A photo of my great-great grandfather Lawrence Newell (1846-1940), Portland, Maine, working as a freight handler on the railroad, circa 1905. He was born in Ardrumkilla, Killower (Belclare), Tuam, County Galway, son of James Newell (1802-1887) and Bridget Byrne. He married Margaret Greaney (1856-1943), in 1880, in Cummer Parish. Margaret was born in Ballintleva, Ardrumkilla,…

A photo of my great-great grandfather Lawrence Newell (1846-1940), Portland, Maine, working as a freight handler on the railroad, circa 1905. He was born in Ardrumkilla, Killower (Belclare), Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, son of James Newell (1802-1887), a farmer, and Bridget Byrne. He was the grandson of Laurence Newell, who died in 1841 in Castlehacket.…