Mary Ellen O'CONNOR

Mary married Bernard Michael BARRY on 23 May 1911 in Belle Creek, Goodhue Co., Minnesota. Bernard was born on 03 Feb 1888 in Belle Creek, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 03 Jan 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patrick married Margaret ROWLES on 10 Jan 1883 in Belle Creek, Goodhue Co., Minnesota. Margaret (daughter of John ROWLES and Elizabeth BENTON) was born on 29 Mar 1862 in Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Jul 1923 in Belle Creek, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb:

Obituary: Red Wing Daily Register, May 13, 1908" Belle Creek:
"John Rowles died at his home in Belle Creek, Friday, May 8, after a sickness of six months duration. Deceased was born in Ireland 78 years ago. Besides his wife he leaves one brother, George Rowles of Belle Creek, and one son John, also of Belle Creek, and five daughters, Mrs. Phillip Ryan and Mrs. Patrick Connors of Belle Creek; May (Sister Caroline) of Minneapolis, Mrs. John Gillespie of Vermillion, and Elizabeth of Belle Creek. The funeral took place from St. Columbkill's church Monday at 10 o'clock. Father Prendergast officiated. The pall bearers were George Franklin, David W. Franklin, John O'Reilly, Walter J. O'Reilly, Edward Rowles, and Patrick Rowles. His children were all with him during his last hours. Those who attened the funeral from outside were Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Kean of Pine Island, Mr. & Mrs. Cassidy Credit River, W. Ryan and John Gillespie or Vermillion, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Nulty of Red Wing. Deceased was among the early settlers of Belle Creek, coming here 45 years ago.

John married Elizabeth BENTON in 1856 in Springdale, or Fox Lake, Wisconsin. Elizabeth was born in 1828 in Doon, Co., Limerick, Ireland; died on 19 Jun 1916 in Belle Creek, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "Descendants of George Rowles" by Ann Moloney Lamb:

George Rowles and Sarah Griffin came to America from the townland of Cloonteen which was located at that time in the civil parish of Doon, which lies in the northeast corner of County Limerick, Ireland, right next to the Tipperary border......

George and Sarah came on a Norwegian ship from Dublin to New York in the fall of 1852 with their son John and daughter Margaret, and joined their sons Luke and George who had come there earlier with their wives. They were living and working on farms in Easton township, Washington County, which lies along the Hudson River near to the town of Schuylerville and about 35 miles north of Albany. Sarah died about three months after they arrived and in buried near some friends who also came from Cappamore with her. The rest of the Rowles family lived in New York about three and half years more before moving to Waupun, Wisconsin in about early 1856.

Only one Rowles family was left in Doon after they left, that of Michael Rowles and his wife Bridget Ryan. Michael and Bridget had 7 children between 1845 and 1861, named William, Edward, John, Mary, Alice, George and Bridget but since the family did not emigrate with the others and cannot be traced, we have no idea what became of them.

All of Rowles family moved to Wisconsin, probably at or near the same time. The most likely route would have been west along the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo. The Canal was built in about 1825 under Governor DeWitt Clinton and was called familiarly "Clinton's Ditch". From Burfalo they probably went by boat through the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.

George married Sarah GRIFFIN about 1814. Sarah was born about 1795 in Doon, Limerick, Ireland; died about Sep 1852 in Easton, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In June of 182 George and Sarah immigrated. She died at Luke's house in Easton, Washington Co., about three months after landing in American (abt. Sept 1852).

She is buried in Schuylerville, New York,near Eliza Bourk (sic) Benton and John Maher, with whom she came to America. Unfortunately ,the church is Schuylerville does not have information for that period.