HODNETT Mary Ann

1817 - 1890  (73 years)

• Name	HODNETT Mary Ann
  Birth	1817	Schull, Cork, Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	1890	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
  Person ID	I4044	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	GOGGIN Edmund,   b. 1808, Skull Parish, County Cork, Ireland d. 1898, Tingwick, Arthabasha County, Quebec, Canada (Age 90 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]
  Family ID	F3448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024