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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] John and Margaret McIntire Hand
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:25:38 -0600


AYRSHIRE, IOWA CENTENNIAL; PALO ALTO CO, IA; 1882-1982

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JOHN AND MARGARET (McINTIRE) HAND
Submitted by Sheila Farrell.

John Hand (1818-1896) was born in the parish of Enniskeen, town of
Kingscourt, County Caven, Ireland, in 1818, the son of John and Patty
(Duffy) Hand. He emigrated from his native land in 1847, that year of much
distress in the Emerald Isle. After arriving in this country, he made his
home in New York for several years.
He married Margaret McIntire (1830-1925) in 1850. Margaret came to the
United States from Ireland when she was eighteen and lived with her aunt in
Buffalo, N.Y. In 1856 John and Margaret crossed the Mississippi and settled
in Allamakee County, Iowa, where they lived until 1872. At that time they
moved westward to a farm in Great Oak Township, Palo Alto County, where the
family lived until John's death in 1896.
They had eleven children: Mary (born Jan. 29, 1852; died Sept. 23, 1878),
Thomas (born July 24, 1854; died Sept. 8, 1900), Catherine (Mulroney, born
June 1, 1857; died Dec. 10, 1893), Margaret (Eagan, born Aug. 18, 1858; died
Mar. 30, 1941), Bridget (O'Brien, born May 3, 1860; died Dec. 25, 1947),
John (born Apr. 8, 1862, died Sept. 26, 1937), James (born May 13, 1864;
died Apr 4, 1953), Patrick (born Jan. 26, 1866; died July 7, 1909), Peter
(born May 15, 1868; died Sept. 25, 1910), Frank (born Feb. 20, 1870; died
Sept. 10, 1955), and Elizabeth (Murray, born Aug. 22, 1872; died June 3,
1960).

Cathy Joynt Labath
Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm
Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm




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