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Description:
This stone is found at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California. The monument reads:

William J. Collonan 1856-1894
Mary A. Collonan 1842-1912
Alice M. Kyte - June 8 1948
George W. Kyte - October 31 1953
William J.A. Collonan 1877-1949
J. Estelle Collonan - Sept 28 1961
COLLONAN

The surname Collonan can be found in numerous California records dating prior to 1920. In the 1920 federal census for the State of California, there are several Collonans listed in the city of San Francisco.

This family is believed to have originated in Clonmel, County Tipperary and spelled their surname Cullinane; this family had settled in Massachusetts originally, and migrated west in the early 1870s.

Source:
Photographic collection of Michael S. Cullinan (taken in September 1998).