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 Martin Francis GannonBorn 8 Aug 1848 Quebec, Canada, died 11 Jan 1919 Sedan, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 70 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota Martin's gravestone in St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten says he was born in 1850. Married 1 Aug 1883 St. Camillus, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada, age 34 years (married 35 years) to:  Catherine E Kilroe, age by marriage 23 years, daughter of John Kilroe and Bridget Tracy.Born 29 Aug 1859 Wakefield Twsp, Quebec, Canada, died 24 Feb 1943 Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 83 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota There's a Martin Gannon (son of Martin and Mary) in the 1871 census of Low, Ottawa West, Quebec, Canada, age 22 (i.e. born 1849). He is the oldest of 8 children, all born in Quebec. His parents, ages 54 and 52, were born in Ireland. There is just this one Gannon family in the area at that time. In the 1940 census, Catherine is living with two daughters and their husbands in Long Beach, Pope County, Minnesota. Children: 1. Mary Eleanor "Maria" GannonBorn 21 Dec 1884 Pope County, Minnesota, died 19 Jul 1975 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, age 90 years, buried Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 2. Emmet Edward GannonBorn 12 Apr 1886 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 5 Apr 1887 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota, age 11 months and 3 weeks and 3 days, buried Apr 1887 Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota Baptismal Sponsors: Mich Rooney, Julia Egan Cause of death: Stomach trouble 3. Rose Isabella "Rose" GannonBorn 11 Mar 1889 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 21 Jun 1971 Anoka County, Minnesota, age 82 years Baptismal sponsors: Edmund Egan, A Rooney 4. John Cloud "Cloud J" GannonBorn 30 Jul 1893 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 11 Nov 1972 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 79 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota 5. Angela G GannonBorn 12 Aug 1895 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 12 Apr 1980 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, age 84 years, buried Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 6. Agnes I "Aggie" GannonBorn 26 Aug 1897 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 8 Jan 1994 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 96 years Agnes is living with Arnold and Angela Halvorson in the 1940 federal census. Her stone in the St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten does not have a death date engraved. 7. William Thomas GannonBorn 28 Jul 1899 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 4 Mar 1960 Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 60 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota Irene Mitchell and William Gannon were doubly-related: third cousins on their Rooney side, and second cousins once-removed on their Tracy side. 8. Raymond Andrew GannonBorn 2 Dec 1901 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, died 15 Jul 1967 Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten, age 65 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota | |||