OSCEOLA — The Bromley Historical Society is pleased to have Carmelita Nefcy McKeon speak on Osceola Families 1842-1921, on Saturday, September 29 at 2pm in the Old Town Hall, 498 Micksburg Road, Osceola.
Ms. McKeon and her 13 siblings travelled from Detroit to spend their summers in Osceola during the 1960s and ‘70s. These, for her, were idyllic days where she learned more there than she could ever be taught in a Motor City school.
Days were spent swimming in the rapids and water holes of the Snake River, Lake Dore, and Bonnechere River. For a city kid, it was like being set free in the biggest natural zoo on earth.
She fondly remembers Osceola residents such as Mrs. Trebenskie, her grandson Arnold Trebenskie, Michael Pigeon, Larry and Jack Mulligan, Mamie Walsh, Gerald Walsh, Anna McGee (her Grandma) and Father John McGee (her uncle).
Over the years, she has been researching the Osceola Families during the period 1842-1921 by documenting the list of family names in the graveyards and in Bromley census reports 1842 to 1921. She has studied a 1956 regional study of Bromley area, marriages, and baptisms at St. Pius V church 1893 to1910 and burials in its cemetery from 1860 till 1895. She has compiled a significant amount of research on Osceola families and will be sharing it with those attending the talk. She has connected the Reynolds, McGee, Walsh and Pigeon families from the village.
This free presentation is open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the question and answer period.
