Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMargaret O’BRIEN
Birth12 Aug 1806, Dublin County, Ireland6045, date only,6039
Death2 Feb 1892, Rock Run Township, Stephenson, Illinois6045 Age: 85
BurialIrish Grove Catholic Cemetery, Rock Run Township, Illinois6045,6046
MemoCatholic Cemetery
Residenceof Dublin, Ireland6045
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.6039, 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 1838.2644,2648, p 14
Census Data
• 1840 Census: Buffalo Grove, Ogle, Illinois. 210001/020001.617
• 1850 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 43, b Ireland.618, p 129
• 1860 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 52, b Ireland.6042
• 1870 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 61, b Ireland.6043
• 1880 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 71, b Ireland. Parents b Ireland.6044
Research Needed
• Unconfirmed that she is daughter of Miles O’Brien.
Spouses
Birth16 Mar 1808, Dublin County, Ireland6038, date only,6039,6040, p 1
Removal1830, America6039,6041 Age: 21
Settlement1837, Stephenson County, Illinois611, p 247 & p 486; together with Miles O’Brien,6039, p 2 Age: 28
Death18 Aug 1880, Rock Run Township, Stephenson, Illinois6038 Age: 72
BurialIrish Grove Catholic Cemetery, Rock Run Township, Illinois6038
Residenceof Dublin, Ireland6038
FatherPaddy GIBLIN (1782-)
Individual Notes
• Patrick Giblin was the godfather to Elizabeth O’Brien, 3 Oct 1832, Underhill, [Chittenden County], Vermont.2672

• Witness to the parental consent for the marriage of Mary O’Brien to George Moore, 11 Apr 1846.615
Census Data
• 1840 Census: Buffalo Grove, Ogle, Illinois. 210001/020001.617
• 1850 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 42, b Ireland. Farmer. $1500.618, p 129
• 1860 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 52, b Ireland. Farmer. $2000; $620. Enumerated as P. Gillen.6042
• 1870 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 62, b Ireland. Farmer. $3000; $1200. Name given as Patrick Gibben.6043
• 1880 Census: Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 70, b Ireland. Farmer. Parents b Ireland. Name given as Patrick Giblen.6044
Marriageabt 1828, Dublin, Ireland6039,6040
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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