A Janesville resident was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

The evidence

• “P. 0. JanesviUe ; born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in November, 1825 ; came to New York in 1851, by way of Quebec and Montreal ; located in Washington Co., N. Y., and engaged at farming; worked for a time on the Whitehall & Hudson Eiver Railroad.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 888 / book p. 892

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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