Once Upon a House

1836

Births recorded for 1836: Martin Kehoe, born in Ireland ; George Kettlewell, born in England July 25 ; Charles Newburgh, born in Bavaria April 27 ; a Beloit mason born in Lewis Co., N. Y. ; Willard Calkins, born in Orleans Co., Vt., Nov. 29 ; a La Prairie settler born in New York ; a settler born in Prussia near Colberg ; Alexander White, born in Scotland Feb. 5 ; a settler born in Steuben Co., N. Y. ; a settler born in Essex Co., N. Y. ; Reuben W. Johnson, born in Ohio Feb. 1 ; a settler born in Norway ; Sarah Abigail, born in 1836, died in infancy .

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The evidence

  • “MARTIX KEHOE, bom in Ireland in 1836; came to Rockford, 111., in 1858, where he remained five months engaged in the shoe business ; he then went to Janesville, Wis., and remained nine months, then came to Beloit, in 1871, and started business as a wholesale dealer in domestic and imported wines, liquors and brandies ; Mr.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 750 / book p. 754

    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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