 1808 - 1898 (90 years)
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| Name |
GOGGIN Edmund |
| Birth |
1808 |
Skull Parish, County Cork, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1898 |
Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada |
| 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
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| Person ID |
I3448 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
HODNETT Mary Ann, b. 1817, Schull, Cork, Ireland d. 1890, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1836 |
Schull, County Cork, Ireland |
| Children |
| | 1. GOGGIN David, b. 30 Jan 1838, Schull, Cork, Ireland d. 18 Sep 1869, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 31 years) [natural] |
| | 2. GOGGIN John, b. 17 Sep 1840, Schull, Cork, Ireland d. 24 Mar 1924, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 83 years) [natural] |
| | 3. GOGGIN Mary Anne, b. 17 Aug 1843, Shipton, Quebec, Canada d. 18 Oct 1920, Franklin, Renville Co., MN (Age 77 years) [natural] |
| | 4. GOGGIN Richard, b. 1844, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 12 May 1859, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 15 years) [natural] |
| | 5. GOGGIN Ned, b. 1845, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 1916 (Age 71 years) [natural] |
| | 6. GOGGIN Joanna, b. 1847, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 18 Apr 1877, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 30 years) [natural] |
| | 7. GOGGIN Ellen, b. 01 Apr 1850, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 07 Jan 1901, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 50 years) [natural] |
| | 8. GOGGIN Michael, b. 22 Apr 1852, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 1927 (Age 74 years) [natural] |
| | 9. GOGGIN Anne, b. 1854, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 1924, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN (Age 70 years) [natural] |
| | 10. GOGGIN Catherine "Katie", b. 1857, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 1929 (Age 72 years) [natural] |
| | 11. GOGGIN James, b. 15 Jul 1861, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada d. 1925 (Age 63 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3448 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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