+~~~~+~~~~****+~~~~+~~~~~~+++~~~~MCCORMICK~~~~+++~~~~~~+~~~~+****~~~~+~~~~+
Alphonsus McCormick was born in August 1836 in Greenwood, New York to James and Margaret McCormick two years after they had arrived from Ireland.
In about 1867-70 when he was 31-34 years old, Alphonsus married Mary Joann Hamilton, who had been born in Canada in 1848-50. They had five children between 1871 and 1881, but at some point lost one (John F.). They were married for about 25 years.
Mary died of unknown causes shortly before her 45th birthday in the spring of 1893 in Rexville or Greenwood, New York. The loss of Mary may have been the final deciding factor in spurring Alphonsus to join his brother Robert in relocating both families to Montana.
Alphonsus came to Montana in 1893 at the age of 57. He and Robert were the only McCormick siblings who had remained in New York. The two brothers probably brought both of their families to Montana together in 1893, to rejoin their other successful land-owning brothers who had been there from the 1860's on.
Alphonsus took up homesteading on the land overlooking Monument Creek in South Hills of Billings, at edge of an Indian reservation. Monument Trail is also called McCormick's Trail.
In the 1880 New York census, an extended McCormick family is living either with each other or next door to each other in two or more homes. Seemingly unmarried 40 year old James J. McCormick, younger brother to Alphonsus, is listed as a hotel keeper, and the head of the family. In the same abode is his 45 year old divorced sister Mary (McKinley) listed as a milliner, and her two daughters, Louise 18 and Theresa 16, both listed with a Wisconsin birthplace. Their unknown McKinley father's birthplace is listed as Ireland, and their mother Mary's as New York, which is an error, since Mary was definitely born in Ireland. Also present is the 83 year old patriarch of the family James McCormick listed as a farmer, and a young male and female servant, both born in America to Irish parents. Next door is 45 year old Alphonsus McCormick, and his 30 year old wife Mary J., and children Mary 8, John F. 6, James 4, and Alice A. age 1, as well as an 18 year old Irish-born female servant, plus a 28 year old American-born blacksmith of Irish parentage. Also nearby is 31 year old Theodore McCormick, a cheesemaker, his wife Mary, 24, and their 1 year old baby Mary, and brother-in-law John Moran age 26. It is unknown how this Theodore fits in with the family of James and Margaret McCormick, as they had no son by that name. A Mary Moran later marries the widowed Robert McCormick, brother of James and Alphonsus. Also living with Theodore and Mary is a 13 year old female servant from Ireland listed as working in a factory, who appears to have the same last name as Alphonsus' 18 year old female servant.
Alphonsus died at age 77 in August 1913 in Montana. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Billings, Montana - note that his older sister Mary McCormick McKinley and his brother John McCormick are buried side by side in the same cemetery, Mary a divorcee and John unmarried.
Alphonsus had at least 5 grandchildren, the children of his daughters Mary and Alice.
His headstone says that he was born in Greenwood, New York - the name of his hometown was obviously important to him and his family. Greenwood is a town only about 5 miles south of the town of Rexville, New York, where many of his brothers were documented as having been born (family records, U.S. censuses).
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Name: Mary Joann Hamilton
Birth: 9 APR 1848 in Canada
Death: 23 FEB 1893 in West Union, Steuben, NY
1880 West Union, Steuben, NY Census, June 28
name/age/occupation/birthplace/father's birthpl./mother's birthpl.
Alphonso McCormick 45 merchant NY IRE IRE
Mary J. (wife) 30 CAN IRE IRE
Mary (dau) 8 NY
John F. (son) 6 NY
James (son) 4 NY
Alice H. (dau) 1 NY
Betsy Cosgrove 18 (servant born in Ireland)
CHILDREN:
1. Mary G. "Mae" McCormick CARPER
...born in 1871-72 in Rexville, New York
...died September 22, 1949 at age 78, presumably in Billings, Montana, nine years after the death of her husband; they were married 35-40 years
...Mary knew her Irish grandfather James McCormick in New York until she was 15
...she married Leo Carper II (1865-1940), presumably after 1893, the year the family moved from New York to Montana, in Billings, Montana
...according to a news article, the wedding took place in the Billings mansion home of her Uncle Paul McCormick
...they had children:
*James P. Carper (b. abt 1904 in Montana, died at age 68, 18 Feb 1972 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; worked for Pontiac General Motors, Inc.; one child Francis d. 1999)
*Mary Frances Carper (b. October 26, 1904 died at age 56, December 30, 1960, unmarried, no children)
*Leo Carper III (b. October 18, 1911 d. June 8, 1988)
...Leo Carper III served in WWII, and became a photographer. On December 31, 1954 he married Luverne Willing in Livingston, MT, and they had children: James Carper and Julie Carper Boland.
...Leo Carper III, retired from his photography business, and died June 8, 1988 in Billings, Montana at age 76.
2. John F. McCormick
...born about 1874
...present in the West Union, Steuben, New York June 1880 census at the age of 6
...appears to be deceased by the time of the family's 1893 move to Montana
3. James (possibly called "Jay") MCCORMICK
...born in 1877, according to the 1880 census and his obit
...died November 1938 at age 61, with no heirs
...lived in Missoula, Montana, and retired from the Missoula Mercantile Co., according to his obit
4. Alice M. (or A.) McCormick BELL
...born in 1879, according to the June 1880 census which lists her as a one year old baby
...she was still living in 1966 when her last sibling Lee A. died
...she was her sister Mary's maid of honor at her wedding
...she married Frank J. BELL, an aviation pioneer, presumably in Montana
...they had children Norman J. Bell in 1912, and Mary C. Bell in 1908
5. Ligori "Lee" Alphonse MCCORMICK
...born October 23, 1881 or October 20, 1882 in Rexville, New York (he is not present in the 1880 census)
...died August 31, 1966 in Billings, Montana at age 84
...he married Marie McGowan in 1952 - if this marriage date is correct, he was 71 years old at the time, and he then died 14 years after his marriage
...his obit mentions only his wife and sister Alice as his survivors
Alphonsus McCormick was born in August 1836 in Greenwood, New York to James and Margaret McCormick two years after they had arrived from Ireland.
In about 1867-70 when he was 31-34 years old, Alphonsus married Mary Joann Hamilton, who had been born in Canada in 1848-50. They had five children between 1871 and 1881, but at some point lost one (John F.). They were married for about 25 years.
Mary died of unknown causes shortly before her 45th birthday in the spring of 1893 in Rexville or Greenwood, New York. The loss of Mary may have been the final deciding factor in spurring Alphonsus to join his brother Robert in relocating both families to Montana.
Alphonsus came to Montana in 1893 at the age of 57. He and Robert were the only McCormick siblings who had remained in New York. The two brothers probably brought both of their families to Montana together in 1893, to rejoin their other successful land-owning brothers who had been there from the 1860's on.
Alphonsus took up homesteading on the land overlooking Monument Creek in South Hills of Billings, at edge of an Indian reservation. Monument Trail is also called McCormick's Trail.
In the 1880 New York census, an extended McCormick family is living either with each other or next door to each other in two or more homes. Seemingly unmarried 40 year old James J. McCormick, younger brother to Alphonsus, is listed as a hotel keeper, and the head of the family. In the same abode is his 45 year old divorced sister Mary (McKinley) listed as a milliner, and her two daughters, Louise 18 and Theresa 16, both listed with a Wisconsin birthplace. Their unknown McKinley father's birthplace is listed as Ireland, and their mother Mary's as New York, which is an error, since Mary was definitely born in Ireland. Also present is the 83 year old patriarch of the family James McCormick listed as a farmer, and a young male and female servant, both born in America to Irish parents. Next door is 45 year old Alphonsus McCormick, and his 30 year old wife Mary J., and children Mary 8, John F. 6, James 4, and Alice A. age 1, as well as an 18 year old Irish-born female servant, plus a 28 year old American-born blacksmith of Irish parentage. Also nearby is 31 year old Theodore McCormick, a cheesemaker, his wife Mary, 24, and their 1 year old baby Mary, and brother-in-law John Moran age 26. It is unknown how this Theodore fits in with the family of James and Margaret McCormick, as they had no son by that name. A Mary Moran later marries the widowed Robert McCormick, brother of James and Alphonsus. Also living with Theodore and Mary is a 13 year old female servant from Ireland listed as working in a factory, who appears to have the same last name as Alphonsus' 18 year old female servant.
Alphonsus died at age 77 in August 1913 in Montana. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Billings, Montana - note that his older sister Mary McCormick McKinley and his brother John McCormick are buried side by side in the same cemetery, Mary a divorcee and John unmarried.
Alphonsus had at least 5 grandchildren, the children of his daughters Mary and Alice.
His headstone says that he was born in Greenwood, New York - the name of his hometown was obviously important to him and his family. Greenwood is a town only about 5 miles south of the town of Rexville, New York, where many of his brothers were documented as having been born (family records, U.S. censuses).
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Name: Mary Joann Hamilton
Birth: 9 APR 1848 in Canada
Death: 23 FEB 1893 in West Union, Steuben, NY
1880 West Union, Steuben, NY Census, June 28
name/age/occupation/birthplace/father's birthpl./mother's birthpl.
Alphonso McCormick 45 merchant NY IRE IRE
Mary J. (wife) 30 CAN IRE IRE
Mary (dau) 8 NY
John F. (son) 6 NY
James (son) 4 NY
Alice H. (dau) 1 NY
Betsy Cosgrove 18 (servant born in Ireland)
CHILDREN:
1. Mary G. "Mae" McCormick CARPER
...born in 1871-72 in Rexville, New York
...died September 22, 1949 at age 78, presumably in Billings, Montana, nine years after the death of her husband; they were married 35-40 years
...Mary knew her Irish grandfather James McCormick in New York until she was 15
...she married Leo Carper II (1865-1940), presumably after 1893, the year the family moved from New York to Montana, in Billings, Montana
...according to a news article, the wedding took place in the Billings mansion home of her Uncle Paul McCormick
...they had children:
*James P. Carper (b. abt 1904 in Montana, died at age 68, 18 Feb 1972 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; worked for Pontiac General Motors, Inc.; one child Francis d. 1999)
*Mary Frances Carper (b. October 26, 1904 died at age 56, December 30, 1960, unmarried, no children)
*Leo Carper III (b. October 18, 1911 d. June 8, 1988)
...Leo Carper III served in WWII, and became a photographer. On December 31, 1954 he married Luverne Willing in Livingston, MT, and they had children: James Carper and Julie Carper Boland.
...Leo Carper III, retired from his photography business, and died June 8, 1988 in Billings, Montana at age 76.
2. John F. McCormick
...born about 1874
...present in the West Union, Steuben, New York June 1880 census at the age of 6
...appears to be deceased by the time of the family's 1893 move to Montana
3. James (possibly called "Jay") MCCORMICK
...born in 1877, according to the 1880 census and his obit
...died November 1938 at age 61, with no heirs
...lived in Missoula, Montana, and retired from the Missoula Mercantile Co., according to his obit
4. Alice M. (or A.) McCormick BELL
...born in 1879, according to the June 1880 census which lists her as a one year old baby
...she was still living in 1966 when her last sibling Lee A. died
...she was her sister Mary's maid of honor at her wedding
...she married Frank J. BELL, an aviation pioneer, presumably in Montana
...they had children Norman J. Bell in 1912, and Mary C. Bell in 1908
5. Ligori "Lee" Alphonse MCCORMICK
...born October 23, 1881 or October 20, 1882 in Rexville, New York (he is not present in the 1880 census)
...died August 31, 1966 in Billings, Montana at age 84
...he married Marie McGowan in 1952 - if this marriage date is correct, he was 71 years old at the time, and he then died 14 years after his marriage
...his obit mentions only his wife and sister Alice as his survivors
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Alphonsus McCormick was born in August 1836 in Greenwood, New York to James and Margaret McCormick two years after they had arrived from Ireland.
In about 1867-70 when he was 31-34 years old, Alphonsus married Mary Joann Hamilton, who had been born in Canada in 1848-50. They had five children between 1871 and 1881, but at some point lost one (John F.). They were married for about 25 years.
Mary died of unknown causes shortly before her 45th birthday in the spring of 1893 in Rexville or Greenwood, New York. The loss of Mary may have been the final deciding factor in spurring Alphonsus to join his brother Robert in relocating both families to Montana.
Alphonsus came to Montana in 1893 at the age of 57. He and Robert were the only McCormick siblings who had remained in New York. The two brothers probably brought both of their families to Montana together in 1893, to rejoin their other successful land-owning brothers who had been there from the 1860's on.
Alphonsus took up homesteading on the land overlooking Monument Creek in South Hills of Billings, at edge of an Indian reservation. Monument Trail is also called McCormick's Trail.
In the 1880 New York census, an extended McCormick family is living either with each other or next door to each other in two or more homes. Seemingly unmarried 40 year old James J. McCormick, younger brother to Alphonsus, is listed as a hotel keeper, and the head of the family. In the same abode is his 45 year old divorced sister Mary (McKinley) listed as a milliner, and her two daughters, Louise 18 and Theresa 16, both listed with a Wisconsin birthplace. Their unknown McKinley father's birthplace is listed as Ireland, and their mother Mary's as New York, which is an error, since Mary was definitely born in Ireland. Also present is the 83 year old patriarch of the family James McCormick listed as a farmer, and a young male and female servant, both born in America to Irish parents. Next door is 45 year old Alphonsus McCormick, and his 30 year old wife Mary J., and children Mary 8, John F. 6, James 4, and Alice A. age 1, as well as an 18 year old Irish-born female servant, plus a 28 year old American-born blacksmith of Irish parentage. Also nearby is 31 year old Theodore McCormick, a cheesemaker, his wife Mary, 24, and their 1 year old baby Mary, and brother-in-law John Moran age 26. It is unknown how this Theodore fits in with the family of James and Margaret McCormick, as they had no son by that name. A Mary Moran later marries the widowed Robert McCormick, brother of James and Alphonsus. Also living with Theodore and Mary is a 13 year old female servant from Ireland listed as working in a factory, who appears to have the same last name as Alphonsus' 18 year old female servant.
Alphonsus died at age 77 in August 1913 in Montana. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Billings, Montana - note that his older sister Mary McCormick McKinley and his brother John McCormick are buried side by side in the same cemetery, Mary a divorcee and John unmarried.
Alphonsus had at least 5 grandchildren, the children of his daughters Mary and Alice.
His headstone says that he was born in Greenwood, New York - the name of his hometown was obviously important to him and his family. Greenwood is a town only about 5 miles south of the town of Rexville, New York, where many of his brothers were documented as having been born (family records, U.S. censuses).
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Name: Mary Joann Hamilton
Birth: 9 APR 1848 in Canada
Death: 23 FEB 1893 in West Union, Steuben, NY
1880 West Union, Steuben, NY Census, June 28
name/age/occupation/birthplace/father's birthpl./mother's birthpl.
Alphonso McCormick 45 merchant NY IRE IRE
Mary J. (wife) 30 CAN IRE IRE
Mary (dau) 8 NY
John F. (son) 6 NY
James (son) 4 NY
Alice H. (dau) 1 NY
Betsy Cosgrove 18 (servant born in Ireland)
CHILDREN:
1. Mary G. "Mae" McCormick CARPER
...born in 1871-72 in Rexville, New York
...died September 22, 1949 at age 78, presumably in Billings, Montana, nine years after the death of her husband; they were married 35-40 years
...Mary knew her Irish grandfather James McCormick in New York until she was 15
...she married Leo Carper II (1865-1940), presumably after 1893, the year the family moved from New York to Montana, in Billings, Montana
...according to a news article, the wedding took place in the Billings mansion home of her Uncle Paul McCormick
...they had children:
*James P. Carper (b. abt 1904 in Montana, died at age 68, 18 Feb 1972 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; worked for Pontiac General Motors, Inc.; one child Francis d. 1999)
*Mary Frances Carper (b. October 26, 1904 died at age 56, December 30, 1960, unmarried, no children)
*Leo Carper III (b. October 18, 1911 d. June 8, 1988)
...Leo Carper III served in WWII, and became a photographer. On December 31, 1954 he married Luverne Willing in Livingston, MT, and they had children: James Carper and Julie Carper Boland.
...Leo Carper III, retired from his photography business, and died June 8, 1988 in Billings, Montana at age 76.
2. John F. McCormick
...born about 1874
...present in the West Union, Steuben, New York June 1880 census at the age of 6
...appears to be deceased by the time of the family's 1893 move to Montana
3. James (possibly called "Jay") MCCORMICK
...born in 1877, according to the 1880 census and his obit
...died November 1938 at age 61, with no heirs
...lived in Missoula, Montana, and retired from the Missoula Mercantile Co., according to his obit
4. Alice M. (or A.) McCormick BELL
...born in 1879, according to the June 1880 census which lists her as a one year old baby
...she was still living in 1966 when her last sibling Lee A. died
...she was her sister Mary's maid of honor at her wedding
...she married Frank J. BELL, an aviation pioneer, presumably in Montana
...they had children Norman J. Bell in 1912, and Mary C. Bell in 1908
5. Ligori "Lee" Alphonse MCCORMICK
...born October 23, 1881 or October 20, 1882 in Rexville, New York (he is not present in the 1880 census)
...died August 31, 1966 in Billings, Montana at age 84
...he married Marie McGowan in 1952 - if this marriage date is correct, he was 71 years old at the time, and he then died 14 years after his marriage
...his obit mentions only his wife and sister Alice as his survivors
Alphonsus McCormick was born in August 1836 in Greenwood, New York to James and Margaret McCormick two years after they had arrived from Ireland.
In about 1867-70 when he was 31-34 years old, Alphonsus married Mary Joann Hamilton, who had been born in Canada in 1848-50. They had five children between 1871 and 1881, but at some point lost one (John F.). They were married for about 25 years.
Mary died of unknown causes shortly before her 45th birthday in the spring of 1893 in Rexville or Greenwood, New York. The loss of Mary may have been the final deciding factor in spurring Alphonsus to join his brother Robert in relocating both families to Montana.
Alphonsus came to Montana in 1893 at the age of 57. He and Robert were the only McCormick siblings who had remained in New York. The two brothers probably brought both of their families to Montana together in 1893, to rejoin their other successful land-owning brothers who had been there from the 1860's on.
Alphonsus took up homesteading on the land overlooking Monument Creek in South Hills of Billings, at edge of an Indian reservation. Monument Trail is also called McCormick's Trail.
In the 1880 New York census, an extended McCormick family is living either with each other or next door to each other in two or more homes. Seemingly unmarried 40 year old James J. McCormick, younger brother to Alphonsus, is listed as a hotel keeper, and the head of the family. In the same abode is his 45 year old divorced sister Mary (McKinley) listed as a milliner, and her two daughters, Louise 18 and Theresa 16, both listed with a Wisconsin birthplace. Their unknown McKinley father's birthplace is listed as Ireland, and their mother Mary's as New York, which is an error, since Mary was definitely born in Ireland. Also present is the 83 year old patriarch of the family James McCormick listed as a farmer, and a young male and female servant, both born in America to Irish parents. Next door is 45 year old Alphonsus McCormick, and his 30 year old wife Mary J., and children Mary 8, John F. 6, James 4, and Alice A. age 1, as well as an 18 year old Irish-born female servant, plus a 28 year old American-born blacksmith of Irish parentage. Also nearby is 31 year old Theodore McCormick, a cheesemaker, his wife Mary, 24, and their 1 year old baby Mary, and brother-in-law John Moran age 26. It is unknown how this Theodore fits in with the family of James and Margaret McCormick, as they had no son by that name. A Mary Moran later marries the widowed Robert McCormick, brother of James and Alphonsus. Also living with Theodore and Mary is a 13 year old female servant from Ireland listed as working in a factory, who appears to have the same last name as Alphonsus' 18 year old female servant.
Alphonsus died at age 77 in August 1913 in Montana. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Billings, Montana - note that his older sister Mary McCormick McKinley and his brother John McCormick are buried side by side in the same cemetery, Mary a divorcee and John unmarried.
Alphonsus had at least 5 grandchildren, the children of his daughters Mary and Alice.
His headstone says that he was born in Greenwood, New York - the name of his hometown was obviously important to him and his family. Greenwood is a town only about 5 miles south of the town of Rexville, New York, where many of his brothers were documented as having been born (family records, U.S. censuses).
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Name: Mary Joann Hamilton
Birth: 9 APR 1848 in Canada
Death: 23 FEB 1893 in West Union, Steuben, NY
1880 West Union, Steuben, NY Census, June 28
name/age/occupation/birthplace/father's birthpl./mother's birthpl.
Alphonso McCormick 45 merchant NY IRE IRE
Mary J. (wife) 30 CAN IRE IRE
Mary (dau) 8 NY
John F. (son) 6 NY
James (son) 4 NY
Alice H. (dau) 1 NY
Betsy Cosgrove 18 (servant born in Ireland)
CHILDREN:
1. Mary G. "Mae" McCormick CARPER
...born in 1871-72 in Rexville, New York
...died September 22, 1949 at age 78, presumably in Billings, Montana, nine years after the death of her husband; they were married 35-40 years
...Mary knew her Irish grandfather James McCormick in New York until she was 15
...she married Leo Carper II (1865-1940), presumably after 1893, the year the family moved from New York to Montana, in Billings, Montana
...according to a news article, the wedding took place in the Billings mansion home of her Uncle Paul McCormick
...they had children:
*James P. Carper (b. abt 1904 in Montana, died at age 68, 18 Feb 1972 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; worked for Pontiac General Motors, Inc.; one child Francis d. 1999)
*Mary Frances Carper (b. October 26, 1904 died at age 56, December 30, 1960, unmarried, no children)
*Leo Carper III (b. October 18, 1911 d. June 8, 1988)
...Leo Carper III served in WWII, and became a photographer. On December 31, 1954 he married Luverne Willing in Livingston, MT, and they had children: James Carper and Julie Carper Boland.
...Leo Carper III, retired from his photography business, and died June 8, 1988 in Billings, Montana at age 76.
2. John F. McCormick
...born about 1874
...present in the West Union, Steuben, New York June 1880 census at the age of 6
...appears to be deceased by the time of the family's 1893 move to Montana
3. James (possibly called "Jay") MCCORMICK
...born in 1877, according to the 1880 census and his obit
...died November 1938 at age 61, with no heirs
...lived in Missoula, Montana, and retired from the Missoula Mercantile Co., according to his obit
4. Alice M. (or A.) McCormick BELL
...born in 1879, according to the June 1880 census which lists her as a one year old baby
...she was still living in 1966 when her last sibling Lee A. died
...she was her sister Mary's maid of honor at her wedding
...she married Frank J. BELL, an aviation pioneer, presumably in Montana
...they had children Norman J. Bell in 1912, and Mary C. Bell in 1908
5. Ligori "Lee" Alphonse MCCORMICK
...born October 23, 1881 or October 20, 1882 in Rexville, New York (he is not present in the 1880 census)
...died August 31, 1966 in Billings, Montana at age 84
...he married Marie McGowan in 1952 - if this marriage date is correct, he was 71 years old at the time, and he then died 14 years after his marriage
...his obit mentions only his wife and sister Alice as his survivors
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