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I am researching my husband's family (Bishop, Dinning, Davis, Dodson, Martin, Wheelock, Gillet, Buxton, Boyington, Kempton, and others). This Bishop family has lived in western Michigan for more than 150 years.

I am also researching my father's family (Brogan, Mitchell, Kirley, Ratel). The Brogans and Kirleys came from Ireland to Pennsylvania and New York. The Ratel family was French Canadian and lived in New York, Pennsylvania, and NJ. The Mitchells lived in Morgan County, Indiana.

And, although I have a substantial amount of information about my mother's family (Fonde, King, Habersham, Strobhar, Broun, Beville, Fitch, Olney and Bolton), I am trying to find out more about the Fonde/Stewart branch. My maternal ancestors lived in the south, especially Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennesee.

I welcome new information and corrections and would be happy to share my data with others.
The Bishop/Brogan Home Page
Updated September 5, 2008
Becki Brogan Bishop
beckib@comcast.net

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Family Photos

  • Devilo Bishop (229 KB)
    Devilo Bishop in about 1880. He lost the sight of his left eye in 1876 according to his Civil War pension file.
  • Brogans about 1900 (157 KB)
    James Michael Brogan with his parents, Cornelius Hugh Brogan and Mary Ehrit Brogan. The photo may have been taken about 1900.
  • The Kirley Family ca. 1886 (360 KB)
    The Michael Kirley family. This photo was taken before my grandmother Mae Genevieve Kirley was born in 1894. Included in the photo are Michael and Delia (Ratel) Kirley with Will Kirley on his father's lap and John standing between his parents. Back row from the left: Carrie, Eugene, Tom and Annie.
  • Cornelius Roderick Brogan (88 KB)
    C.R. Brogan as a young man in about 1915. This may have been his high school graduation picture.
  • Mae Genevieve Kirley (93 KB)
    Mae Genevieve Kirley as a young woman. This photo may have been her high school graduation photo taken about 1914.
  • Angeline Vincent (79 KB)
    She was wife of Joseph Ratel and mother of Delia Ratel and 12 others. Grandmother to Mae Kirley Brogan.
  • Another Angeline Vincent (179 KB)
    She was the mother of Angeline Vincent and grandmother of Delia Ratel. She worked as a seamstress and tailor and lived to 103!
  • Delia Ratel Kirley (93 KB)
    Delia Ratel, wife of Michael Kirley, and mother of Mae Genevieve Kirley, my grandmother.
  • Robert Dinning & Ida Frost Dinning (43 KB)
    Ida Frost was Robert's second wife, and the woman that Hazel called "Mama"
 

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