Family

Carolyn Sports

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In Washington, I would take Carolyn to sports events on weekends while Patty slept in.  She did gymnastics and field hockey. When we moved to Oakland she took up swimming.

Dad Died

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Edward Finnegan died after multiple heart attacks.       I never related well to my father.  There was never any sign he liked me at all. There was never a kind word. He demanded obedience and respect.  I was short on both.  He was given to baiting and beating me.  There was an angry … Read more

PhD in Sociology from Berkeley

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I was awarded a PhD in Sociology with specialties of quantitative research methods, the sociology of science, deviance, and social theory.  My dissertation committee consisted of Neil Smelser (chair), Charles Glock, and Reinhold Bendix. My PhD examining committee consisted of Charles Glock (chair), Paul Feyerabend, Troy Duster and Robert Bellah. My biography on the Sociology … Read more

Carolyn Born

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Carolyn was born at Lake Merritt Hospital in Oakland.  It was a hard birth, ending in a Caesarean section after a long labor. At the time fathers were not allowed in the delivery room or the newborn nursery. Looking through the nursery window in the early hours, I knew my job in life was to … Read more

Jill Born

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Jill Lynn Finnegan was born on December 7, 1961, in Lodi, California. (From third grade on she spelled her name Jil.)

Sheppard Cousins

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Throughout my childhood, vacations and holidays involved my cousins on my mother’s side.  We would often meet in Circleville, Ohio, for weekend picnics. Dave George was the oldest, and I thought, the coolest. Greg George was the closest to me in age, and the only boy near my age. Janet George, as a girl, I … Read more

Family Tree

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Thomas Finnegan – Ohio Online Death Certificate Index Results Riddle Genealogy Reed ohiohistory_org – Ohio Online Death Certificate Index Results