"Aloysius Dolan was born in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, on December 6, 1871, and is the eldest of the three children born to James and Julia (Fizsimons) Dolan. James Dolan was born in County Clare, Ireland, on May 3, 1841, and in young manhood was brough to the United States by his mother, the trip, which was made by slowing-going sailing vessel, requiring eight weeks, during two weeks of which time they were practically without fresh water. Landing at New York City, they soon came west to Rockford, Illinois...His first employment was with the Rockford Fire Insurance Company...Mr. Dolan has remained with this company...His wife was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 3, 1841. Aloysius Dolan, who is the only survivor of the chidlren born to these parents...was a student in St. Mary's College at St. Mary's, Kansas, where he was graduated with the class of 1893...He was then a student in Loyola Univesity, chciago, where he was graduated in 1895...[H]e matriculated...[at] the University of Illinois, where he graduated in 1898, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine...specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat....In 1912 Doctor Dolan came to Great Falls [Montana]... .... On October 10, 1900, Doctor Dolan was married to Georgiana Sexton, a native of Chicago, and they are the parents of one daughter, Marie Julia... [H]is religious affiliation is wit hthe Roman Catholic Church..." p. 830 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921