Chief of Police - widowed father of 3
Edward Cornelius Hannigan was my father's father (my paternal grandfather). I remember living with my parents in his house and having picnic parties on the grassy area near the porch during WW 11. My grandfather was a house painter as well as the police chief in Hadley, MA during the 1940's and 1950's.
He married my grandmother, Georgiana Trainor (born in PEI) in 1908 in Boston, MA and I heard a story that they went to San Francisco on the train for their honeymoon. They had three children, Thomas (b. 1910), Edward Paul (b. 1913) and Margaret Eleanor (b. 1916). His wife was pregnant with baby #4 in 1918 when the Spanish Flu infected the entire world and it caused Georgiana's death along with her unborn baby. My grandfather mourned her every day of his life. He closed himself off from the world each year on the anniversary of her death. They were married only 10 years when she died.
But he also brought up his children singlehandedly and very well. He drove them to Prince Edward Island each summer so that they could get to know and play with their cousins. Georgiana had many sisters and brothers who lived in PEI, Canada.
When I was 18 years old, I asked my grandfather if I could live with him for a short time. He agreed and we had a very nice life together until I was ready to move on and get married. I will always cherish the time I shared with him.
He married my grandmother, Georgiana Trainor (born in PEI) in 1908 in Boston, MA and I heard a story that they went to San Francisco on the train for their honeymoon. They had three children, Thomas (b. 1910), Edward Paul (b. 1913) and Margaret Eleanor (b. 1916). His wife was pregnant with baby #4 in 1918 when the Spanish Flu infected the entire world and it caused Georgiana's death along with her unborn baby. My grandfather mourned her every day of his life. He closed himself off from the world each year on the anniversary of her death. They were married only 10 years when she died.
But he also brought up his children singlehandedly and very well. He drove them to Prince Edward Island each summer so that they could get to know and play with their cousins. Georgiana had many sisters and brothers who lived in PEI, Canada.
When I was 18 years old, I asked my grandfather if I could live with him for a short time. He agreed and we had a very nice life together until I was ready to move on and get married. I will always cherish the time I shared with him.
