Guerin: married NY, resided Chicago; sibs in CA, WA, & OZ

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Bridget Guerin, 1851 immigrant with sister Mary --

"John Kane...was born in 1832, in Co. Waterford, Ireland. His father was Michael Kane, and his mother, who was a Miss Tobin, died when her son John was but three weeks old. With his father and brother and sisters Patrick, Mary, Bridget and Nora John Kane came to America in 1846. He located in Chicago and was employed by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company. He went, subsequently, to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he was married. He came back to Chicago and was occupied as a laborer before he entered into the enterprise of teaming. In 1859 he purchased thirteen and one-half acres of land, between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Streets, and moved a house to this property. Since that time he has resided at No. 6619 State Street.

John Kane was married April 8, 1856, to Bridget Elizabeth, daughter of John and Margaret (Hainan) Guerin. Mrs. Kane was born August 15, 1830, in Parish Minoe, County Clare, Ireland. Mrs. Kane and her sister, Mary, immigrated to America in 1851, and located in Esperus, Schoharie County, New York. They remained a period of three years and some months, during which time Mrs. Kane was employed by Mr. Alfred Isham. She then located in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was a seamstress in the tailor shop of Mr. Wilcox two years, and was with Daniel Stewart, in the capacity of household assistant, one year. Her father died when she was about eight years of age, in his early manhood. He was a tiller of the soil by occupation.
His wife survived him until 1852, having reached the age of forty years. Her children are accounted for as follows: James, a tiller of the soil, is married and resides in the city of Melbourne, Australia; John died at the age of fourteen years; Mrs. Kane is the next in order of birth; Mary never married and died at the age of twenty-two years; Michael lived to be eight years old; Patrick died one year before reaching his majority ; Thomas, a freight house clerk, married Elizabeth Lahiff, and resides in San Francisco, California. Catherine and Julia, twins, died at the age of eighteen months; Maggie lives near Seattle, Washington, having married John Crane, an agriculturist.

Mr. and Mrs. Kane became the parents of eleven children. Mary was born March i, 1857, and married Mr. McKicham, extended mention of whom appears on another page of this work. John, born November 6, 1859, died March 23, 1887. He was killed by a train of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, at Root Street. Michael, born August 29, 1861, married Mary N. Steinberg, and their children are Clarence and Grace. He is a gate-keeper and has occupied this position twenty-one years. Margaret, born August 13, 1863, married John Metzger, and resides at the corner of Seventy-ninth Street and Ford Avenue. Mr. Metzger is an engineer and his children are: Nellie, John, Frederick, Philip and Bessie (the last two named being twins) Kate and George. Patrick Henry Kane, born March 23, 1865, married Sophia Lowie. He is a policeman, and resides at the corner of Sangamon and Seventy-second Streets. His children are Albert and Roger. Ellen, born December 25, 1866, married Samuel Rank. Her children are: Grace, Mamie and Hattie. Thomas, born November 24, 1867, is a watchman in the employ of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company. He married Annie Brown and resides on Chauncey Avenue. Their children are named: George, Thomas, Theresa and Stephen. James was born July 17, 1869, and died at the age of fourteen months. Elizabeth, born March 23, 1871, married Eugene Hutton, and their only child is named Eugene. Mr. Hutton is a paper-hanger and decorator and resides on Wabash Avenue. Nora, born January 4, 1874, died when four days old. Stephen, born December 25, 1876, was in Troop E, First Illinois Cavalry, in the war with Spain.

Mr. Kane was born of Roman Catholic parents and is a stanch Democrat in politics. He is not an office-seeker, but is interested in the fate of his party and never fails to offer his influence and arguments in its favor."
p. 612
Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois: with portraits
http://www.archive.org/details/albumofgenealogy1900chic


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