The Descendants of Michael Kane and Mary Phillips of Ireland

Who Lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts

First I need to acknowledge that without the help of Maryann Zelenak, I would have embarrassed myself. Michael Kane, the husband of Mary Phillips, was listed as born in Ireland on many of the records, but on his death certificate, his son Patrick said he was born in Clinton, Massachusetts. Patrick’s sister Anne also reported her father was born in Clinton, Massachusetts on her marriage record. And finally, Patrick was the informant on his sister Anne’s death record and said she was born in Clinton, Massachusetts.

Since these were all common names, I was sure there were two Michael Kanes and Mary Phillips living in Holyoke around the same time with children with the same names. The first Michael Kane was born in Clinton, Massachusetts and his children were born in Massachusetts. The second was born in Ireland and his children were born in Ireland.

Full credit goes to Maryann Zelenak for solving the conflict. She discovered that Michael Kane and Mary Phillips married in Holyoke in 1872 and then went back and forth between Holyoke and Ireland. Most of the children were born in the Kilmore Erris Parish, and Zelenak gave me the references for her information.

Again, thank you to Maryann Zelenak for saving part one of the kinship project from disaster.

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The Descendants of Michael Kane and Mary Phillips of Ireland

Michael Kane died today at the House of Providence hospital, after a week’s illness. He was removed to the hospital last Thursday. Mr. Kane had been a resident of the city for the past 35 years. His wife died three months ago. Two daughters, Mrs Michael O’Donnell and Mrs Kennedy-Sullivan, and a son, Patrick Kane, all of this city, survive him. The funeral will be held Monday morning from his late home, 37 Chestnut Street, with requiem mass at St. Patrick’s chapel. – Holyoke Transcript, Saturday, 28 January 1905.¹

1. MICHAEL KANE was born about 1849 in Ireland, the son of Richard Kane and Ann.² His son Patrick didn’t know much about his father. He was the informant on the death record and reported his father was born about 1858 in Clinton, Massachusetts, and Patrick did not know the names of his grandparents.³

The death record puts his birth around 1858, the gravestone lists his year of birth as 1849.⁴ Michael’s 1872 marriage record was probably more accurate as Michael and his soon-to-be wife, MARY PHILLIPS, probably provided the information. Michael Kane was born in Ireland about 1849, and he married Mary Phillips on 28 April 1872 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵ Mary was born about 1852 in Ireland, the daughter of John Phillips and Jane.⁶

A year after the marriage, Michael and Mary, both of Ireland, had a son named Michael Kane born on 2 May 1873 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁷ But Michael was actually born in Dooyork, Mayo, Ireland on 3 April 1873 to Michael Kane of “Holyoak America” and Mary Kane “formerly Phillips,” and the birth was registered in the District of Bangor, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland.⁸ It appears Mary was probably in her parents’ home when the child was born, then returned to Holyoke where the birth was registered in February 1874 as 2 May 1873 in Ireland.⁹ There does not appear to be a deliberate attempt to claim Michael was born in Holyoke, but a transcription error between the town record and the state record.

Mary (Phillips) Kane was back in Holyoke by the beginning of 1874 or earlier. Her second child was probably Jennie, also known as Jane Veronica, who was born around March 1876.¹⁰ No birth or baptismal record for Jennie was found in Mayo, Ireland where her brother Michael was born. Nor was a record found in the Holyoke birth register for 1875 or 1876, but her marriage records say she was born in Holyoke.¹¹ The next two children were born in Ireland. Jane, also known as Annie, was born on 23 December 1876, and Patrick was born on 28 February 1879.¹² It appears Michael Kane and Mary (Phillips) Kane immigrated with their family in 1880, probably coming through Canada and returning to Holyoke where many from their Irish community were living.¹³

Perhaps with all the back and forth between Holyoke and the Belmullet area of Ireland, Michael missed being counted in the 1880 and 1900 censuses. According to his children’s Irish birth records, he was a farmer while living there, but no record was found that listed his profession in Holyoke.¹⁴ While Michael and Mary were living at 37 Chestnut Street at the time of their deaths, the property was an apartment building and they were not listed as residents in 1900, nor were they listed in the Holyoke City Directory in 1904.¹⁵

Most likely Michael Kane was a laborer in one of the paper mills which were the predominant industry in Holyoke.¹⁶

Michael Kane died on 28 January 1905 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts, and was buried in the Saint Jerome Cemetery.¹⁷ His wife, Mary (Phillips) Kane, was born about 1849 in Ireland and died on 26 October 1904 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and was buried in the Saint Jerome Cemetery.¹⁸ Their daughter Jane Veronica (Kane) (O’Donnell) Bora died in 1943 and was buried with them.¹⁹

Known Children of Michael Kane and Mary Phillips were:

i. MICHAEL KANE was born on 3 April 1873 in Bangor, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, and died on 21 March 1874 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²⁰

ii. JENNIE KANE (also known as JANE VERONICA KANE) was born about March 1876 in Massachusetts and died on 28 December 1943 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire.²¹ She married first, MICHAEL J. O’DONNELL on 26 December 1895 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²² He was born on 20 November 1874 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²³ Jennie married second, EDWARD JOHN BORA on 21 September 1909 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts.²⁴ Edward was born on 8 November 1873 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, and died on 23 January 1940 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.²⁵

iii. ANNIE KANE was born JANE KANE on 23 December 1876 in Tarmon, Mayo, Ireland, and died on 14 October 1916 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²⁶ She married TIMOTHY F. SULLIVAN on 7 September 1895 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²⁷ He was born on 20 August 1874 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 5 April 1917 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²⁸

+ 2. iv. PATRICK J. KANE was born on 28 February 1879 in Blacksod, Mayo, Ireland, and died on 9 July 1961 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.²⁹ He married CATHERINE O’REILLY on 8 May 1900 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.³⁰ She was born about 1879 in Ireland and died on 25 June 1945 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.³¹

Second Generation

2. PATRICK KANE was born on 28 February 1879 in Blacksod, Mayo, Ireland, the son of Michael Kane and Mary Phillips.³² His family came to the United States around 1880 when he was an infant, and he attended school at St. Jerome Institute for Boys in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.³³ He married CATHERINE O’REILLY on 8 May 1900 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.³⁴ They probably met at work. They were both from Ireland, Kate had arrived around 1897, and worked at the paper mill (most likely in one of the sixteen American Writing Paper mills), where Patrick was a laborer and Kate cut rags.³⁵

An American Writing line worker adjusts tension on calender at the drying end of a Fourdrinier machine, c. 1937.³⁶ Patrick was listed as a calender boss on the 1910 U.S. census.³⁷

Upon the death of his wife, Patrick moved in with his daughter Catherine and her husband Richard Stearns and lived with them until his death on 9 July 1961.³⁸ He is buried with his wife in the Saint Jerome Cemetery in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.³⁹

Known Children of Patrick J. Kane and Catherine O’Reilly were:

i. MARY ROSE KANE was born on 9 November 1900 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 28 January 1929, in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁴⁰ She married her aunt Jennie’s stepson, THEODORE E. BORA, on 7 April 1920 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont.⁴¹ He was born on 5 October 1901 in Fairfield, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 3 July 1962 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire.⁴²

+ 3. ii. JOHN JOSEPH KANE was born on 29 April 1902 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 24 September 1953, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁴³ He married VIOLET LEONIDAS ROME at the end of 1930 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁴⁴ She was born on 15 October 1908 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died on 17 July 1988 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁴⁵

iii. EDWARD KANE was born on 16 September 1904 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts, and died on 9 January 1976 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts.⁴⁶ He married JOSEPHINE LANDERS on 4 September 1943 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁴⁷ She was born on 31 March 1912 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 5 June 2002 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁴⁸

iv. BRIDGET DORIS KANE was born on 21 May 1907 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts, and died on 1 January 1979 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁴⁹ She married JOHN GALLAGHER on 3 May 1927 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵⁰ He was born in 1899 in England and died on 11 October 1953 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵¹

v. CATHERINE VIOLA KANE was born on 28 July 1909 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts, and died on 16 July 1972 in Holyoke, Hampton, Massachusetts.⁵² She married MAYNARD (also known as RICHARD) GOULD STEARNS on 22 September 1930 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire.⁵³ He was born on 1 May 1908 in New York, New York, and died on 20 August 1964 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵⁴

vi. PATRICK JEROME KANE was born on 28 February 1914 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died on 22 June 1968 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵⁵ He married MARY about 1952.⁵⁶

Third Generation

3. JOHN JOSEPH KANE was born on 29 April 1902 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, the son of Patrick Kane and Kate O’Reilly who were living at 41 Chestnut Street in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁵⁷ Dad was a papermaker and both he and his wife had been born in Ireland.⁵⁸

John left Holyoke around 1929 and moved in with his widowed brother-in-law, Theodore E. Bora, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁵⁹ Theodore owned a gas station and John was working for him, perhaps it was there he met VIOLET LEONIDAS ROME who was also living in Northampton.⁶⁰ John and Violet married at the end of 1930 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁶¹ Neither John nor Violet graduated from high school.⁶² John had attended the first year of high school before dropping out, Violet had a 7th-grade education.⁶³ Ten years later, the Great Depression was ending and the Kane family was doing well. They were renting an apartment at 40 Market Street where they paid $15 a month.⁶⁴ John was a bartender and had worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $1,092.⁶⁵

On 15 February 1942, John reported to the Draft Board at the Old High School in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁶⁶ He was 5 foot 9 ½ inches 190 lbs. with blue eyes and brown hair.⁶⁷ John lived at 49 Walnut Street, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and was working at Rice’s Lunch on Bridge Street.⁶⁸

Doeskin Facial Tissues⁶⁹

In 1950, John and Violet’s oldest child, John Jr. was not living with the family, probably because he was serving in the Korean War with the Marines.⁷⁰ John was a machinist at a pulp mill, probably Doeskin Products, and Violet was a laundry helper at the Veteran’s Hospital.⁷¹

John died on 24 September 1953 leaving a widow and children John Jr. age 22, [Living Daughter] age 12, and Bernard age 6.⁷² After John’s death, Violet did not remarry.⁷³ In 1954 she was living at 41 Williams St.⁷⁴ In 1960, the family was living at 49 Orchard Street.⁷⁵ Violet was working as a baker at Federal Bake Shops, John Jr. was working as an orderly at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Jacquelyn was working as a stenographer, and Bernard was about 14 years old.⁷⁶ Between 1960 and 1963, John Jr. married Frances J. and was living with her at the family home at 38 Orchard Street.⁷⁷ Violet had moved to the rear of 25 Union Street, 17-year-old Bernard was probably living with her, and [Living Daughter] had married and was living with her husband.⁷⁸

Known Children of Patrick J. Kane and Catherine O’Reilly were:

i. JOHN JOSEPH KANE was born on 15 February 1931 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died on 14 April 2001 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁷⁹ He married FRANCES J. KOSTEK on 15 November 1960 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.⁸⁰ She was born on 11 December 1938 in Connecticut and died on 16 September 2018 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusett.⁸¹

ii. CATHERINE M. KANE was born in 1937 probably in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died in 1937 probably in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁸²

iii. JACQUELYN THERESA KANE was probably born on 9 November 1940 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died on 3 June 2024 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.⁸³ She probably married BOROWSKI between 1960 and 1963.⁸⁴

iv. BERNARD FRANCES KANE was born on 20 November 1946 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died on 3 April 2009 in North Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey.⁸⁵

1. Detroit Publishing Co., a photograph of the House of Providence, Holyoke, Mass. taken between 1900 and 1910; digital image, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a22569/ : accessed 30 September 2022); item 2016813956, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., colorized using MyHeritage in Color™. Also, “Obituary,” Holyoke Daily Transcript (Holyoke, Massachusetts), Saturday, 28 January 1905, p. 6, col. 2; digital copy in possession of the author.

2. Hampden to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Marriages 1872, Vol. 245, 18, Michael Cain and Mary Philips, 28 April 1872; imaged in “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XX6S-X8F : accessed 30 September 2022), film 004332359, image 780; Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston.

3. Holliston to Holyoke, Massachusetts, Deaths 1905, Vol. 49, 119, Michael Kane, 28 January 1905; imaged in “Massachusetts Deaths, 1841–1915, 1921–1924,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXZ8-DT : accessed 30 September 2022), film 2070774, image 491; State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.

4. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107519123/michael-kane : accessed 30 September 2022), memorial 107519123, Michael Kane (1849–1905), memorial created by Robert Comeau with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.

5. Hampden to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Marriages 1872, Vol. 245, 18, Michael Cain and Mary Philips, 28 April 1872.

6. Hampden to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Marriages 1872, Vol. 245, 8, Michael Cain and Mary Philips, 28 April 1872.

7. Hampden to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Births, 1873, Vol. 251, 23, Michael Kane, 2 May 1873; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67QW-ZT5: accessed 30 September 2022), film 004212534, image 793; State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.

8. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Bangor, District of Bangor, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, “Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03192/2170476.pdf: accessed 30 September 2022); unidentified register, 78, Michael Kane birth registration, 3 April 1873, Dooyork; citing General Register Office, Dublin, Ireland.

9. Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, Register of Births 1871–1881, Book 2, folio 27, Michael Kane, 2 May 1873; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XF-48YY : accessed 1 October 2022), film 007578156, image 41; City Clerk’s Office, Holyoke, Massachusetts.

10. Massachusetts, Register of Marriages 1895, Vol. 451, 1895, handwritten page crossed out and replaced with 675, marriages registered in Holyoke, Michael J. O’Donnell and Jennie Kane, 26 December 1895; imaged in "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXF3-9F5: accessed 1 October 2022), film 004332369, image 692; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 539, 5B, dwelling 40, family 118, Stephen Landry household, line 72, Jennie O’Donnell, boarder; imaged in “United States Census, 1900,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4L7-ZY4: accessed 1 October 2022), film 004113835, image 10.

11. Massachusetts, Register of Marriages 1895, Vol. 451, 1895, handwritten page crossed out and replaced with 675, marriages registered in Holyoke, Michael J. O’Donnell and Jennie Kane, 26 December 1895. Also, Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Register of Marriages, Vol. 587, 1909, printed page 253, marriages registered in Amherst, second marriages of Edward J. Bora and Jennie V. O’Donnell, 21 September 1909; imaged in "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHTS-96N : accessed 1 October 2022), film 004329362, image 205; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Jennie’s brother Patrick claimed she was born in Clinton, Massachusetts around 1877 [he was not sure of the day or month] and their father was also born in Clinton, Massachusetts. No birth record for Jennie or Jane Kane the daughter of Michael Kane and Mary Phillips was found in Clinton, Massachusetts between 1875 and 1877 inclusive. New Hampshire Death Records 1938–1947, cards, alphabetical order, Standard Certificate of Death for Jane Veronica Bora, 28 December 1943; imaged in “New Hampshire Death Record, 1654–1947,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRSS-BST: accessed 1 October 2022), film 004242927, image 1871; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire.

12. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1877/03018/2105905.pdf : accessed 1 October 2022); unidentified register, folio 91, Jane Keane birth registration, 23 December 1876, Tarmon; citing General Register Office, Dublin, Ireland. Jane was baptized shortly after her birth as Anne Kane. See, Kilmore Erris, County Mayo, Diocese of Killala, Ireland, Baptisms, Oct. 1876 to Jan. 1877, Anne Kane daughter of Michael Kane and Mary Philips, 24 December 1876; imaged at NLI (https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000634629_057: accessed 3 October 2022), microfilm 04231/12, image 57; National Library of Ireland, Dublin. Also, Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1879/02926/2072118.pdf : accessed 1 October 2022); unidentified register, folio 82, Patrick Keane birth registration, 28 February 1879, Blacksod; citing General Register Office, Dublin, Ireland.

13. Sisters Jennie (Kane) O’Donnell and Annie (Kane) Sullivan were boarders in the same household but the person who provided the information for the 1900 census said Jennie was born in Massachusetts and her father was born in Massachusetts, and also said Annie was born in Ireland, her father was born in Ireland, and she immigrated in 1880. See 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 539, 5B, dwelling 40, family 118, Stephen Landry household, line 72, Jennie O’Donnell, boarder, and line 80, Annie Sullivan, boarder. Also, Massachusetts, Register of Marriages 1895, Vol. 451, 666, marriages registered in Holyoke, Timothy F. Sullivan and Annie Kane, 16 September 1895; imaged in "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXF3-9RL : accessed 31 December 2024), film 004332369, image 683; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Their brother Patrick was listed as born in Ireland, as were his parents, and he immigrated in 1880. 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 541, 4A, dwelling 28, family 66, Patrick Kane household; imaged in “United States Census, 1900,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4L7-8Q1 : accessed 1 October 2022), film 004113835, image 7. Using the search engine at FamilySearch a search for a Mary married to a Michael living in Holyoke did not result in an entry that was Mary (Phillips) Kane and Michael Kane in the 1880 or 1900 census. Since the United States did not track immigration through Canada until 1894, and since Ireland and Canada were part of the British empire, the family probably chose this route to return to Holyoke and there would be no record of the border crossings. See, Marian L. Smith, "By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895–1954 (St. Albans Lists)," published in Prologue Magazine, 32 (Fall 2000), Genealogy Notes, reprinted at National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/fall/us-canada-immigration-records-1.html : accessed 1 October 2022). Maryann Zelenak, another researcher familiar with the family, said a large number of Belmullet immigrants settled in Holyoke and recommended two books that discuss their history: Within the Mullet by Rita Noland and Where the Sun Sets by Fr. Sean Noone.

14. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, folio 91, Jane Keane birth registration, 23 December 1876, Tarmon. Also, Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, folio 82, Patrick Keane birth registration, 28 February 1879, Blacksod; citing General Register Office, Dublin, Ireland.

15. Holliston to Holyoke, Massachusetts, Deaths 1905, Vol. 49, 119, Michael Kane, 28 January 1905. Also, Holyoke to Hopedale, Massachusetts, Deaths 1904, Vol. 50, 325, Mary Kane, 26 October 1904; imaged in “Massachusetts Deaths, 1841–1915, 1921–1924,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SV3-X6Y : accessed 3 October 2022), film 004292426, image 340; State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. Also, 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 541, 4A, dwelling 37, lines 5–23. Also, Holyoke City Directory, 1904, Including South Hadley Falls, (Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Company, 1904), 222, there are three listings for Michael Kane but none at 37 Chestnut Street; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/records/488147298: accessed 31 December 2024), image 232. Also, Holyoke City Directory, 1905, Including South Hadley Falls, (Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Company, 1905), 227, the three listings for Michael Kane are still there and two widowed Mary Kanes but none are at 37 Chestnut Street; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/records/488147298: accessed 31 December 2024), image 232.

16. Detroit Publishing Co., a photograph of the paper mills, Holyoke, Mass. taken between 1900 and 1906; digital image, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a11999/ : accessed 1 October 2022); item 2016794867, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., colorized using MyHeritage in Color™. Also, Derek Strahan, “Paper Mills, Holyoke, Mass,” 16 April 2019, posted at Lost New England, (https://lostnewengland.com/2019/04/paper-mills-holyoke-mass-2/ : accessed 1 October 2022).

17. Holliston to Holyoke, Massachusetts, Deaths 1905, Vol. 49, 119, Michael Kane, 28 January 1905.

18. Holyoke to Hopedale, Massachusetts, Deaths 1904, Vol. 50, 325, Mary Kane, 26 October 1904.

19. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108985815/jane-bora: accessed 20 September 2022), memorial 108985815, Jane Kane Bora (1875–1943), memorial created by Robert Comeau with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts. Also, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 107519123, Michael Kane (1849–1905). And, Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108985540/mary_kane : accessed 31 December 2024), memorial 108985540, Mary Phillips Kane (1849–1904), memorial created by Robert Comeau with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.

20. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Bangor, District of Bangor, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, 78, Michael Kane birth registration, 3 April 1873, Dooyork. Also, Barnstable to Hampden County, Massachusetts, Deaths, 1874, Vol. 265, 327, Michael Kane, 21 March 1874; imaged in “Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZV9-1F : accessed 1 October 2022), film 0960204, image 350; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

21. 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 539, 5B, dwelling 40, family 118, Stephen Landry household, line 72, Jennie O’Donnell, boarder. Also, New Hampshire Death Records 1938–1947, cards, alphabetical order, Standard Certificate of Death for Jane Veronica Bora, 28 December 1943.

22. Massachusetts, Register of Marriages 1895, Vol. 451, 1895, handwritten page crossed out and replaced with 675, marriages registered in Holyoke, Michael J. O’Donnell and Jennie Kane, 26 December 1895.

23. Barnstable to Hampden County, Massachusetts, Births, 1874, Vol. 259, 400, births registered in Holyoke, Michael O Donnell, 20 November 1874; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-688K-1C : accessed 3 October 2022), Film 004341191, image 101.

24. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Register of Marriages, Vol. 587, 1909, printed page 253, marriages registered in Amherst, second marriages of Edward J. Bora and Jennie V. O’Donnell, 21 September 1909.

25. Jennie is mentioned as “Mrs Edward Barry of White River Junction” [Barry is a misspelling of Bora] in her sister Annie (Kane) Sullivan’s obituary. See, “Obituary,” Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday, 16 October 1916, p. 10, col. 1, Mrs. Timothy Sullivan; imaged at FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHX-WSZN-2 : accessed 31 December 2024), film 102263770, image 1089. Jennie and Edward were living at 15 North Elm Street, White River Junction, Windsor, Vermont, around 1917 or 1918. See, Windsor County, Vermont, A-K, cards, alphabetical [Edward John Bora’s card is out of order], Edward John Bora; imaged in “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81KN-SMR : accessed 3 October 2022), film 005272217, image 839. And Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, Register of Marriage Intentions 1893–1903, Vol. 4, folio 17, Edward J. Bora and Parmalia Brouillette, 20 June 1894; imaged in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9VD-J9HZ-W: accessed 3 October 2022), film 004108371, image 428; City Hall, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Also, “Died,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 26 January 1940, p. 4, col. 1, death notice for Edward J. Bora; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHX-4S9T-Q : accessed 31 December 2024), film 102263809, image 67.

26. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, folio 91, Jane Keane birth registration, 23 December 1876, Tarmon. See, Kilmore Erris, County Mayo, Diocese of Killala, Ireland, Baptisms, Oct. 1876 to Jan. 1877, Anne Kane [birth name Jane Keane] daughter of Michael Kane and Mary Philips, 24 December 1876. Also, Holyoke to Hudson, Deaths, Sept. 9–Dec. 31, 1916, Vol. 37, 137, alphabetical by date, Annie Sullivan, 14 October 1916; imaged in “Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRTT-QR7 : accessed 21 September 2022), film 005000153, image 138; Massachusetts State Archives, Boson.

27. Massachusetts, Register of Marriages 1895, Vol. 451, 666, marriages registered in Holyoke, Timothy F. Sullivan and Annie Kane, 16 September 1895.

28. Hampshire to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Births, 1874, Vol. 260, 237, Timothy Sullivan, 20 August 1874; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6885-NZ : accessed 1 January 2025), film 004341191, image 99; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, Holden July 10–Dec 26 to Holyoke Jan 1–May 3, Deaths, 1917, Vol. 35, 389, Timothy Sullivan, 5 April 1917; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TD4-VTR : accessed 21 September 2022), film 005045726, image 390; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

29. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, folio 82, Patrick Keane birth registration, 28 February 1879, Blacksod. Also, “Conn. Valley Deaths,” Springfield Daily News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 11 July 1961, p. 2, cols. 5–6, Patrick J. Kane obituary; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 2 January 2025).

30. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1900, Vol. 501, marriages registered in Holyoke, 106, Patrick Kane and Katie O’Reilly, 20 June 1900; imaged in “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62HS-SLJ : accessed 21 September 2022), Film 004332423, image 111; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

31. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1900, Vol. 501, marriages registered in Holyoke, 106, Patrick Kane and Katie O’Reilly, 20 June 1900. According to her marriage record, Katie was probably born around 1876. 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 541, 4A, dwelling 28, family 66, Patrick Kane household. Her gravestone says she was born in 1879. See, Find A Grave, database with images, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163003044/catherine-kane : accessed 3 October 2022), memorial 163003044, Catherine O’Reilly Kane (1879–1945), memorial created by Angie Robinson maintained by Maryann Zelenak with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts. Also, “Holyoke,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 26 June 1945, p. 2, col. 2, Holyoke Obituary, Mrs. Patrick J. Kane; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHX-HQW : accessed 1 January 2025), film 102263818, image 1285.

32. Superintendent Registrar’s District Belmullet, Registrar’s District Binghamstown, District of Binghamstown, Union of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, unidentified register, folio 82, Patrick Keane birth registration, 28 February 1879, Blacksod.

33. “Conn. Valley Deaths,” Springfield Daily News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 11 July 1961, p. 2, cols. 5–6, Patrick J. Kane.

34. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1900, Vol. 501, marriages registered in Holyoke, 106, Patrick Kane and Katie O’Reilly, 20 June 1900.

35. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1900, Vol. 501, marriages registered in Holyoke, 106, Patrick Kane and Katie O’Reilly, 20 June 1900. Also, 1900 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 541, 4A, dwelling 28, family 66, Patrick Kane household. Also, Holyoke, South Hadley, Chicopee Directory, 1929, (Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Company, 1929), 341, Patrick J (Catherine C) Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10335605 : accessed 4 October 2022), image 345. And, 1920 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, ED 56, 9B, dwelling 70, family 179, Patrick Kane household; imaged in “United States Census, 1920,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFS-ZQF : accessed 4 October 2022), film 004966078, image 18. Also, “American Writing Paper Company Records,” University of Massachusetts Amherst, (http://findingaids.library.umass.edu/ead/mums062 : accessed 4 October 2022).

36. Lewis Hine, “Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co., Cylinder Machine (Making Matchboard),” Photographs for the National Research Project, 1936–1937, Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922–1944; imaged at National Archives Catalog (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/518334 : accessed 4 October 2022); National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland, colorized using MyHeritage in Color™.

37. 1910 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke City Ward 4, Precinct B, ED 564, 4B, dwelling 23 [crossed out], family 64, Patrick Kane household; imaged in “United States Census, 1910,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJR-YL2 : accessed 21 September 2022), film 004971703, image 8.

38. Holyoke, South Hadley, Chicopee Directory, 1944, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1944), 209, Patrick J (Katherine F) Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9664116 : accessed 22 September 2022), image114 of 33, p. 209. Also, Holyoke, South Hadley, Chicopee Directory, 1945, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1945), 226 & 336, Patrick J Kane & Richard J (Catherine V) Sterns; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9925899 : accessed 22 September 2022), images 119 & 175. Also, 1950 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holyoke, ED 19-104, 13, dwelling 139, Richard G Stearns household; imaged in “United States Census, 1950,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-RD7R : accessed 22 September 2022), film 108994355, image 14.

39. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163003068/patrick-kane : accessed 22 September 2022), memorial 163003068, Patrick Kane (1879–1961), memorial created by Angie Robinson maintained by Maryann Zelenak with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163003044/catherine_kane : accessed 22 September 2022), memorial 163003044, Catherine O’Reilly Kane (1879–1945), memorial created by Angie Robinson maintained by Maryann Zelenak with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts.

40. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1900, Vol. 497, 134, Mary R. Kane, 9 November 1900; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67BQ-V1N : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004341232, image 141; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Holyoke,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 29 January 1929, p. 4, cols. 2 & 3, Mrs Theodore Bora obituary; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHX-W38Z-8 : accessed 1 January 2025), film 102263787, image 185.

41. Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, Marriages, 1920-1923, Vol. 8, 13, marriage license for Theodore E. Bora and Mary R. Kane [her name is transcribed as May R. Rane], 11 March 1920; imaged in “Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732–2005,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99D-98VQ : accessed 22 September 2022), film 005486627, image 372; Town Clerk Office, Hartford, Vermont.

42. Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, Register of Births, 1897-1903, Vol. 4, folio 94, Ephraim T. Barri [aka Theodore E. Bora], 5 October 1901; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9XF-N99V-4: accessed 22 September 2022), film 007578162, image 259; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/750333:61834 : accessed 22 September 2022), image 3972, state file no. 62-3425, 1962 Certificate of death for Theodore E. Bora; citing New Hampshire Death Records, 1962 [at the time of the filming, some of the records were in binders, some of them were filed loose, 62-3425 was in a binder]; New Hampshire Department of State, Concord.

43. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1902, Vol. 521, 107, John Kane, 29 April 1902; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTNC-66 : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004254649, image 183; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Northampton,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 25 September 1953, p. 28, cols. 2 & 3, John J. Kane, Sr. obituary; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-L9JJ-H : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954763, image 792.

44. “Northampton,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 24 October 1930, p. 8, cols. 4–5, marriage intentions filed for John J. Kane and Violet Leontine Rome; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 2 January 2025). Also, Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1926-1930, Rofer-Swierad, Vol. 104, unpaginated, Violet Leontine Rome who married in Northampton in 1930, Vol. 52, 522; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2966/images/41263_2421406273_0186-00024 : accessed 22 September 2022), image 25; facsimile edition, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. And, Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1926-1930, Rofer-Swierad, Vol. 104, unpaginated, John Joseph Kane who married in Northampton in 1930, Vol. 52, 522; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2966/images/41263_2421406273_0182-00434 : accessed 22 September 2022), image 435; citing facsimile edition, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

45. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1909, Vol. 575, damage to the pages has destroyed pagination in this section [probably 284], Violet Annie Rome, 15 October 1909; imaged in “Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1WS-WV1 : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004383938, image 1048; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, Violet L. Kane obituary, Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), 18 July 1988, p. 24-F, col. 1; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCW-WSS8-4 : accessed 1 January 2025).

46. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1904, Vol. 543, 126, Edward F. Kane, 16 September 1904; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-656S-BR7 : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004341235, image 956; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Obituaries,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Saturday, 10 January 1976, p.19, col. 4, Edward F. Kane; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-P9CV-B : accessed 1 January 2025).

47. Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1941-1945, Jadis-Lebovitz, Vol. 133, unpaginated, Josephine E Landers who married in Holyoke in 1943, Vol. 48, 308; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2966/images/41263_2421406273_0215-00479 : accessed 22 September 2022), image 480; citing facsimile edition, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Also, Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1941-1945, unpaginated, Edward F Kane who married in Holyoke in 1943, vol. 48, 308; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2966/images/41263_2421406273_0215-00156 : accessed 22 September 2022), 157; citing facsimile edition, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Also, “Holyoke News of the Day,” Springfield Daily News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday, 23 August 1943, p. 7, col. 8, breakfast in honor of Miss Josephine Landers fiance of Edward Kane; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 2 January 2025).

48. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1912, Vol. 607, 116, Josephine Landers, 31 March 1912; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-D1J9-BMN : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004401716, image 285; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, obituary for Josephine E Landers Kane, Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Thursday, 6 June 2002, p. B6, col. 4; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 2 January 2002).

49. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1907, Vol. 567, 114, Bridget D. Kane, 21 May 1907; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DKTJ-HP : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004383935, image 1040; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Obituaries,” The Morning Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Wednesday, 3 January 1979, p. 32C, col. 2, obituary for Doris Gallagher; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-P9NV-N : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954831, image 18.

50. “Holyoke,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 3 May 1927, p. 4, col. 3, Kane-Gallagher Wedding.

51. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162619951/john-gallagher : accessed 22 September 2022), memorial 162619951, John Gallagher (1899–1953), memorial created by Angie Robinson with gravestone image by Angie Robinson; citing Saint Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts. Also, “News from the City of Holyoke,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday, 12 October 1953, p. 4, col. 1, obituary for John Gallagher; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-L9NK-C : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954763, image 953.

52. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1909, Vol. 583, 124, Catherine V. Kane, 28 July 1909; imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6XPB-4S : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004401711, image 155; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Obituaries,” Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday, 18 July 1972, p. 25, col. 7, obituary for Mrs. Richard Stearns; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-P93V-T : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954821, image 654.

53. “New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637–1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63L7-NX8 : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004245963, image 2042, cards, alphabetical order, Maynard G. Stearns and C. Viola Kane, 22 September 1930; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire.

54. Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, Births, 1897-1920, folio 25, Maynard Gould Stearns, 1 May 1908; imaged in “Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99D-M9LK-3 : accessed 2 January 2025), film 005486683, image 72; Royalton Town Clerk’s Office, Vermont. There is a note in the entry that his birth was added to the register at the request of his parents. His marriage record says he was born in New York, New York. See, “New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637–1947,” database with images, FamilySearch, Maynard G. Stearns and C. Viola Kane, 22 September 1930. Also, “News From the City of Holyoke,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 21 August 1964, p. 28, col. 1 & 2 [continued in column 2 under the first article - no headline], obituary for Richard G. Stearns; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-GSCN-6 : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954807, image 532. And, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KMH-V4K1 : accessed 3 January 2025), Richard G Stearns, born 1 May 1908 and died August 1964.

55. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1914, Vol. 623, 118, Patrick Jerome Kane, 28 February 1914, imaged in “Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTSS-RKN : accessed 22 September 2022), film 004401721, image 212; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston. Also, “Jerome P. Kane,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday, 24 June 1968, p. 13, col. 2, obituary; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7X-PTJ9 : accessed 1 January 2025), film 101954815, image 1303.

56. “Jerome P. Kane,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday, 24 June 1968, p. 13, col. 2, obituary. The obituary says Jerome Kane was survived by his wife Mary, and it appears they did not have any living children. Following the directories, Jerome lived with his father and worked as a chauffeur until his father moved in with his daughter upon the death of his wife. There was no wife listed with Jerome in 1951, the digital images of the 1952 directory are incomplete at Ancestry, and Mary shows up as Jerome’s wife in 1953. See Holyoke, South Hadley, Chicopee Directory, 1944, 209, P Jerome Kane and Patrick J (Katherine F) Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9664116 : accessed 22 September 2022), image114 of 33, p. 209. Holyoke, South Hadley, Directory, 1951, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1951), 300, Jerome Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9480857 : accessed 22 September 2022), image 161. Holyoke, South Hadley, Directory, 1953, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1953), 286, Jerome (Mary) Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/11375810 : accessed 20 September 2022), image 151.

57. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1902, Vol. 521, 107, John Kane, 29 April 1902.

58. Franklin to Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Births, 1902, Vol. 521, 107, John Kane, 29 April 1902.

59. Holyoke, South Hadley, Chicopee Directory, 1929, (Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Company, 1929), 340 & 341, John J Kane r 196 Lyman & Patrick J Kane (Catherine C); imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10335604 : accessed 5 October 2022), image 344 & 345. Also, Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1930, (Northampton, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Company, 1930), 73 & 192, Theodore E Bora & John J Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10278864 : accessed 5 October 2022), images 77 & 196. Also, 1930 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, 4th Ward Pt 2, ED 8-32, 14B, dwelling 265, family 290, Theodore E Bora household, imaged in “United States Census, 1930,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHH-QVM : accessed 24 September 2022), film 004951093, image 30.

60. 1930 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, 4th Ward Pt 2, ED 8-32, 14B, dwelling 265, family 290, Theodore E Bora household. Also, 1930 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton, Ward 3, ED 8-28, 4A, dwelling 40, family 76, Adolp Rome household; imaged in “United States Census, 1930,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHH-98S : accessed 24 September 2022), film 004951093, image 7.

61. “Northampton,” The Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 24 October 1930, p. 8, cols. 4–5, marriage intentions filed for John J. Kane and Violet Leontine Rome. Also, Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1926-1930, Rofer-Swierad, Vol. 104, unpaginated, Violet Leontine Rome who married in Northampton in 1930, Vol. 52, 522; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970,” Ancestry. And Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1926-1930, Hallson-Kobel, Vol. 104, unpaginated, John Joseph Kane who married in Northampton in 1930, Vol. 52, 522; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970,” Ancestry.

62. 1940 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, Ward 3, ED 8-44, 1A, house 40, household 10, John J. Kane household; imaged in “United States Census, 1940,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-Q3XR : accessed 24 September 2022), film 005460872, image 1.

63. 1940 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, Ward 3, ED 8-44, 1A, house 40, household 10, John J. Kane household.

64. 1940 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, Ward 3, ED 8-44, 1A, house 40, household 10, John J. Kane household.

65. 1940 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton City, Ward 3, ED 8-44, 1A, house 40, household 10, John J. Kane household.

66. Massachusetts draft registration cards, 16 October 1940-31 March 1947, alphabetical order, serial number 1232, John Joseph Kane; imaged in “U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44016_05_00074-00575: accessed 24 September 2022), Massachusetts > Hogan–Keith > Kane, Dennis–Kapinos, Lewis, image 576; citing Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box 489, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri.

67. Massachusetts draft registration cards, 16 October 1940-31 March 1947, alphabetical order, serial number 1232, John Joseph Kane; imaged in “U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry.

68. Massachusetts draft registration cards, 16 October 1940-31 March 1947, alphabetical order, serial number 1232, John Joseph Kane; imaged in “U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry.

69. Doeskin Facial Tissues, National Museum of American History, currently not on display, Smithsonian (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1372928 : accessed 5 October 2022), image of artifact, Catalog Number 1982.0055.11.

70. 1950 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton, Enumeration District 8-52, 23, dwelling 196, John Kane household; imaged in “United States Census, 1950,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-RL2Z : accessed 3 January 2025), group number 108995964, image 24. Also, Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1950, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1950), 358, John J Kane Jr; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10302428 : accessed 24 September 2022), image 354. And, “Obituaries,” Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday 17 April 2001, p. B6, col. 5, John J. Kane Jr.; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 3 January 2025).

71. 1950 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton, Enumeration District 8-52, 23, dwelling 196, John Kane household. Also, “Northampton,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 25 September 1953, p. 28, cols. 2 & 3, John J. Kane, Sr. obituary.

72. “Northampton,” The Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 25 September 1953, p. 28, cols. 2 & 3, John J. Kane, Sr. obituary.

73. Violet L. Kane obituary, Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday 18 July 1988, p. 24-F, col. 1; imaged at GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 3 January 2025).

74. Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1954, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1954), 357, Violet L Kane wid John; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9638846 : accessed 24 August 2022), image 363.

75. Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1954, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1954), 357, Violet L Kane wid John. Also, Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1960, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1960), 302, Violet L Kane wid John & John J Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10554874 : accessed 24 August 2022), image 166.

76. Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1960, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1960), 100, 128 & 302, Federal Bake Shops Inc., The Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Violet L Kane wid John, John J Kane, & Jacquelyn T Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10554874 : accessed 24 August 2022), images 50, 64 & 166.

77. Digital images of the Northampton, Massachusetts, City Directories for 1961 and 1962 are not available at Ancestry. Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1963, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1963), 327, John J (Frances J) Kane; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10058898 : accessed 24 August 2022), image 325.

78. Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1963, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1963), 327, John J (Frances J) Kane, Jacquelyn Kane, & Violet L Kane wid John.

79. “Massachusetts Death Index, 1970–2003,” database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZRC-B2L : accessed 3 January 2025), John J Kane, spouse of Frances Kostek, was born on 15 February 1931 in Massachusetts and died on 14 April 2001 in Northampton, Massachusetts; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston. Also, “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/31819769:60901 : accessed 24 September 2022), entry for John J Kane, born 15 February 1931 in Northampton, Massachusetts and died 14 April 2001. the son of John Kane and Viola. John J. Kane Jr.’s obituary says he was survived by a sister, Jacqueline Borowski, and Violet L. Kane’s obituary says she was the wife of John Kane who died in 1953 and was survived by sons John Jr. and Bernard K., and daughter Jacquelyn Borowski. See “Obituaries,” Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Tuesday 17 April 2001, p. B6, col. 5, John J. Kane Jr., and Violet L. Kane obituary, Union-News (Springfield, Massachusetts), Monday 18 July 1988, p. 24-F, col. 1.

80. “Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959–2012,” database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWRL-Q49 : accessed 24 September 2022), John J Kane marriage to Frances J Kostek, 15 November 1960; Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford.

81. Frances Satterlee obituary, MassLive (https://obits.masslive.com/us/obituaries/masslive/name/frances-satterlee-obituary : accessed 3 January 2025). She was predeceased by David Marc Kane, her son with the late John J. Kane. See, MassLive (https://obits.masslive.com/us/obituaries/masslive/name/david-kane-obituary : accessed 3 January 2025.

82. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98880107/catherine-m-kane : accessed 24 September 2022), memorial 98880107, Catherine M Kane (1937–1937), memorial created by Theresa and maintained by P.K. Magruder with gravestone image by Theresa; citing Saint Mary Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Catherine is buried with her parents and brother John J. Kane.

83. Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271179535/jacquelyn_theresa_borowski: accessed 3 January 2025), memorial 271179535, Jacquelyn Theresa “Jackie” Kane Borowski (1940-2024), memorial created by Marc5255 with no gravestone image; citing Saint Mary Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Also, obituary of Jacquelyn Borowski, Czelusniak Funeral Home (https://www.czelusniakfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jacquelyn-Borowski : accessed 3 January 2025).

84. Jacquelyn appeared with her mother in the 1960 Northampton directory. The 1961 and 1962 Northampton directories are missing from the digital images at Ancestry. She does not appear as Jaquelyn Kane in the 1963 Northampton directory, though there is a Jacqueline Borowski wife of Edwin Borowski who could be her. See Northampton, Easthampton Directory, 1963, (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Company, 1963), 178, Edwin (Jacqueline) Borowski; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10058749 : accessed 3 January 2025), image 176. Also, obituary of Jacquelyn Borowski, Czelusniak Funeral Home.

85. The obituary says he died on 31 March 2009, but the New Jersey Death Index says he died on 3 April 2009. “United States, GenealogyBank Obituary, Births, and Marriages, 1980–2014,” database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZD-NYW2 : accessed 24 September 2022), image 361, transcription of obituary for Bernard Kane, formerly of Northampton originally published in Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts), Friday, 10 April 2009. Also, “New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848–1878, 1901–2017,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1141844:61260 : accessed 24 September 2022), Bernard Kane, 3 April 2009e; citing New Jersey Death Index, 2001–2017, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton. See, 1950 U.S. census, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Northampton, Enumeration District 8-52, 23, dwelling 196, John Kane household. Also, Index to Births in Massachusetts, 1946-1950, unpaginated, Bernard Francis Kane, born 1946, Vol. 137, 277; imaged in “Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Index, 1860-1970,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3928/records/3250520 : accessed 3 January 2025), image 93. There appears to be no other Bernard Kanes born in Massachusetts between 1946 and 1950.