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Felix McCabe

Felix McCabe

Born
1812-03-01 12:00:00
Died
1906-01-20 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

 

Felix [or Phelix] McCabe was born in March 1812 [or 1813] in County Monaghan, Ireland.

In 1841 he married Mary Carroll.

In 1846 the couple emigrated to the United States and settled in Benton, Lafayette County, Wisconsin,  By 1856 they had moved to Kendaltown, Wisconsin, and in 1895 they settled in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin.

The couple had 10 children.

Mr. McCabe became a naturalized US citizen.

Mrs. McCabe died on March 3, 1900, and is buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. After his wife's death, Mr. McCabe lived with one of his daughters.

Felix McCabe died on January 20, 1906, at the age of 94 and is buried near his wife in St. Paul Cemetery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. His obituary called him "A man of a kindly nature."

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Sources:

Find A Grave [his last name was misspelled McCabes on his tombstone], St Paul Cemetery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

1860 US Census, Kendaltown, Iowa County, Wisconsin

1900 US Census, Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin

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Note: This is not my ancestor--JS

 

Associated communities

Monaghan

Co. Monaghan, or Muíneachán in Irish, is located on the Border Region of Ireland.  We are famous for our ancient Irish craft of lace-making and we have many lakes,  forests and small mountains.  Our county town is Monaghan and we have a population of approximately 56,000.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.  

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1930s

    1930 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1930-09-28 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Monaghan in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1970s

    Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

    1974-05-17 12:00:00