Mary Jane (Mullen) Breen (abt. 1856 - 1936)

Born about 1 Sep 1856 in Fond du Lac, WIsconsin

Wife of Patrick Joseph Breen — married 1 Jun 1880 in Green Isle, Minnesota

Died 15 Jan 1936 at about age 79 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Biography

Mary was the daughter of Irish immigrants Hugh and Mary McCoy Mullen.^[1] She was born in Wisconsin, but the family moved to Washington Lake Township, Sibley County, Minnesota within a year of her birth.^[2][3].

She was living with her parents at age 23.^[4] She married Patrick Breen when she was about 24.^[5][6]. They resided in Carver County, Minnesota where their first daughter, also named Mary, was born.^[7] The Breens second child, a son, was born in February 1886.^[8] Two years later, the family dealt with the death of their oldest child, daughter Mary.^[9]

The family moved to Minneapolis about 1888, where Patrick took a teaching position and the family lived at 2126 Willow Ave. North.^[10] Two more children were born in Minneapolis.

Mary survived three of her four children. Her husband died in 1930 and Mary died four years late at age 79. She is buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Certificate of Death, 17 Jan 1936, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, File Number: 19367 Register: 232
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4L2-YJ2 : accessed 07 Sep 2014), Mary J Mullen in household of Hugh Mullen, Washington Lake, Sibley, Minnesota, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 75, household ID 787, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803574.
3. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNY-LHH : 30 July 2017), Mary Jane Mullen in household of Hugh Mullen, Washington Lake, Sibley, Minnesota; citing p. 976, line 35, volume S, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565728.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ9P-XRT : accessed 07 Sep 2014), Mary Mullen in household of Hugh Mullen, Washington Lake, Sibley, Minnesota, United States; citing sheet 239A, NARA microfilm publication T9.
5. ↑ "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M5-YNHY : 13 June 2016), Patrick Joseph Breen and Mary Jane Mullen, 1880.
6. ↑ "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MR-MQVS : 13 June 2016), Patrick Joseph Breen and Mary Jane Mullen, 1884.
7. ↑ "Minnesota, State Census, 1885," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11565-27122-12?cc=1503044 : accessed 08 May 2014), Carver > Watertown > image 17 of 20; citing State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
8. ↑ "Watertown," Weekly Valley Herald, Chaska, Minnesota, February 11, 1886, p. 4.
9. ↑ "Minnesota Death Records, 1866-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP69-3VB : accessed 16 October 2015), Mary Agnes Breen, 16 Sep 1888; citing Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, , Public Health Center, St. Paul; FHL microfilm 1,499,009.
10. ↑ Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1888, p. 316.
11. ↑ Mary Jane Mullen Breen at Find A Grave #155921053.