Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NamePatrick GIBLIN
Birth16 Mar 1808, Dublin County, Ireland [6162, date only], [6164], [7838, p 1]
Removal1830, America [6164], [7839] Age: 21
Settlement1837, Stephenson County, Illinois [89, p 247 & p 486; together with Miles O’Brien], [6164, p 2] Age: 28
Death18 Aug 1880, Rock Run Township, Stephenson, Illinois [6162] Age: 72
BurialIrish Grove Catholic Cemetery, Rock Run Township, Illinois [6162]
Residenceof Dublin, Ireland [6162]
FatherPaddy GIBLIN (1782-)
Individual Notes
• Patrick Giblin was the godfather to Elizabeth O’Brien, 3 Oct 1832, Underhill, [Chittenden County], Vermont. [6157]

• Witness to the parental consent for the marriage of Mary O’Brien to George Moore, 11 Apr 1846. [1227]
Census
• 1840 Census: Buffalo Grove, Ogle, Illinois. 210001/020001. [1224]
• 1850 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 42, b Ireland. Farmer. $1500. [1223, p 129]
• 1860 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 52, b Ireland. Farmer. $2000; $620. Enumerated as P. Gillen. [6166]
• 1870 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 62, b Ireland. Farmer. $3000; $1200. Name given as Patrick Gibben. [6168]
• 1880 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 70, b Ireland. Farmer. Parents b Ireland. Name given as Patrick Giblen. [6169]
Spouses
Birth12 Aug 1806, Dublin County, Ireland [6163, date only], [6164]
Death2 Feb 1892, Rock Run Township, Stephenson, Illinois [6163] Age: 85
BurialIrish Grove Catholic Cemetery, Rock Run Township, Illinois [6163], [7482]
MemoCatholic Cemetery
Residenceof Dublin, Ireland [6163]
FlagsBrick Wall
FatherMiles O’BRIEN (1777-1854)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Mrs. Giblin of Irish Grove passed away last Saturday. The funeral was held at the Grove Cemetery, Father Kearney officiating. Five children survive her, two sons living in California, one daughter and a son living in Iowa, and one unmarried daughter at home. She was 85 years old. [6164, p 3]

• I am mailing you a number of pages from the book, which came from the Middlebury College Library. I am sending you the page with Patrick Giblin, wife Margaret Dunn, godparents Myles O’Brien and Catherine Hammel, for baby Margaret Giblin baptized October 3, 1832. On that same page there is a Patrick Giblin married to Margaret O’Brien with babies baptized in 1834, 1836, and 1838. [6210]
Census
• 1840 Census: Buffalo Grove, Ogle, Illinois. 210001/020001. [1224]
• 1850 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 43, b Ireland. [1223, p 129]
• 1860 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 52, b Ireland. [6166]
• 1870 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 61, b Ireland. [6168]
• 1880 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 71, b Ireland. Parents b Ireland. [6169]
Research
• Unconfirmed that she is daughter of Miles O’Brien.
Marriageabt 1828, Dublin, Ireland [6164], [7838]
ChildrenJohn Patrick (1829-1896)
 Margaret (1832-1923)
 Catherine (1832-1873)
 Thomas (1836-)
 Patrick (1837-1861)
 Francis (1841-)
 Ann (Died young) (1841-1856)
 Dominick (Died as Child) (1846-1856)
 Sarah Jane (1852-1928)
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