Getting our Kicks on Rt 66

Military Archive St. Louis, MO

Last Saturday, another beautiful wild Irish woman, Mary Kate got married to Dan O'Brien.  It was a fantastic time, and we are thrilled to have Dan in the family.  Afterwards Jibbsey and I started a road trip to some of the nearby family spots, some of which just happen to be along Route 66.  Jibbsey isn't too thrilled when I pull over to take a picture of a street sign.  We went to St. Louis and had dinner with Mary Kate's bro Michael and did some sightseeing.  We made an appointment to visit the National Military Archives in St. Louis.  Unfortunately Brigadier General C. T. O'Neill's file had been burned in the fire in 1973, but they were able to recreate some of it for us.  It gave us some information on where he served here in the US before his company left for Europe during WWI.  I am still hoping they will come up with some information on his service in the Spanish American War and the Mexican dispute.

Isabell McKay

Last week my daughter and I spent some time with our 2 cousins Michelle and John in downtown NYC.  Looking at some of John's beautiful pictures, and sharing some memories.  John has a fantastic collection of photos from the McIntyre family.  So now we can put some names with faces.  Here is the first of those pictures, Isabelle McKay.  I know she was born in Scotland and married James McIntyre (don't know where).  She and James had my great, great grandfather Robert J. McIntyre in Glasgow.  They lived in New York, Richmond Va., and for a while on Howertown Rd. in Catasauqua, PA.  I am not sure where Isabelle died, but James died in Brooklyn.  More mysteries to solve.