Beautiful Shores

The Wedding of Edward Canny Published on page 19 of the 13 March 1925 issue of the Southern Cross newspaper in South Australia was a poem, which was originally printed 50 years previously.   The tune can only be guessed at, but the words give a sense of the  gaiety of the event and family connections of those celebrating the wedding of Edward Canny. The entry begins with the following statement - "We have been requested to reprint the following poem, which will be of interest to many of the old settlers in the district and their descendants."   No details are given as to who requested the reprint, or where the copy was obtained.  The writer states that "the music and words are by Billy and Edward Carne."  I wonder if "Carne" is actually Canny.               Edward was actually Edmund Canny, born in County Clare, Ireland in about 1842, the son of William Canny and Bridget Quigley. Edmund married Margaret Dund...

For all of us Cavanagh's dreaming of a trip to Ireland, here is the beginning of a plan  to allow us to walk in the paths of family who left there long ago. A map has been created using Google maps. The link is provided below, and a copy with the details included.  I will keep updating this as family research reveals more information. An abbreviated family tree is included afterwards. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?mid=1vOkyIUIY4-4dZEJGXXUNPCOpEECB0yQW&usp=sharing         Family connection to listed places, supplemented by Family Tree included below -  My Family tree:  6 generations - Christine Cavanagh    Updated 21 June 2024 

Leonard Ernest Cavanagh  (14 June 1923 - 23 June 1943)   Leonard Ernest Cavanagh was born on 14 Jun 1923 in Perth, Western Australia, the son of James Thomas Cavanagh and Alma Irene Gawned.  Len was the pilot of a Handley Page Halifax II bomber, serial number JD259, that was shot down over Leest in Belgium on 23 June 1943. There were no survivors.  Family and Early Life Leonard Ernest Cavanagh and cousin Noel James Cavanagh, c1936 Len's father James was born in Subiaco in 1899, enlisted in the AIF at the age of 18 and served in France in World War 1.   He returned to Perth in 1919 and married Alma Gawned in 1922. James worked as a carpenter, and he and Alma only had one child, Len.  James died in 1930 at Fremantle, when his motorcycle crashed into the rear of a stationery taxi. Alma was flung out of the sidecar and was reported to have sustained only minor injuries. Alma married Edwin (Ted) Stamp in 1936. Ted died in June 1945 and is buried at Kar...