Category: Family and Local History

people history

  • A Union in Motion

    On December 9th, 1850, at St. Dominic’s Church in Portland, Maine, Patrick Burke and Bridget Kildea of Paris Cape stood before Rev. John O’Donnell and made their matrimonial vows. Their witnesses, Patrick Cunningham and Catherine Burke, the wife of Thomas Gantley, Portland residents, were likely close family members. Paris Cape is in Paris, Maine, and…