Hi Pam, taking a long shot here since your message is several years old, but I am just starting on my genealogy journey.

Anyway - listed in your post, you have a child - Catherine Cranston, born 1864, as the daughter of John and Catherine Cranston.

I have traced my great-grandfather - Mathew J. Phelan to have married a Catherine Cranston. Marriage certificate states she was born Jan 1865 - very close.

They were married 3/30/1891 in Cook County, IL.

Can you tell if this is the same Catherine Cranston?

Thanks!

Bob Phelan