David -
I'm Jeanne, your 2nd cousin. Your grandmother and my grandfather - James Patrick Veale - were siblings. It was JP Veale's SON, also named James, who was the priest in Albuquerque (my mother's brother).
Only one of J.P. Veale's children - Kathleen - is still alive; I'll celebrate her 97th birthday with her in just 2 1/2 weeks.
Bonnie - who started this thread - is also our 2nd cousin, and I uncovered her through yet another descendant of the children of Margaret Butler and Michael Veale.
I'm not aware that anyone has been able to trace back further into either Michael or Margaret ancestry, however. I keep looking nonetheless. . . . .