The Trap

We know that Ann was one of 9 children, that her mother was committed to a mental institution, that Ann spent part of her childhood in the school taught by nuns---could it have been St. Colman's? And so, she had little use for the Catholic Church. We know that Judge Brannigan was her relative, from Green Island, that her father taught tap dancing, which Ann loved. During the WWII period, she did her civic duty by working for the federal government, Watervliet Arsenal, maybe. Somewhere in my house, I have relevant dates and places, and when or if I come across them, I'll add them here. We know that of the 9 Burke siblings, only one son had children, 11 of them, all super-brilliant and eminently successful. The father set the pace, having been the man in charge of G.E.'s entire outfit in the area, until an unfortunate incident at a Northway rest stop. Ann told me once that when she was little and living in Troy, and evidently home for the weekend, her father would take her and sibs for evening walks around Troy, including the house where the Donovan family resided, I think on 3rd Street. She remembered her father greeting Matt's mother as they walked past, little knowing their paths were destined to cross much later.