Born in Ireland and arrived on the ship Jane 20 Nov 1820 at Charleston, SC with her husband and 8 children. They were traveling with abt 8 other cousins and their families to join the Hayes and Kennedy cousins who had arrived a century earlier from Scotland.
Her husband Alexander MaWhinney died in Greene, Alabama before 1838 when Jane is mentioned in her cousin George Hayes' will as a widow.
Jane moved from Alabama with her daughter Elizabeth (MaWhinney) Kennedy to Chicago in 1846. When her daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's husband William Kennedy died in 1854 she moved to her sister's (Ann Dunn Caskey) home in Chicago Heights (then called Bloom). When her sister Ann died there in 1859 she moved to Harlan, Page, Iowa where her second daughter Catharine MaWhinney Caskey lived. She died there in 1862.
Her husband Alexander MaWhinney died in Greene, Alabama before 1838 when Jane is mentioned in her cousin George Hayes' will as a widow.
Jane moved from Alabama with her daughter Elizabeth (MaWhinney) Kennedy to Chicago in 1846. When her daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's husband William Kennedy died in 1854 she moved to her sister's (Ann Dunn Caskey) home in Chicago Heights (then called Bloom). When her sister Ann died there in 1859 she moved to Harlan, Page, Iowa where her second daughter Catharine MaWhinney Caskey lived. She died there in 1862.
Born in Ireland and arrived on the ship Jane 20 Nov 1820 at Charleston, SC with her husband and 8 children. They were traveling with abt 8 other cousins and their families to join the Hayes and Kennedy cousins who had arrived a century earlier from Scotland.
Her husband Alexander MaWhinney died in Greene, Alabama before 1838 when Jane is mentioned in her cousin George Hayes' will as a widow.
Jane moved from Alabama with her daughter Elizabeth (MaWhinney) Kennedy to Chicago in 1846. When her daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's husband William Kennedy died in 1854 she moved to her sister's (Ann Dunn Caskey) home in Chicago Heights (then called Bloom). When her sister Ann died there in 1859 she moved to Harlan, Page, Iowa where her second daughter Catharine MaWhinney Caskey lived. She died there in 1862.
Her husband Alexander MaWhinney died in Greene, Alabama before 1838 when Jane is mentioned in her cousin George Hayes' will as a widow.
Jane moved from Alabama with her daughter Elizabeth (MaWhinney) Kennedy to Chicago in 1846. When her daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's husband William Kennedy died in 1854 she moved to her sister's (Ann Dunn Caskey) home in Chicago Heights (then called Bloom). When her sister Ann died there in 1859 she moved to Harlan, Page, Iowa where her second daughter Catharine MaWhinney Caskey lived. She died there in 1862.
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Jane, wife of Alex MaWhinney, died June 30, 1862, aged 82 years.
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