Ann Hillmann Schwaba - Continued

her brother. All Mary Ellen�s sisters lived to a very old age. Grandma Daley was 87 or 88 when she died.    I am missing some dates in this genealogy, but it is meant to be a general story of the Hillmann clan and not a technical account of our family.    As time goes on, you can add your stories for your immediate families and so pass it all on. Ann Hillmann Schwaba

John and Mary McDonough were on their way to America and Mary had to stop in Liverpool to give birth to Mary Ellen.  I don't know what John McDonough did for a living.  All I know is that they settled in Waldwick and raised three daughters and a son. The oldest girl was Kathryn, then came my mother Anna Marie, a son John, and lastly Elenore. Kathryn had a very good job working in New York City for the President of New Life Insurance Co. Anna and her sister trained at St. Joseph�s Hospital in Patterson, New Jersey. John worked on the Erie Railroad and when he was in his fifties he suffered a fatal heart attack while working on moving a railroad switch. John married Mary and had three children; Elinore, John, and Thomas.    Kathryn married a doctor, Albert Van Eerde and had two children; Kathryn and Albert.    Elinore married late in life to an Emil Blasberg who was a very successful caterer in the northern New Jersey area. They had a son, Emil, who was the chief decorator of all the Lord and Taylor stores. He was noted especially for his Christmas windows. They were always written up in the New York Times.    As to the health of our ancestors I can say that most of them lived to a ripe old age considering their times. The original Hillmanns dating back to Mary Ann and John, all lived well into their Eighties and nineties. Walter Hillmann lived to be almost 87.    He was the last one of the Peter Hillmann children to die. Most of Peter Hillmann�s children lived well into their seventies.    Anna Daley Hillmann�s family all lived into their eighties with the exception of John Daley,