'Pioneer Trails and Trials,' 1976, Madison County History Association, page 410 (excerpt):
James And Mary Cain McGovern
James and Mary were married in December 1871, and decided to come West to mine and homestead. Mary's sister, Margaret, was married to John Redfern and with their four year old daughter, Lida, lived on a farm in California Gulch. John also had several mining claims. The McGoverns stayed with the Redferns. In October, John Cain Redfern was born (October 7th), and ten days later his mother, Margaret, died. She was the second person buried in the Laurin Cemetery. Mary McGovern took her sister's newborn baby and nursed him along with her own.
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W. J. and Margaret Redfern are shown on the 1870 census as residents of the Madison Township, Madison County, Montana Territory. She is aged 29 and born in Ireland.
James And Mary Cain McGovern
James and Mary were married in December 1871, and decided to come West to mine and homestead. Mary's sister, Margaret, was married to John Redfern and with their four year old daughter, Lida, lived on a farm in California Gulch. John also had several mining claims. The McGoverns stayed with the Redferns. In October, John Cain Redfern was born (October 7th), and ten days later his mother, Margaret, died. She was the second person buried in the Laurin Cemetery. Mary McGovern took her sister's newborn baby and nursed him along with her own.
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W. J. and Margaret Redfern are shown on the 1870 census as residents of the Madison Township, Madison County, Montana Territory. She is aged 29 and born in Ireland.
'Pioneer Trails and Trials,' 1976, Madison County History Association, page 410 (excerpt):
James And Mary Cain McGovern
James and Mary were married in December 1871, and decided to come West to mine and homestead. Mary's sister, Margaret, was married to John Redfern and with their four year old daughter, Lida, lived on a farm in California Gulch. John also had several mining claims. The McGoverns stayed with the Redferns. In October, John Cain Redfern was born (October 7th), and ten days later his mother, Margaret, died. She was the second person buried in the Laurin Cemetery. Mary McGovern took her sister's newborn baby and nursed him along with her own.
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W. J. and Margaret Redfern are shown on the 1870 census as residents of the Madison Township, Madison County, Montana Territory. She is aged 29 and born in Ireland.
James And Mary Cain McGovern
James and Mary were married in December 1871, and decided to come West to mine and homestead. Mary's sister, Margaret, was married to John Redfern and with their four year old daughter, Lida, lived on a farm in California Gulch. John also had several mining claims. The McGoverns stayed with the Redferns. In October, John Cain Redfern was born (October 7th), and ten days later his mother, Margaret, died. She was the second person buried in the Laurin Cemetery. Mary McGovern took her sister's newborn baby and nursed him along with her own.
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W. J. and Margaret Redfern are shown on the 1870 census as residents of the Madison Township, Madison County, Montana Territory. She is aged 29 and born in Ireland.
Gravesite Details
Buried beside her husband, William John Redfern, and her son, John C. Redfern.
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