John and Hannah came to America in 1868 with infant son Hugh and Hannah's sister Bridget O'Donnell. They were all from Ireland but for whatever reason John and Hannah were married in Edinburgh Scotland. Their son Hugh was born there also. The crossing of the Atlantic was extremely hard and they thought they might drown. The got on a train to Sandwich Illinois and lived in Streator Illinois for the next 20 years. John died in Leeds ND September 1906. Hannah died in Winnifred Alberta Canada in 1919. 8 more children were born to them. 9 in all: Hugh (1867) James Raymond (1870) Mary Ellen (1872) Anthony Joseph "Flint" (1874) John Patrick "Jack" (1876) Thomas "Tim" (1881) Anna (1879) Edward (1884) and Bridget Grace "Birdie" (1887). Hugh never married: he lived and died in Winnifred Alberta Canada as did Flint after his wife Pearl died in 1912. Mary Ellen married Amos Cartier LaFrance and lived in North Dakota. Anthony Joseph "Flint" married Pearl Evelyn Schuman. James Raymond married Georgia after his first wife, Anna Rice died in 1912. James and Georgia lived in Sandpoint Idaho. John Patrick married Anna Reap and lived in Montana where JP helped organize the Dempsey-Gibbons fight on 07/04/1923. Thomas married Irene Frazier and lived in Metaline Falls WA. Anna married Clarence Hopkins and lived in Jerome AZ. Edward married Nellie Foss and Birdie married Richard Keaster. They all lived near to Great Falls MT. Birdie was my great grandmother. I knew her very well. I'm searching for information on her siblings decendents if anyone has it. Please contact me at raye102@hotmail.com so that we can exchange information. Dawn