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Given Names: Mary Surname: Donnelly |
Gender: Female  |
AKAs Given Names: Mary Surname: Donley |
Birth:
about 1820 -- County Antrim, Northern Ireland Death: after 1885 -- prob Sauk, Wisconsin |
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Mary Donnelly (I48398)
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| Birth | about 1820 County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Death of mother | 13 September 1851 (Age approx. 31) Catherine McGregor (I48396) (Age 62) |
| Death | after 1885 (Age approx. 65) prob Sauk, Wisconsin |
| Universal Identifier | 9E6AFC698A5A6E84C9511F19DA1BEDC43426 |
| Last Change | 12 August 2012 - 06:51:02 Last changed by: dcoplien |
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The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Publisher: Western Historical Co. (Chicago), 1880 DENNIS CLOSLEY, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Reedsburg; son of Thomas and Susan (Kelley) Closey; was born in Country Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1813; came to the United States the year of the great fire in New York City (1835); remained there about eleven years. He was married at Hudson, July 22, 1842, to Mary, daughter of Felix and Catherine (McGregor) Donley; she was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland; Mr. C. and family came to Wisconsin in 1845, settled in the town of Lima, Rock Co., and in October, 1850, came to Sauk Co., stopping a short time in the village of Reedsburg; he bought 160 acres in Sec. 23, Town 12, Range 3, now Ironton; here the walls of a log house were erected, and Dec. 15 the family moved, without roads or bridges to their new habitation; as they depended on the lumber which formed the shanty at Reedsburg to complete the house, they found themselves in the cold rain-storm in a house without roof or floor; one corner was covered with loose boards; here the family took shelter till the lumber could be brought to finish the house; their nearest neighbor was G. W. Gary, living three and a half miles to the south, and the next one was Mr. S. Baker, living four miles east; the first white person whom they saw was Mr. Gary, in the April of the next year. Mr. and Mrs. C. have seven children - Edward, married to Isabella Pine, living in Minnesota; John, married to Margaret Sammon, living on the same section as his father; Thomas, married to Margaret Welch; also living on the same section; William J., living at home; Felix D., living in Allegany Co., N.Y.; Catherine and Joseph, living in Chicago. Mr. Closey has been Clerk of his school district ten years. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the Catholic Church. 1885 state census Name: Dennis Clossey Residence: Ironton Town, Sauk, Wisconsin Number of White Males: 1 Number of White Females: 1 Number of Black Males: Number of Black Females: Country of Birth: United States: 1; Ireland: 1; Rank: Company: Regiment: State or Vessel: Form Type: Inhabitants Line Number: Film Number: 1032702 Digital Folder Number: 4245053 Image Number: 00006 |
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