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| | John James McKinley |
 | | John James was a tall, dark haired charmer, who would blatantly flirt with all the attractive young women as he clip-clopped down the street on his fl mare with a white blaze. |
 | | Gertrude's mother, Anna Maria Jackson, was a convert to Catholicism, and extremely pious; she was genuinely concerned, to the point of distraction, about the immortal soul of her youngest daughter, should she continue to live without the benefit of a marriage blessed by a priest, in a Catholic church, after confession, and communion. |
 | | John James McKinley unexpectedly joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, much to the annoyance of his young wife, and after a brief period of training, with wooden guns, he was sent to France, just in time for the Battle of the Somme, in the summer of 1916. |
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