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Richard Wolfe

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Richard Wolfe

Birth
Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
Death
1871 (aged 75–76)
LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C, Row 29 (see diagram in photo). Record 577.
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Richard Woulfe is the son of Maurice J. and Ellen Dore Woulfe
Richard Woulfe married Mary Foley, daughter of Daniel Foley, in County Kerry.

They immigrated to America on 29 Sept 1848 aboard the ship THOMAS H. PERKINS. Richard Wolfe, 50; Mary, 45; Margaret, 20; Mary, 20; Mary 18; Morris*, 17; Pat, 15; Daniel, 14; John, 10; Edmund, 7; Richard, 4; all traveling steerage class.

History of LaSalle County, 1906
Came to Illinois in 1848 and in 1849 took up their abode upon a farm southwest of the city in Deer Park township. There Mr.Wolfe carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1858, when he removed to Waltham township, where he purchased a farm which now belongs to a Mr. Wylie. Subsequently he sold that property and removed to Dimmick township where he bought a farm, spending his remaining days thereon. His wife died in Waltham township and he passed away in 1868 (*1871), at the age of seventy-five years. In their family were six sons and three daughters, of which number four are now living: Edward, a resident of Iowa; Pat, who is now living retired in Ottawa, Illinois; Richard of this review; and Mrs. O'Donnell, who is living in Wallace township.
Richard Woulfe is the son of Maurice J. and Ellen Dore Woulfe
Richard Woulfe married Mary Foley, daughter of Daniel Foley, in County Kerry.

They immigrated to America on 29 Sept 1848 aboard the ship THOMAS H. PERKINS. Richard Wolfe, 50; Mary, 45; Margaret, 20; Mary, 20; Mary 18; Morris*, 17; Pat, 15; Daniel, 14; John, 10; Edmund, 7; Richard, 4; all traveling steerage class.

History of LaSalle County, 1906
Came to Illinois in 1848 and in 1849 took up their abode upon a farm southwest of the city in Deer Park township. There Mr.Wolfe carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1858, when he removed to Waltham township, where he purchased a farm which now belongs to a Mr. Wylie. Subsequently he sold that property and removed to Dimmick township where he bought a farm, spending his remaining days thereon. His wife died in Waltham township and he passed away in 1868 (*1871), at the age of seventy-five years. In their family were six sons and three daughters, of which number four are now living: Edward, a resident of Iowa; Pat, who is now living retired in Ottawa, Illinois; Richard of this review; and Mrs. O'Donnell, who is living in Wallace township.


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