Gertrude Rebecca Calahan
b. August 11, 1867 at Oak Hill, (near Elmwood) Peoria co., Illinois. She moved with her parents, first east to Rantoul, Champaign Co., Illinois, in January of 1871, and then back West to Orion, Henry co., Illinois in 1876, where in the following year her sister, Leona was born. The big move came in the spring of 1982, when the family left their home state of Illinois, this time settling near the town of Orr, near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Gertrude m., Patrick O'Brien, son of Mr.& Mrs. Thomas O'Brien who was b. March 9, 1861 in Decorah, Iowa. In 1875 the Thomas O'Brien family had migrated to the vicinity of Grand Forks, N.D., where Pat grew to manhood. After their marriage Pat and "Gertie" farmed, for awhile near the town of Orr, North Dakota. That was until 1902, at which time they took up a homestead two and a half miles south of Norwich where they farmed until 1920. Gertrude d. February 11, 1919, of Flu Pneumonia, at the age of 51 years, and six months; she was sick for only a short time. Patrick O'Brien lived to be 90 years of age, he d. at the Minot Nursing Home, July 22, 1951; both are buried at the Norwich cemetery.
b. August 11, 1867 at Oak Hill, (near Elmwood) Peoria co., Illinois. She moved with her parents, first east to Rantoul, Champaign Co., Illinois, in January of 1871, and then back West to Orion, Henry co., Illinois in 1876, where in the following year her sister, Leona was born. The big move came in the spring of 1982, when the family left their home state of Illinois, this time settling near the town of Orr, near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Gertrude m., Patrick O'Brien, son of Mr.& Mrs. Thomas O'Brien who was b. March 9, 1861 in Decorah, Iowa. In 1875 the Thomas O'Brien family had migrated to the vicinity of Grand Forks, N.D., where Pat grew to manhood. After their marriage Pat and "Gertie" farmed, for awhile near the town of Orr, North Dakota. That was until 1902, at which time they took up a homestead two and a half miles south of Norwich where they farmed until 1920. Gertrude d. February 11, 1919, of Flu Pneumonia, at the age of 51 years, and six months; she was sick for only a short time. Patrick O'Brien lived to be 90 years of age, he d. at the Minot Nursing Home, July 22, 1951; both are buried at the Norwich cemetery.
Gertrude Rebecca Calahan
b. August 11, 1867 at Oak Hill, (near Elmwood) Peoria co., Illinois. She moved with her parents, first east to Rantoul, Champaign Co., Illinois, in January of 1871, and then back West to Orion, Henry co., Illinois in 1876, where in the following year her sister, Leona was born. The big move came in the spring of 1982, when the family left their home state of Illinois, this time settling near the town of Orr, near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Gertrude m., Patrick O'Brien, son of Mr.& Mrs. Thomas O'Brien who was b. March 9, 1861 in Decorah, Iowa. In 1875 the Thomas O'Brien family had migrated to the vicinity of Grand Forks, N.D., where Pat grew to manhood. After their marriage Pat and "Gertie" farmed, for awhile near the town of Orr, North Dakota. That was until 1902, at which time they took up a homestead two and a half miles south of Norwich where they farmed until 1920. Gertrude d. February 11, 1919, of Flu Pneumonia, at the age of 51 years, and six months; she was sick for only a short time. Patrick O'Brien lived to be 90 years of age, he d. at the Minot Nursing Home, July 22, 1951; both are buried at the Norwich cemetery.
b. August 11, 1867 at Oak Hill, (near Elmwood) Peoria co., Illinois. She moved with her parents, first east to Rantoul, Champaign Co., Illinois, in January of 1871, and then back West to Orion, Henry co., Illinois in 1876, where in the following year her sister, Leona was born. The big move came in the spring of 1982, when the family left their home state of Illinois, this time settling near the town of Orr, near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Gertrude m., Patrick O'Brien, son of Mr.& Mrs. Thomas O'Brien who was b. March 9, 1861 in Decorah, Iowa. In 1875 the Thomas O'Brien family had migrated to the vicinity of Grand Forks, N.D., where Pat grew to manhood. After their marriage Pat and "Gertie" farmed, for awhile near the town of Orr, North Dakota. That was until 1902, at which time they took up a homestead two and a half miles south of Norwich where they farmed until 1920. Gertrude d. February 11, 1919, of Flu Pneumonia, at the age of 51 years, and six months; she was sick for only a short time. Patrick O'Brien lived to be 90 years of age, he d. at the Minot Nursing Home, July 22, 1951; both are buried at the Norwich cemetery.
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