TRUTH AND TALE

GENEALOGY OF JOHN MCGOWAN

ROLLINGDAM

By: PAULINE MCGOWAN(#145)
GEORGE MCGOWAN(#150)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

· INTRODUCTION

· ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

o THE STORY

1. THE EARLY YEARS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY

2. THE IRISH IMMIGRATES

3. THE ROLLINGDAM CONNECTION

4. THE FIRST FAMILY

5. HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH

6. THE FIRST MCGOWAN HEADSTONE

7. CONDITIONS OF THE TIME

8. SPELLING OF ROLLINGDAM

9. THE SECOND FAMILY

10. THE FAMILY BIBLE

11. SUSAN CATHERINE MCGOWAN

12. HANNA EDNA MCGOWAN

13. GEORGE PATRICK MCGOWAN

14. OTHER CHILDREN

15. THE ROLLINGDAM SCHOOL

16. CLOSING THE 19TH CENTURY

17. THE THIRD FAMILY

18. LEAVING THE NEST

19. MURPHY'S DANCE HALL

20. 1935 REUNION

21. 1946 -1965

22. 1950 REUNION

23. THE FOURTH FAMILY

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