Bill Kearns

From: Tom@Kearns.net
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:26 PM
To: 'Vale702@aol.com
Subject: RE: how are you?

Matt,

It's always great to hear from you. I really enjoyed your article in The Tablet.

Yes, I have many ties...

My father, Thomas Kearns was born in Brooklyn. He was one of six children to Annie and Richard Kearns both from Ireland. My Godfather was Bill Kearns. Your father probably remembers Uncle Bill. He married Virginia Schneider from the same neighborhood. Unfortunately my records with exact addresses are in storage as I settle into Dallas, TX. Uncle Bill and Aunt Virginia had three children. Billy and Donald graduated from Molloy. Billy was on the Varsity B team and was a year behind us. Donald was two years behind us. Ginnie was a year ahead of us and graduated from Mary Louis. Ginnie attended first grade at OLA while the Catholic School was being built in Woodside where they grew up. Aunt Virginia lives with Ginny. All three are very successful with great families and live in the Hamptons. We visit at the holidays.

My Uncle Jack had three boys Richard, Kevin and John. They grew up in Rockville Center. All three graduated from Molloy. John Kearns was in the class ahead of us. Jack and Bill Kearns worked for American Airlines.

Aunt Marie (Kearns) married John Vahey from Brooklyn and had two children Richard and Claire. They graduated from Molloy and Mary Louis. Uncle Dick (Richard Kearns) married Anne Conway. They raised three girls who went to Resurrection Assent ion in Woodhaven. All three became nuns. Both Linda Kearns and Claire Vahey taught at Our Lady of Mercy in Forest Hills.

To change the subject, we have got to get you on the OLA Blog. It is very easy to read our Blog by pointing your Browser to: http://www.olareunion.blogspot.com/. I will sent you an invitation to join the Blog so that you can post to it. If that doesn't work, I'll send you an email address that will allow you to post to the blog by simply sending it an email.

I'll get you there somehow. We can set up a time, I'll call you to walk through the process.

Keep in touch. I'll post this to the OLA Blog.

-Tom

From: Vale702@aol.com [mailto:Vale702@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:26 AM
To: tom@kearns.net
Subject: how are you?

Tom, I guess you're in Texas by now. I hope the move from Atlanta went smoothly. I was talking with my father, who grew up at 263 12th Street in Brooklyn, between 4th and 5th avenues. He remembers a Bill Kearns and thinks that he's an uncle of yours. Did you have a Brooklyn family tie, not a musical tie, a family tie. I can still picture your quick draw of a tie's knot. I saw an email from the OLA girl from Queens of Martyrs a year or two ahead of us and she mentioned Mrs. O'Leary and the OLA blog and I'm embarrassed to say I still haven't gotten on the blog and ask if I can bother you on more time about how to sign on. -- Matt