Chilton Times March 28, 1881
Died – At her residence in this city, on the 22nd inst., Mrs. Mary Callaghan, aged 55 years and seven months. The deceased was born near Ballinafad, Co., Roscommon, Ireland, and with her parents, emigrated to the U.S. in 1847 and located in Rhode Island, where, in 1850 she was married to Patrick Harlow. In 1853 or 1854, she and her husband located near what is now the city of Chilton, and underwent the privations and hardships incident to pioneer life. He died in 1858, leaving four children, and she subsequently married James Callaghan, by whom she had three children. He died some years ago, and there now survives her, six children, several grandchildren, as well as her brothers, Patrick, Michael and James Connelly and one sister, Mrs. Owen Wade, all of whom were early settlers here, although now, widely scattered apart. The deceased was an excellent wife and mother, a faithful Christian, true friend and an obliging neighbor, and her death is deeply regretted by all who knew her. Reguiescat in pace.
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Robbed By Boarder
Living in the big city can be a little more exciting than the little towns most of my ancestors lived in. As in the case of this robbery:
This is Dennis Cain, my great great Uncle who lived with his wife Mary Agnes in Rhode Island, (he worked in the fabric mills there his whole life). At the time of this incident he was living in East Greenwich.
I’m thinking he will be a little more careful about his boarders in the future.
Interesting Connelly death…
I recently ran across an interesting entry in the Rhode Island death index at ancestry.com, (in my never-ending quest to find a death record for Martin Cain). The entry stated:
| Name: | Michael Canealy |
|---|---|
| Kin 1: | Martin Cane |
| Kin 2: | – Bagnall |
| Death Date: | 9 Mar 1855 |
| Age: | 64 Yrs |
So it looks like Martin and Winifred still had Connelly family living in Rhode Island other than one or two of Winifred’s siblings.
I believe that this gentleman is possibly Winifred’s uncle. It would be nice to see Irish church records to confirm this, maybe I can find a church record in Rhode Island. There are two facts that support the theory: first he is two years older than his possible brother Dennis (so the age fits nicely for them to be brothers), second the close seeming relationship of Michael and Martin, (after all Martin is providing the information for the death registration and his wife was a Connelly).
Of course this news isn’t mind blowing, but it adds a little more interest to the family tree. I would love to find out more about this possible brother. Dennis and Winifred did name one of their children Michael.
I’ve done some research into the Irish records that I have access to and so far no luck on being able to hone down any details on Michael. Rhode Island records are pretty sparse also, he doesn’t appear to show up in the 1850 census. Which means he could have arrived after 1850 and died shortly after making his way to America. This record also appears to indicate that he was single at the time of his death, otherwise I believe one of his children or his wife would be providing the information for his death registration, but that is mere speculation at this point.
I did notice that he is another Irish relative who died a little on the young side.
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