The McGovern's
Kings Park, NY

First off let me say that the midi on this page is for my wife and her Mom, and our daughter the three 'Graces', so naturally they like it. I guess I'm the 'wretch' who's saved. C'est le amore!

The lady in red is my lovely wife Grace, the other lovely lady to her right is her mom - also Grace. We've got a brood of four. F.X. the guy with the Mets cap is the oldest, at 14 he is quite an accomplished bag piper, and just recently his band marched first in the St. Patricks Day Parade in NYC, NY. The guy in the blue jacket is Kieran, he's 12 and is the actor in the family - accents are his specialty. The guy in yellow is Brendan, 8 years old, he's our little gift from God - about three years ago he contracted a virus that destroyed his heart and had to have a heart transplant - he's also the brains in the family. The little lady with the bow is my darling Grace Kelly aged 6, who has been trying her hand - actually feet - at Irish step dancing. I'm the gray haired guy in the yellow shirt. I am the MIS Director for a IGHL Inc., a nonprofit agency that cares for the developmentally disabled.

Welcome aboard!

Concerning my family previous to marriage - I'm the oldest of seven children born to Donald Eugene and Mary Bergen McGovern. My brothers and sisters are: Coleen, Donald, William, Terrence, Kathleen, and Michael. We grew up most of our lives in N.J. I was born in Jersey City N.J., as were most of my siblings, mom and dad, as well as McGovern grandparents.

My dad was the youngest of three children born to Francis John McGovern and Florence Broadhurst. He had a brother Frank (Francis Xavier) who died at the Battle of the Bulge, and a sister Helen.

My dads father Francis John, born in 1881,was one of several children - I honestly don't know all there names - born to Terrence McGovern (born in Ireland - I think) and 'Toesy' Tumelty. My grandfathers brothers were Terrence, James, J.C. (Joe), there may have been others. My grandfather and J.C. worked for the Pennsylvania rail road, in fact he died on the job - crushed while coupling two trains. Terry and J.C. were both in WW I. Terry was a policeman for a long time in Jersey City - from the twenties until he retired and then he worked for Standard Oil Corporation (now Exxon).

Unfortunately I don't know much more than that - but hope I will find out more.

To See My McGovern photos - Dad, me, grandfather etc, click here.