Cathy, have I ever asked you if you would know anything about an Ann Walsh who was my g grandfather Timothy Finnin's 2nd wife about 1873-1878 in Pittsburgh PA . She had a son James Finnin & returned to Ireland after Timothy's death. Don't know where in Ireland or whom her parents were. Carrie Hogue Cathy Joynt Labath wrote: > Surnames: Broderick, Rabbit, Cavanaugh, Walsh, Carter, Ryder, McDonald, > Finnegan > > Past and Present in Allamakee County, by Ellery M. Hancock. 2 vols. Chicago: > S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1913. > > Since 1883 John J Broderick has lived upon his fine farm of one hundred and > twenty acres in Fairview township and has carried forward its improvement > and cultivation along modern and progressive lines, the results of his > labors being evident today in the value, productiveness and attractive > appearance of his homestead. He is a representative of one of the best known > pioneer families in his section of the state, his grandfather having entered > government land as early as 1845, having remained a continuous resident of > Fairview township until his death. Mr. Broderick of this review was born at > Dubuque, December 1, 1861, his parents being Hugh and Ellen (Rabbit) > Broderick, the former born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1837, and the > latter in County Roscommon on the 22d of December 1829. Hugh Broderick's > mother died when he was still in his infancy and his father afterward > married again. Crossing the Atlantic in 1845 the grandfather of our subject > settled in Iowa, taking up government land on the site where the city of Des > Moines now stands. He endured all of the hardships incident to life in the > wilderness in those early times and was often in danger of his life from > the hostile Indians. Hugh Broderick and his brother-in-law, Thomas > Cavanaugh, had one especially narrow escape, for they were captured, tied to > the stake and about to be scalped before help arrived. In fact the knife had > already been inserted at the base of Mr. Cavanaugh's head when an Indian to > whom he had given a drink of whiskey a few days before came up and declared > him to be a "good paleface" and untied the cord which bound the captives. > They were released, given their clothing and sent back to their homes but > Mr. Cavanaugh carried a deep scar at the back of his neck during the > remainder of his life. He and Mr. Broderick afterward proved up on land to > which they had entered a claim and the father of the subject of this review > went to Dubuque, where he entered the employ of John T. Hancock as clerk in > a general store. He remained in this capacity for eleven years, dying in > 1864. His wife survived him until 1908. > > John J. Broderick acquired his education in the public schools of Elkport, > Iowa, but his advantages along this line were extremely limited as he > attended for only six months during his entire life. He grew up amid pioneer > conditions, learning farming by practical experience upon his father's > homestead, and when he was sixteen years of age he engaged as a farm laborer > for Senator Garber at Elkport. He retained this position for five years and > six months and in 1883 married and bought the John Walsh homestead of one > hundred and twenty acres. He paid for as much of this land as his capital of > one hundred dollars would buy and went into debt for the remainder. Upon the > property he has continuously resided since that time, engaging in general > farming and stock-raising, and he has met with excellent success, his > property today being worthy of comparison with the finest farms in the > state. His prosperity has come as a natural result of his own industry, firm > determination and well directed labor and his career furnishes a splendid > example of the value of these qualities in the attainment of an honorable > place in the world. > > On the 2d of April, 1883, Mr. Broderick was united in marriage to Miss Alice > M. Walsh, who was born in this township, May 29, 1862, a daughter of John > and Maria (Carter) Walsh, natives of County Galway, Ireland, the former born > August 15, 1819, and the latter, August 17th of the same year. The father > crossed the Atlantic in 1840 and settled in Ohio, where he married a Miss > Ryder, who died in that state. After a residence of four or five years > there, John Walsh moved to Iowa and settled on the farm now owned by his > son-in-law. he there married again, his second wife being Mrs. Broderick's > mother, who had crossed the Atlantic in 1860. Mr. Walsh held various local > offices and did especially efficient work for a number of years as the > township trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Broderick became the parents of eleven > children: Ellen, who was born April 10, 1884, and died January 18, 1893; > John P., who was born March 17, 1886, and who married Rose McDonald; > Michael, who was born October 15, 1888, and died October 19th of the same > year; a son, born October 2, 1889, who died on the day of his birth; Mary > E., who was born January 5, 1891, and who married William Finnegan, a farmer > of Fairview township; Alice, who was born December 25, 1892, and whose death > occurred a few days later; a child, who died in 1895; Hugh J., who was born > May 1, 1896 and who resides at home; Katherine Irene, born June 8, 1898; > Alice Estrella, born January 30, 1901; and a child, who died in 1903. Mr. > and Mrs. Broderick have also an adopted son, Thomas J., who was born > December 7, 1904. > > Cathy Joynt Labath > The Irish in Iowa > http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/ > > ==== IRL-ROSCOMMON Mailing List ==== > Connaught Mail List : IRL-Connaught-L-request@rootsweb.com > Leitrim Mail List : IRL-Leitrim-L-request@rootsweb.com > Ireland Genealogy Projects (IGP)was originally IrelandGenWeb(IGW) 1996. > Thank you for visiting beautiful County Roscommon.