People Update – March 2015

I've had an unvalidated Irish / Canadian / American / Australian / Tasmanian tree languishing in my To Do List for ages, so this update fills in the blanks. Surprisingly, no new people but a lot of background information with…

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Robert Close (1888) – World War 1

Robert Close (1888) was born in County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Thomas Close (1841) and Margaret Jane McCormick. After emigrating to America in 1906 with his family he was drafted into the US Armed Forces in 1917 at New…

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Allan M Close (1885) – World War 1

Allan M Close (1885) was born in County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Thomas Close (1841) and Margaret Jane McCormick. After emigrating to America in 1906 with his family he was naturalised and drafted into the US Armed Forces in…

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