John James LYNCH

(14 NOV 1881-DEC 1978)

Family 1: Elizabeth Anna OWENS

  1. + Edward Joseph LYNCH

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John Shawn LYNCH

(1996-___ )

Father: Daniel F. LYNCH
Mother: Mary Ann LOCONTE


 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                      _ LYNCH______________                                                    
                     |   ( ___-___ )                                                           
                     |                                                                         
 _Daniel F. LYNCH____|                                                                         
|(1962-2010) m 1991  |                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY_
|                    |                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    
|                    |                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                         
|                    |                     |   (1917-2002) m 1943    |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_
|                    |                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    
|                    |_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                   
|                        (1937-2011)       |                          _James Allen TREFRY_
|                                          |                         |   (1884-1961)           
|                                          |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                         
|                                              (1918-2012) m 1943    |_Sarah Edith CURTIS_
|                                                                        (1886-1937)           
|--John Shawn LYNCH                                                                          
|   (1996-___ )                                                                          
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                     _Carmine LOCONTE_____                                                    
|                    |                                                                         
|                    |                                                                         
|_Mary Ann LOCONTE___|                                                                         
 (1966-___ ) m 1991  |                                                                         
                     |                                                                         
                     |_Mary B._____________                                                    
                         (1940-___ )                                                           
                                                                                               

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Karen Marie LYNCH

(23 NOV 1959-___ )

Father: LYNCH
Mother: Evelyn Nevada PERRY

Family 1: Joseph Christopher FESTO


 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
 _ LYNCH______________                                                                         
|   ( ___-___ )                                                                                
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|--Karen Marie LYNCH                                                                         
|   (1959-___ )                                                                         
|                                                                          _Louis BARTLETT_
|                                                                         |(1854-1931) m 1880  
|                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY___|                         
|                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    |_Hannah T. PERRY_
|                                               |                          (1856-1917) m 1880  
|                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                                              
|                     |                         |                          _Fred Otis ILLSLEY_
|                     |                         |                         |(1852-1902) m 1886  
|                     |                         |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_|                         
|                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    |_Mary N. MCCABE_
|                     |                                                    (1853-___ ) m 1886  
|_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                                        
    (1937-2011)       |                                                                        
                      |                          _James Allen TREFRY______                     
                      |                         |   (1884-1961)                                
                      |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                                              
                          (1918-2012) m 1943    |                                              
                                                |_Sarah Edith CURTIS______                     
                                                    (1886-1937)                                

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Karina LYNCH

(ABT 1995-___ )

Father: William Thomas LYNCH
Mother: Gloria Susan ESTRADA


 
                                                _John James LYNCH______                              
                                               |  (1881-1978) m 1913                                 
                        _Edward Joseph LYNCH___|                                                     
                       |  (1924-1975) m 1955   |                                                     
                       |                       |_Elizabeth Anna OWENS__                              
                       |                          (1889-1965) m 1913                                 
 _William Thomas LYNCH_|                                                                             
|   (1956-___ )        |                                                _Nicholas Jacob WEISENBERGER_
|                      |                                               |   (1875-1960) m 1902        
|                      |                        _Lyman WEISENBERGER____|                             
|                      |                       |  (1905-1969) m 1931   |_Elizabeth GEORGE_
|                      |                       |                           (1879-1942) m 1902        
|                      |_LaVonne WEISENBERGER__|                                                     
|                         (1934-___ ) m 1955   |                        _John Thomas MCCANN_
|                                              |                       |   (1890-1945) m 1911        
|                                              |_Geraldine Mari MCCANN_|                             
|                                                 (1911-1992) m 1931   |_Clara E. SCHEIDEMANTEL_
|                                                                          (1890-1969) m 1911        
|--Karina LYNCH                                                                              
|   (1995-___ )                                                                              
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                       _Richard Tarin ESTRADA_                                                      
|                      |                                                                             
|                      |                                                                             
|_Gloria Susan ESTRADA_|                                                                             
    (1953-___ )        |                                                                             
                       |                                                                             
                       |_Gloria HERNANDEZ______                                                      
                          (1925-2018) m 1949                                                         
                                                                                                     

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Kim Elizabeth LYNCH

(2 MAR 1961-11 AUG 2012)

Father: LYNCH
Mother: Evelyn Nevada PERRY

Family 1: Bruce Wayne MITCHELL

  1.   April M. MITCHELL
  2.   Zachary David MITCHELL
  3.   Elizabeth MITCHELL
  4.   Eve MITCHELL

 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
 _ LYNCH______________                                                                         
|   ( ___-___ )                                                                                
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|--Kim Elizabeth LYNCH                                                                         
|   (1961-2012)                                                                         
|                                                                          _Louis BARTLETT_
|                                                                         |(1854-1931) m 1880  
|                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY___|                         
|                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    |_Hannah T. PERRY_
|                                               |                          (1856-1917) m 1880  
|                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                                              
|                     |                         |                          _Fred Otis ILLSLEY_
|                     |                         |                         |(1852-1902) m 1886  
|                     |                         |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_|                         
|                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    |_Mary N. MCCABE_
|                     |                                                    (1853-___ ) m 1886  
|_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                                        
    (1937-2011)       |                                                                        
                      |                          _James Allen TREFRY______                     
                      |                         |   (1884-1961)                                
                      |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                                              
                          (1918-2012) m 1943    |                                              
                                                |_Sarah Edith CURTIS______                     
                                                    (1886-1937)                                

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Lincoln Robert LYNCH

(13 JUN 2013-___ )

Father: Mark Allen LYNCH
Mother: Tracy Sarah BERGERSON


 
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                         _Dennis Joseph LYNCH____                                                    
                        |  (1958-___ ) m 1978                                                        
                        |                                                                            
 _Mark Allen LYNCH______|                                                                            
|   (1982-___ )         |                                                                            
|                       |                                                                            
|                       |                                                                            
|                       |_Debra Jane KOHRT_______                                                    
|                          (1960-___ ) m 1978                                                        
|                                                                                                    
|--Lincoln Robert LYNCH                                                                             
|   (2013-___ )                                                                             
|                                                 _Laverne Alfred BERGERSON_                         
|                                                |   (1930-2013) m 1956                              
|                        _Aaron Arthur BERGERSON_|                                                   
|                       |                        |                           _Oscar Irving FLUGUM_
|                       |                        |                          |  (1900-1983) m 1928    
|                       |                        |_Opal Elaine FLUGUM_______|                          
|                       |                            (1929-2005) m 1956     |_Emma DAVIDSON_
|                       |                                                      (1904-1972) m 1928    
|_Tracy Sarah BERGERSON_|                                                                            
    (1992-___ )         |                                                    _Frank T. SCHULTZ_
                        |                                                   |   (1892-1959)          
                        |                         _Roger John SCHULTZ_______|                          
                        |                        |   (1935-2020) m 1956     |_Cecelia HASSING_
                        |                        |                              (1897-1985)          
                        |_Constance Lynn SCHULTZ_|                                                   
                           (1958-___ ) m 1981    |                           _Irven Albert GREENWOOD_
                                                 |                          |  (1907-1965) m 1937    
                                                 |_Delores Mae GREENWOOD____|                          
                                                     (1938-2008) m 1956     |_Catherine EVANS_
                                                                               (1918-2007) m 1937    

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Marisa LYNCH

(ABT 1995-___ )

Father: William Thomas LYNCH
Mother: Gloria Susan ESTRADA


 
                                                _John James LYNCH______                              
                                               |  (1881-1978) m 1913                                 
                        _Edward Joseph LYNCH___|                                                     
                       |  (1924-1975) m 1955   |                                                     
                       |                       |_Elizabeth Anna OWENS__                              
                       |                          (1889-1965) m 1913                                 
 _William Thomas LYNCH_|                                                                             
|   (1956-___ )        |                                                _Nicholas Jacob WEISENBERGER_
|                      |                                               |   (1875-1960) m 1902        
|                      |                        _Lyman WEISENBERGER____|                             
|                      |                       |  (1905-1969) m 1931   |_Elizabeth GEORGE_
|                      |                       |                           (1879-1942) m 1902        
|                      |_LaVonne WEISENBERGER__|                                                     
|                         (1934-___ ) m 1955   |                        _John Thomas MCCANN_
|                                              |                       |   (1890-1945) m 1911        
|                                              |_Geraldine Mari MCCANN_|                             
|                                                 (1911-1992) m 1931   |_Clara E. SCHEIDEMANTEL_
|                                                                          (1890-1969) m 1911        
|--Marisa LYNCH                                                                              
|   (1995-___ )                                                                              
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                       _Richard Tarin ESTRADA_                                                      
|                      |                                                                             
|                      |                                                                             
|_Gloria Susan ESTRADA_|                                                                             
    (1953-___ )        |                                                                             
                       |                                                                             
                       |_Gloria HERNANDEZ______                                                      
                          (1925-2018) m 1949                                                         
                                                                                                     

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Mark Allen LYNCH

(3 JUN 1982-___ )

Father: Dennis Joseph LYNCH
Mother: Debra Jane KOHRT

Family 1: Tracy Sarah BERGERSON

  1.   Lincoln Robert LYNCH

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Martha Jane LYNCH

(4 DEC 1886-1 DEC 1929)

Family 1: Herman C. SCHEUING

  1. + Catherine Rose SCHEUING

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Mary A. LYNCH

(19 DEC 1957-___ )

Father: Edward Joseph LYNCH
Mother: LaVonne WEISENBERGER


 
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                        _John James LYNCH______                                                      
                       |  (1881-1978) m 1913                                                         
                       |                                                                             
 _Edward Joseph LYNCH__|                                                                             
| (1924-1975) m 1955   |                                                                             
|                      |                                                                             
|                      |                                                                             
|                      |_Elizabeth Anna OWENS__                                                      
|                         (1889-1965) m 1913                                                         
|                                                                                                    
|--Mary A. LYNCH                                                                              
|   (1957-___ )                                                                              
|                                               _Nicholas Jacob WEISENBERGER_                        
|                                              |   (1875-1960) m 1902                                
|                       _Lyman WEISENBERGER____|                                                     
|                      |                       |                                                     
|                      |                       |_Elizabeth GEORGE____________                        
|                      |                           (1879-1942) m 1902                                
|_LaVonne WEISENBERGER_|                                                                             
  (1934-___ ) m 1955   |                                                      _John Joseph MCCANN_
                       |                                                     |  (1860-1895) m 1886   
                       |                        _John Thomas MCCANN__________|                             
                       |                       |   (1890-1945) m 1911        |_Mary Jane MCINTEE_
                       |                       |                                (1869-1934) m 1886   
                       |_Geraldine Mari MCCANN_|                                                     
                          (1911-1992) m 1931   |                              _William SCHEIDEMANTEL_
                                               |                             |  (1855-1943) m 1877   
                                               |_Clara E. SCHEIDEMANTEL______|                             
                                                   (1890-1969) m 1911        |_Gertrude DELSMAN_
                                                                                (1854-1940) m 1877   

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Mary Agnes Mae LYNCH

(6 SEP 1899-___ )

Family 1: Frederick Maximilian KEHN

  1. + Donald Frederick KEHN

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Mary Margaret LYNCH

(28 JUN 1906-12 NOV 1995)

Father: William J. LYNCH
Mother: Mary E. SULLIVAN

Family 1: Victor Harrington SHAW

  1. + Victor Harrington SHAW
  2.   Margaret M. SHAW
  3.   David W. SHAW

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Melody LYNCH

(5 MAY 1978-___ )

Father: Allen Ray LYNCH
Mother: Lola Louise MITCHELL


 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
 _Allen Ray LYNCH______                                                                             
|   (1947-___ )                                                                                     
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|--Melody LYNCH                                                                             
|   (1978-___ )                                                                             
|                                                _Orrin Gilbert MITCHELL_                           
|                                               |   (1870-1945)                                     
|                       _Leland Wesley MITCHELL_|                                                   
|                      |                        |                                                   
|                      |                        |_Stella Mable BRINING___                           
|                      |                            (1879-1955)                                     
|_Lola Louise MITCHELL_|                                                                            
    (1946-___ )        |                                                  _Craton Turrentine BARKER_
                       |                                                 |   (1843-1921) m 1861     
                       |                         _Henry T. BARKER________|                          
                       |                        |  (1878-1964) m 1909    |_Margaret Ellen BOLEN_
                       |                        |                            (1842-1886) m 1861     
                       |_Verna Louise BARKER____|                                                   
                          (1914-2008) m 1943    |                         _Nelson Green SULLENS_
                                                |                        |   (1855-1936) m 1885     
                                                |_Rosa Lovena SULLENS____|                          
                                                   (1890-1982) m 1909    |_Jennie Louise MOORE_
                                                                             (1867-1945) m 1885     

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Michelle LYNCH

(5 MAY 1978-___ )

Father: Allen Ray LYNCH
Mother: Lola Louise MITCHELL


 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
 _Allen Ray LYNCH______                                                                             
|   (1947-___ )                                                                                     
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|--Michelle LYNCH                                                                             
|   (1978-___ )                                                                             
|                                                _Orrin Gilbert MITCHELL_                           
|                                               |   (1870-1945)                                     
|                       _Leland Wesley MITCHELL_|                                                   
|                      |                        |                                                   
|                      |                        |_Stella Mable BRINING___                           
|                      |                            (1879-1955)                                     
|_Lola Louise MITCHELL_|                                                                            
    (1946-___ )        |                                                  _Craton Turrentine BARKER_
                       |                                                 |   (1843-1921) m 1861     
                       |                         _Henry T. BARKER________|                          
                       |                        |  (1878-1964) m 1909    |_Margaret Ellen BOLEN_
                       |                        |                            (1842-1886) m 1861     
                       |_Verna Louise BARKER____|                                                   
                          (1914-2008) m 1943    |                         _Nelson Green SULLENS_
                                                |                        |   (1855-1936) m 1885     
                                                |_Rosa Lovena SULLENS____|                          
                                                   (1890-1982) m 1909    |_Jennie Louise MOORE_
                                                                             (1867-1945) m 1885     

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Patricia LYNCH

(24 MAY 1961-___ )

Family 1: Eric J. LARSEN

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Preston LYNCH

( ___-___ )

Father: William Thomas LYNCH
Mother: Gloria Susan ESTRADA


 
                                                _John James LYNCH______                              
                                               |  (1881-1978) m 1913                                 
                        _Edward Joseph LYNCH___|                                                     
                       |  (1924-1975) m 1955   |                                                     
                       |                       |_Elizabeth Anna OWENS__                              
                       |                          (1889-1965) m 1913                                 
 _William Thomas LYNCH_|                                                                             
|   (1956-___ )        |                                                _Nicholas Jacob WEISENBERGER_
|                      |                                               |   (1875-1960) m 1902        
|                      |                        _Lyman WEISENBERGER____|                             
|                      |                       |  (1905-1969) m 1931   |_Elizabeth GEORGE_
|                      |                       |                           (1879-1942) m 1902        
|                      |_LaVonne WEISENBERGER__|                                                     
|                         (1934-___ ) m 1955   |                        _John Thomas MCCANN_
|                                              |                       |   (1890-1945) m 1911        
|                                              |_Geraldine Mari MCCANN_|                             
|                                                 (1911-1992) m 1931   |_Clara E. SCHEIDEMANTEL_
|                                                                          (1890-1969) m 1911        
|--Preston LYNCH                                                                              
|   ( ___-___ )                                                                              
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                                                                                                    
|                       _Richard Tarin ESTRADA_                                                      
|                      |                                                                             
|                      |                                                                             
|_Gloria Susan ESTRADA_|                                                                             
    (1953-___ )        |                                                                             
                       |                                                                             
                       |_Gloria HERNANDEZ______                                                      
                          (1925-2018) m 1949                                                         
                                                                                                     

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Rachael LYNCH

( ___-___ )

Father: Daniel F. LYNCH
Mother: Mary Ann LOCONTE


 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                      _ LYNCH______________                                                    
                     |   ( ___-___ )                                                           
                     |                                                                         
 _Daniel F. LYNCH____|                                                                         
|(1962-2010) m 1991  |                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY_
|                    |                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    
|                    |                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                         
|                    |                     |   (1917-2002) m 1943    |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_
|                    |                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    
|                    |_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                   
|                        (1937-2011)       |                          _James Allen TREFRY_
|                                          |                         |   (1884-1961)           
|                                          |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                         
|                                              (1918-2012) m 1943    |_Sarah Edith CURTIS_
|                                                                        (1886-1937)           
|--Rachael LYNCH                                                                          
|   ( ___-___ )                                                                          
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                     _Carmine LOCONTE_____                                                    
|                    |                                                                         
|                    |                                                                         
|_Mary Ann LOCONTE___|                                                                         
 (1966-___ ) m 1991  |                                                                         
                     |                                                                         
                     |_Mary B._____________                                                    
                         (1940-___ )                                                           
                                                                                               

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Ruthie LYNCH

( ___-___ )

Father: Daniel F. LYNCH
Mother: Mary Ann LOCONTE


 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                      _ LYNCH______________                                                    
                     |   ( ___-___ )                                                           
                     |                                                                         
 _Daniel F. LYNCH____|                                                                         
|(1962-2010) m 1991  |                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY_
|                    |                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    
|                    |                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                         
|                    |                     |   (1917-2002) m 1943    |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_
|                    |                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    
|                    |_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                   
|                        (1937-2011)       |                          _James Allen TREFRY_
|                                          |                         |   (1884-1961)           
|                                          |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                         
|                                              (1918-2012) m 1943    |_Sarah Edith CURTIS_
|                                                                        (1886-1937)           
|--Ruthie LYNCH                                                                          
|   ( ___-___ )                                                                          
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                     _Carmine LOCONTE_____                                                    
|                    |                                                                         
|                    |                                                                         
|_Mary Ann LOCONTE___|                                                                         
 (1966-___ ) m 1991  |                                                                         
                     |                                                                         
                     |_Mary B._____________                                                    
                         (1940-___ )                                                           
                                                                                               

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Sarah LYNCH

(29 AUG 1992-___ )

Father: Daniel F. LYNCH
Mother: Mary Ann LOCONTE


 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                      _ LYNCH______________                                                    
                     |   ( ___-___ )                                                           
                     |                                                                         
 _Daniel F. LYNCH____|                                                                         
|(1962-2010) m 1991  |                                                _Charles Herbert PERRY_
|                    |                                               |   (1883-1920) m 1910    
|                    |                      _Francis Frederick PERRY_|                         
|                    |                     |   (1917-2002) m 1943    |_Winifred Martha ILLSLEY_
|                    |                     |                             (1888-1959) m 1910    
|                    |_Evelyn Nevada PERRY_|                                                   
|                        (1937-2011)       |                          _James Allen TREFRY_
|                                          |                         |   (1884-1961)           
|                                          |_Grace Elizabeth TREFRY__|                         
|                                              (1918-2012) m 1943    |_Sarah Edith CURTIS_
|                                                                        (1886-1937)           
|--Sarah LYNCH                                                                          
|   (1992-___ )                                                                          
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                                                                                              
|                     _Carmine LOCONTE_____                                                    
|                    |                                                                         
|                    |                                                                         
|_Mary Ann LOCONTE___|                                                                         
 (1966-___ ) m 1991  |                                                                         
                     |                                                                         
                     |_Mary B._____________                                                    
                         (1940-___ )                                                           
                                                                                               

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Stephan LYNCH

(3 AUG 1977-___ )

Father: Allen Ray LYNCH
Mother: Lola Louise MITCHELL


 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
 _Allen Ray LYNCH______                                                                             
|   (1947-___ )                                                                                     
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                   
|--Stephan LYNCH                                                                             
|   (1977-___ )                                                                             
|                                                _Orrin Gilbert MITCHELL_                           
|                                               |   (1870-1945)                                     
|                       _Leland Wesley MITCHELL_|                                                   
|                      |                        |                                                   
|                      |                        |_Stella Mable BRINING___                           
|                      |                            (1879-1955)                                     
|_Lola Louise MITCHELL_|                                                                            
    (1946-___ )        |                                                  _Craton Turrentine BARKER_
                       |                                                 |   (1843-1921) m 1861     
                       |                         _Henry T. BARKER________|                          
                       |                        |  (1878-1964) m 1909    |_Margaret Ellen BOLEN_
                       |                        |                            (1842-1886) m 1861     
                       |_Verna Louise BARKER____|                                                   
                          (1914-2008) m 1943    |                         _Nelson Green SULLENS_
                                                |                        |   (1855-1936) m 1885     
                                                |_Rosa Lovena SULLENS____|                          
                                                   (1890-1982) m 1909    |_Jennie Louise MOORE_
                                                                             (1867-1945) m 1885     

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