Ireland

Peter Paul Stransky born Berlin, Germany

Mary Campbell Stranky born Dublin, Ireland

Children left to right

Helen A. Stransky born September 17,1887 Oshkosh, WI.

Mathew Stransky born WI.

Picture of George R. Martin born 1844 Ireland
wife Mary R. Martin born Iowa 1851
Daughter Belle Martin
Son Emmett Martin

Photo taken about 1885 in Kansas.

All parties now deceased

Mary Ann Carson Couch, born Apr 4, 1862 in Armoy, County Antrim, Ireland, came to the United States in Nov 1882.

Married George B. McClelland Couch at Robinson Run Church in Sturgeon, Allegheny County on Feb 22, 1883.

Died in Oakmont, Allegheny County on June 9, 1938.

The three children are:
Henry Hultz Couch, Jan 1884 - Oct 30, 1946
Robert Carson Couch, Jan 1885 - 1961
George B. McClelland Couch Jr, 1887 - 1915

Based on the youngest child, the photo was taken in 1887 or 1888.

Submitted by Sam Couch, York, PA, great grandson

Nora Honor Lynch was born in 1864 in Clifden, Co. Galway and came to Pittsburgh in 1889 for the christening of her niece, Mary Martin.

Photo probably taken at that time or shortly thereafter.

Do you recognize her husband? Please let me know.

Mary Lynch born in Clifden, Co. Galway about 1871.

She immigrated to Pittsburgh in 1882.

Photo taken sometime between 1882 and 1890 when she married John Gibbons of N. Braddock.

Photo taken at E. Borland's Studio in Parker, Armstrong Co., PA, about 1908.

Front Row, Mary Olive Ralston Kennedy, Sarah Ralston (born 12 Feb 1835 in Belfast, Ireland), Thomas Ralston (born 1853 in Glasglow, Scotland)

Back Row, Anna Ralston Widger (born in Sterling, Scotland), Sade Ralston Nelly (born 12 Apr 1865 in Glasglow, Scotland), William John Earl Ralston (born 20 Apr 1857 in Ireland), and Jane "Jennie" Ralston Overheim (born 27 Oct 1861 in Glasglow, Scotland).

Submitted by Shirley Barger, great great granddaughter of Sarah Ralston and great granddaughter of Anna Ralston Widger