William Married Mary or Marie Prendergast in Ireland. They came to Chicago,Illinois, and had 7 children. About 1906 The kids were taken away from them and put in foster care. The kids were James Joseph, (1899) William (1898) Mary E (1895) Margaret Mary (1896) Katherine L (1901) George (1904) Richard (1905). It is said that the parents were sick and in the poor house, and that the Catholic Church Took the kids. The kids tried to find there parents, and couldn't. Now Grandkids would like to find them