Note: Also see 1860s and 1890s pages for other information on George Grannan.

    George Grannan, son of Patrick Grannan and Phoebe Mullen, was born in 1853.  He married Mary E. Walsh in 1886. Mary Walsh was born May 21, 1866, making her 20 years old at the time of her marriage to George.   However, only two years into their marriage, Mary would die on December 8, 1888 at the age of 22.   I found her death listed on an index of Daviess County Death Records but I don't have the actual death certificate or their marriage certificate.   I would like to find out how she died.   As best as I can tell, they did not have any children.  Below is a picture of Mary Ellen Walsh's headstone and her obituary from 1888.  The obituary is not a very good copy, so it is posted here as a thumbnail picture.   Click on the thumbnail picture to bring up the actual obituary.

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        Following the death of Mary Ellen Walsh, George married Mary Alice Buckley on 3 May 1892 (two wives named Mary...  Didn't make researching very easy!).   Their marriage is listed in the Index of Daviess County Marriages.   Mary Alice Buckley was born in 1872, and died in 1959.  The picture at right is George and Mary Alice's wedding picture from 1892.  Special Thanks to Joan Lessard (grand-daughter of George and Mary) for the picture!

        The following information on the George Grannan and Mary Alice Buckley line was given to me by Ken Spellmire (second cousin, once removed), and from George Grannan's obituary.   Many thanks, Ken.

        George and Alice had 8 children.  One of which died at birth.  I have a record of an unmarked grave in St. Patricks’ Cemetary of an "infant son of George Grannan" that died at birth on November 6, 1904.

        George and Alice had seven other children besides the son that died at birth: Margaret, Phoebe, Blanche, Madeline, Louis, Elizabeth, and Michael.

            Margaret Grannan was born sometime before 1900. She was the oldest and never married.

            Phoebe Grannan was born sometime before 1900. She was a nurse and lived in Napa California. She was a nurse in a mental hospital and married one of the administrators.

            Blanche Grannan was born 12 Mar 1900 in Washington, Indiana and died 11 Feb 1979 in Santa Monica, California. She was a real estate broker. She married Thomas Lovel Spellmire in Indianapolis, IN. He was born 5 Jan 1896 in Cincinatti, OH and died 6 Apr 1981 in Santa Monica, CA. He was a Department Store Owner. He graduated college in 1916 in Seattle, WA.

            According to her son, Blanche was very proud of her Irish heritage and often mentioned it. Blanche and her sister Madeline lived in California while the rest of the family lived in Indianapolis. Blanche and Thomas Spellmire had four children.

    Shown in this early 1930s photo from left to right in the back row are: Thomas L. Spellmire, Blanche Grannan, Joseph Stubbington, Vivian Spellmire, Blanche Coyle, George Henry, Blanche Spellmire, Benjamin Gieseke, Mary Bell Peters & Aubrey Spellmire. Front Row: Kenneth A. Spellmire, Bruce Stubbington, Robert Spellmire, Mary Alice Spellmire, George Ray Gieseke & Josephine Gieseke. [Photo from the collection of Kenneth Andrew Spellmire]

            Madeline Grannan was born 25 Oct 1906 in Daviess County and died 18 Sep 1986 in Los Angeles, CA.   She married Lawrence (or Laurence) Allen; he died sometime in 1982.   The California Social Security Death Index lists her as Madeline Grannan Allen.  It says she was "born 10/25/1906 in Indiana with mother’s maiden name of Buckley to have died on 18 Sep 1986 in LA. SSN 563-07-8817."  That’s all the information I have on her.

            Louis Grannan was born 22 Mar 1910 in Daviess County. He was a police officer in Indianapolis in the 1940s along with his brother Michael.

            Elizabeth Grannan was born in Sep 1897 and died in June 1986.  She lived in LA and never married.   According to S. Spellmire, she was also very proud of her Irish ancestry and insisted her surname was pronounced 'Grennin' (like 'then in').  Other than that, I cannot find any other information on her.

            Michael Grannan was born 16 May 1912. He was a police officer in Indianapolis in the 1940s along with his brother Louis.  Later, he opened a tavern.

    George Grannan died 20 Jan 1913, at the age of 59, in Reeve Township, and was buried in St Patrick's Cemetery.   Mary Alice Buckley, also known as Alice, died 15 July 1959 in Indianapolis.   According to cemetery records, she is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Indianapolis, Lot 197 W 1/2, Sect 5-G.   She was a member of Cathedral Parish.

    While in Indiana recently I managed to find the estate record of George Grannan.  It lists his property as $377 of farm equipment (lists each item), and shows the inventory and appraisal was performed by Peter J. Grannan (his brother) and John Hagerty.  It states that all property was turned over to the widow, Mary Alice Grannan.