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man‎Martin Francis Gannon‏‎
Born ‎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 ‎12 Aug 1883 Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, age 35 years (married 35 years) to:

womanCatherine E Kilroe‏, age by marriage 23 years, daughter of John Kilroe and Bridget Tracy‏.
Born ‎29 Aug 1859 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, died ‎24 Feb 1943 Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, Brooten‎, age 83 years, buried Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota
Baptismal sponsors: John Laughlin and Catherine Rooney

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.
womanMary Eleanor "Maria" Gannon‏
Born ‎21 Dec 1884 Pope County, Minnesota, died ‎19 Jul 1975 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota‎, age 90 years, buried Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

2.
man‎Emmet Edward Gannon‏‎
Born ‎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.
womanRose Isabella "Rose" Gannon‏
Born ‎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.
manJohn Cloud "Cloud J" Gannon‏
Born ‎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.
womanAngela G Gannon‏
Born ‎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.
woman‎Agnes I "Aggie" Gannon‏‎
Born ‎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.
manWilliam Thomas Gannon‏
Born ‎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.
manRaymond Andrew Gannon‏
Born ‎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