HODNETT Mary Ann

Notes:

In Ireland, the year 1810 was not in itself unusual. Things were
neither good nor bad. People went about their work as usual. There
were marriages, births and deaths. Some of the more hardy and
adventerous souls, migrated to America, to them the 'Land of Plenty'.
But to the members of the Brown family, this was, indeed, a most
important year, because it was then that a son was born to the Goggin
Family of County Cork. His name was Edwin, or as he was sometimes
called, Ned, and he is the most remote ancestor about whom we have
any knowledge. About his early life we know nothing. We do know that
he married a lass named Mary Hudnut (also spelled Hodnett) in the
city of Cork. Not long after their marriage, the great potato famine
struck Ireland, and Edwin, his wife Mary and possibly his first
child, David, left Ireland by sailing vessel for America.
Mary's brother, Richard Hudnut, sailed for America at the same time,
but in another vessel. As sailing vessels had to depend on the wind,
they always made for the nearest port. Mary's ship was blown into the
mouth of the St. Laurence River, while that of her brother came into
the harbor at New York. According to our informant, Angela Borne,
Richard became a successful businessman in New York and was probably
the founder of the famous cosmetic company that bears his name. The
only other information concerning this branch of the family, is that
he had an adopted daughter, Virginia, who was one of the many wives
of Rudolph Valentino, movie actor of the 1920's.
Meanwhile, Mary and Edwin settled on a farm in or about Tinwich,
Arthabasha County in the province of Quebec. There, more children
were born, at least five that we have record of, but there may have
been more. In addition to David, who was born in Ireland, there was
Ned, Katie, Anna, Mary Anne, and Joanna. In the year 1890 at the age
of 60, Edwin's wife, Mary died. Her husband followed her soon after
at the age of 80. Both were probably buried in the old church yard
near Tinwich. Edwin, in his later years, became senile, and his only
activity was saying the rosary. A few days before he died, he plucked
off each bead of the rosary while saying it and dropped them on the
floor. He never asked for his rosary again.
While it seems safe to assume that most of Edwin and Mary's children
married, we have records on only two of them. Katie was married to a
man by the name of Mullens, and they had two children, Katie and
Mary. Beyond this we have no information. Mary Anne married James
Brown, and it is with these progenitors that we are concerned in this
family tree. James, Mary Anne's husband, was also born in Canada.
While living in Canada, three children were born to them; James, Mary
Ann and Edmund. When James was six, Mary Ann three and her brother
Edmund, one, the family left Canada. It was in the year, 1868 that
they arrived in St. Peter, Minnesota, From there they journeyed by ox
team to Norfolk Township near Birch Cooley. There James took up
farming, and there the following children were born; David,
Katherine, Ellen, Edward, Patrick and Sarah.

Written by Thomas J. Shay February, 1963

Mary married GOGGIN Edmund about 1836 in Schull, County Cork, Ireland. Edmund (son of GOGGIN David) was born in 1808 in Skull Parish, County Cork, Ireland; died in 1898 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. GOGGIN David was born on 30 Jan 1838 in Schull, Cork, Ireland; died on 18 Sep 1869 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada.
2. GOGGIN John was born on 17 Sep 1840 in Schull, Cork, Ireland; died on 24 Mar 1924 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada.
3. GOGGIN Mary Anne was born on 17 Aug 1843 in Shipton, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Oct 1920 in Franklin, Renville Co., MN.
4. GOGGIN Richard was born in 1844 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died on 12 May 1859 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada.
5. GOGGIN Ned was born in 1845 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died in 1916.
6. GOGGIN Joanna was born in 1847 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Apr 1877 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada.
7. GOGGIN Ellen was born on 01 Apr 1850 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died on 07 Jan 1901 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada.
8. GOGGIN Michael was born on 22 Apr 1852 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died in 1927.
9. GOGGIN Anne was born in 1854 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died in 1924 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
10. GOGGIN Catherine "Katie" was born in 1857 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died in 1929.
11. GOGGIN James was born on 15 Jul 1861 in Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada; died in 1925.