Kerri and her proud husband Dan at the convocation
ceremony held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt
Regency Chicago.
Kerri is the daughter of Kenneth and Mary Looney
Norton of Dumont, New Jersey; granddaughter of
Thomas and Mary Tierney Norton of Astoria, Queens,
New York; great-granddaughter of Francis
and Catherine Reilly Tinneny of
Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Ireland; great-great-granddaughter
of Thomas
and Bridget Gilmartin Tinneny of
Belturbet and great-great-great-granddaughter of Francis
and Anne Elliott Tinneny of
Belturbet.
Note: The
surnames of Francis, Catherine and their children
were changed from Tinneny to Tierney sometime after
arriving
in America.
Photos courtesy of
Dan Celaya.