maternal grandmother. His wife Marian apparently remarried after his death (per her death certificate), but was buried next to him (per the cemetery’s posted records).

They had an unnamed son in 1939 who died at eight days, of erythroblastosis (which we now know is caused by Rh factor incompatibility). I don’t know where he is buried, as I can’t make out what’s scrawled on his death certificate.

Ober, Marie R grave marker, Saint Bernard Cemetery, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA; photograph by Candy CG, 15 Sep 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Marie is a cousin through my KOHL line.

Kelly, Margaret G grave marker, Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Mary Rose, 1 Apr 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Margaret is the wife of my great-granduncle Edward KELLY.

McKinney, Herbert Vincent grave marker, Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Richard Holt, 7 Aug 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Herbert is Nellie’s husband. Until I received this photo, I was missing his death date — it seems to fall between the cracks of the otherwise copiously available death data from Ohio.

McKinney, Nellie Tierney grave marker, Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Richard Holt, 7 Aug 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Nellie is the biological aunt and adoptive mother of my grandfather John Herbert TIERNEY, and the only great-grandparent I ever met.

Kelly, Edward Joseph grave marker, Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Mary Rose, 1 Apr 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Edward is the brother of my great-grandmother Margaret Theresa KELLY TIERNEY.