A man emigrated from Ireland to the United States.

The evidence

• “Rock county, Wisconsin, is a native of Massachusetts, and was born February 9, 1842. He is one of a family of eight children, born to Morris and Mary (Blaney) Hyland, who emigrated from Ireland, their native land, in 1837, and settled in Massachusetts ; thence, in 1847 thej^ moved to Stephenson county, Illinois, and settled on a farm, where they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in 1905 at the age of ninetythree years, and the mother dying in 1885. Of their eight children, four are now living.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 454 / book p. 942

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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