Ann O'Connor (1822)

Born 1822 in Ireland

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Biography

Ann was born in Ireland in 1822.

She was widowed and lived in in Osage Mission, Neosho County, Kansas in 1880 with 7 of her children, including 2 sets of twins.^[1]

The Osage Catholic Mission, now St. Paul, was the most important and influential frontier settlement in southeast Kansas. After its establishment in 1847, it rapidly grew into a gateway for commerce and exploration in the frontier territory. Osage Mission was, in the early days, the largest town not only in Neosho County, but in the surrounding area. As early as 1883 there was agitation to change the name of Osage Mission because it suggested it was still an Indian Mission. The name was officially changed from Osage Mission to Saint Paul in May 1895.^[2]

Research Notes

• Twins are noted on the census image, but not in the index.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBX-5C4?cc=1417683&wc=XWKK-PTL%3A1589403245%2C1589403404%2C1589403682%2C1589395133 : 24 December 2015), Kansas > Neosho > Osage Mission > ED 171 > image 2 of 27; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
2. ↑ Osage Mission Museum