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On further investigation, I realized that I had the wrong James & Mary Dever.  James H. Dever and Mary E. Dever are buried in Section L, Row 5, Graves 83 & 84.  James died on 7/15/1925 and Mary died on 4/23/1934.  Also buried there are son Raymond and daughter Romietta.  See www.sfgenealogy.com/php/cemetery/cemeteryindex.php to search. 

The 1920 San Francisco census shows:

James Dever       63 (b. ~1857, Ireland)     Messenger, Wells Fargo (after retirement?)
Mary Dever       55 (b. ~1865, California)  Homemaker
Bertrand Dever       30 (b. ~1890, California)  Pressman, Newspaper
Raymond Dever       27 (b. ~1887, California)  Electrician, Ferry Bld
Constance Dever   24 (b. ~1896, California)  Stenographer, Insurance Co
Romeatte Dever       22 (b. ~1898, California)  Stenographer, Insurance Co

Steve C.
   

Marie

Could I get a copy of your Derry Journal transcription?

Thanks

Steve

According to the Iskaheen RC Births, Charles McCann and Mary Barr had the following nine children:

1872 Aug 11    Mary    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    McMacken, John    Barr, Sarah    Gortnamona, Muff
1874 Jul 3    Sarah    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    McCallion, Hugh    McCann, Bella    Cruckglass
1876 Jul 30    Isabella    McCann, Charles    McCann, Mary    McMackin, James    McCallion, Isabella    Gortnamona, Muff
1881 Jul 25    Anne    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    McCallion, James    McCallion, Nancy    Gortnamona, Muff
1884 Jan 19    John    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    Gallagher, James    McCann, Bella    Gortnamona, Muff
1886 Sep 4    Bridget    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    McCallion, Michael    McCallion, Sarah    Gortnamona, Muff
1890 May 25    Elizabeth    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    Gallagher, John    McCallion, Sarah    
1892 Jul 22    Thomas    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    Gallagher, John    Gallagher, Mary    
1898 Jan 3    Andrew    McCann, Charles    Barr, Mary    Bradley, William    McCallion, Ellen    

But there may be more not recorded at the Iskaheen RC church.

Oddly, enough Charles Petrucci's wife is variously listed as Anne Barr, Anne McCann and Anne Barr McCann..

Since Charles Petrucci and Anne McCann were married in 1913 in Philadelphia, I assume this is the same Anne McCann that I identified as a servant living there in 1910.  So, it seems clear that Anne McCann wrote the postcard in question and finding out that she married Charles Petrucci completes the picture of what happened to her after that.

I assume that Andy McCann is the youngest child that Marie talked to in Gortnamona.

Re Michael McCallion/Campbell, on further review of the passenger lists from the Immigrant Transcribers Guild for the Provincialis(t) arriving in Philadelphia on 30 May 1849, we find

 62  Rebecca Campbell       28       mother          Ireland         1 chest                                                       
 63  Francis Campbell        4       boy             Ireland                                                                       
 64  Patrick Campbell        5       boy             Ireland   

167  James Campbell         20       labourer        Ireland     

185  Ella Campbell          23       spinster        Ireland       
   
203  Mich^l Campbell        16       boy             Ireland     
                                                                                                                                    
205  James Campbell         50       labourer        Ireland         3 boxes, 1 barrel                                             
206  Cath. Campbell         50       wife            Ireland                                                                       
207  James Campbell         10       child           Ireland                                                                       
208  Bridget Campbell        4       child           Ireland                                                                       
209  Patrick Campbell          9m    labourer        Ireland                                                                       
210  Patrick M^cKinie       18       labourer        Ireland     

251  Marg^t Campbell        20       spinster        Ireland   

So, I only see a clear family unit for James Campbell of him, Catherine, James (10), Bridget (4) and Patrick (9 m) with Michael listed just before this group. 

I also found a Michael Campbell in the 1850 Census listed as living in the Philadelphia House of Refuge.  This was a place where young vagrants were housed up to age 21. It turns out that the inmates of the House of Refuge were taught a trade as well as given some schooling.  I am quite certain from the 1860 Census that Michael was by that time a house painter. It seems very plausible that he could have been taught to be a house painter and pursued that vocation for many years before returning to Ireland to marry Margaret Logue.

I have not found any definitive record of James Campbell and his family following their arrival in Philadelphia.  There are several candidate James Campbells that died and were buried in the Old Cathedral cemetary but none that I can definitely identify.  I may try to contact the Philadelphia Archdiocese to search their records, most of which are not on line.  But this James Campbell may or may not be related to Michael.