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Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Mrs Michael O'Connor Galesburg, Illinois UPDATE
Date: 4 Nov 2001 13:12:39 -0700

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Surnames: O'Connor
Classification: Query

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We are looking for decendants of Mrs. Michael O' Connor. This is the only name listed for the daughter of James and Ann Norton, according to articles for her mother Ann Norton, June 16, 1899. After Ann lost James in 1874, she lived on the Norton farm (known as the Center Point farm until James Norton purchase the farm outside of Galesburg, ILL), for ten years, then Ann made her home with her daughter Louise and her husband Fredrick Burtt. Mrs. O'Connor is one of ten children. Mrs. James O'Connor was mention in the article along with her daughter Minnie.

The following are the names of Mrs. Michael O'Connor's
in-laws:

>From a 1880 census, 2nd Ward, Galesburg, Knox Co. Illinois names listed:
James O' Connor 35, NY -- Father/Mother fr. Ireland
Margaret O' Connor 33 -- same
Martin -son- 13 IL
Matie - Dau- 10 IL
James - son- 8 IL
Lillie - Dau- 5 IL
Alice - Dau- 2 IL

Mrs. O'Connor's Father was James Norton and James married Ann Dolan (Ann's father was Timothy Dolan), in 1835. They were both born in Roscommon County, Ireland. James and Ann arrived in America in 1848, with six children and settled in Lebanon Springs, New York, for ten years, they they moved to Galesburg, Illinois.

Siblings: Mrs. Michael O'Connor, Galesburg, ILL; Mrs. Louis Burtt, (b. 1858)Galesburg, ILL; Mrs. Edward Ryan, Beaver Crossing, NE; Matthew Norton, Galesburg, ILL; James C. Norton, (b. Nov. 15, 1848, in Roscommon, IRE), DeWitt and Crete, NE; Charles Norton (b. 1854, NY), North Dakota; Patrick Norton; Delia Norton; Kate (Katherine) Norton (Mrs. D.W. Flynn), b. 1850 in NY: John Norton

The children names listed on the 1860 Know County, Illinois census are: Marttiese(?) 23, female; Balassases(??) 21, female; Marice 18, female; James 13, Katherine 10, Charles 6; Louise 2 --
Are one of the girls names Mrs. Michael O'Connor? Or is her name not listed?

The script was hard to read, so we recorded the names the best that we could. Some names were more clear than others

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