William was born in County Cork, Ireland according to census records and family history notes. I'm not sure of William birth year. The 1900 census shows Williams birthday as December 1831. William O. Cahill's delay birth certificate stated father was 40 years old at his time of birth. This would make William's birth year as 1831. His grave stone shows his birth year as 1833 and it's the only source of information that has 1833. His death certificate shows his birthday as December 24th, 1832. The death certificate information was furnished by his daughter Mary Ellen. On the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas under year immigrated the year 1832 is written. I think this is a mistake and he may have given the census taker his birth year. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison William immigrated in 1850. From this information I feel that his birthday probably was December 24th, 1832 or possible 1831. I haven't been able to locate William for sure on any immigration records yet. But I have found a William Cahill from Ireland, born 1832, that left Liverpool on the ship Manhattan and arrived at the Port of New York on April 9th, 1850. All this information lines up with our William, but I haven't been able to find a copy of this manifest yet to see if there are any other names on it that would help prove that this is the same William Cahill that married Margaret. But this is the only William Cahill that I've found that immigrated in 1850 that was about the right age to be our William.
William was married to Margaret. She was born as Margit Tjønnås on February 27th, 1838 in Tjønnås, Bø, Telemark, Norway. But her name was Americanized to Margaret. I haven't been able to find much on Margaret during her time in Wisconsin. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census with her father Ole Evenson in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, but not the 1860 census. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison, Kansas Margaret and William had been married for forty nine years, but the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison also shows that they had been married for forty nine years. I think that the 1910 census is correct. For the 1900 census to be correct Margaret would have been about fourteen or fifteen years old when they married. I feel due to the age of their daughters that William and Margaret were married in 1861 not 1851. Census records state that their daughters Mary Ellen and Elizabeth were both born in Wisconsin in 1862 and 1865. From this information I think that the family was still living in Wisconsin until 1865and Margaret and William were married in Wisconsin. Since William was Catholic they might have been married in a Catholic Church. I know that Margaret and William attended the Catholic Church in Atchison, Kansas. I think that Margaret and the family may have lived in the Waterford, Wisconsin area until moving to Kansas. The reason that I feel that they may have been living in the Waterford area comes from a Wolters Family History book written by Father John Wolters. Margaret's daughter Elizabeth married John Wolters, an Uncle to Father Wolters. In the Wolters book it states that Elizabeth was born in Rockford, WI, but there isn't a Rockford, Wisconsin. There is a Rockford, Illinois, but I haven't found that the family ever lived there. Father Wolters passed away in June of 2008 before I had a chance to question him on his source of Elizabeth's birth. Since I can't find a Rockford in Wisconsin and I can't find that the family ever lived in Rockford, Illinois I think that it's probable that the name of the town that she was born in was Waterford and not Rockford. Waterford, Wisconsin is about six and a half mile from the Evenson homestead. Waterford, Wisconsin didn't have a newspaper until after Margaret and William were married and had left the area. Also the Catholic Church in Waterford was founded after they lived there. The early records of the Norway Lutheran Church were destroyed in a fire. I've been unable to determine through any records when and by whom Margaret and William were married. All I've found is that they were married in Wisconsin. So at this time I've hit a lot of dead ends with Margaret's and William's early years.
It looks like William took a job as a railroad worker in Kansas, about 1870. I believe this because I think I've found William listed as a railroad worker in Kansas in the 1870 census, but the family is not listed with him so it's hard to prove that this is the right William Cahill, but the information provided by the census matched our William Cahill. This is a summation of the information from the 1870 census page 6, line 6. William is listed as a railroad section labor in a boarding house in Rock Springs, Kansas. For town it just has a note to see bottom of page, but you can't read the bottom of the page. The location was in Ellsworth County. The P. O. was Fort Harker. The census was taken on June 25th, 1870. Ft. Harker is now Kanopolis, Kansas. We know for sure that William Ole Cahill was born in the town of Atchison, Kansas on October 6th, 1871. From this information it looks like William was working in Kansas by June 25th, 1870 and the family moved to Atchison, Kansas somewhere between 1865 and October 6th, 1871.
It appears that William and Margaret live in at least two homes in Atchison. The first home was at or near 2nd & R. I think Riverview Dr. may have been called 2nd at one time, but I haven't found any maps stating this. The address of this house is listed as 2nd between R&S and S 2nd & R. They lived here between 1872 and 1880. Then it appears that they moved to the area near U and 2nd St. The addresses there were SW corner of S 2nd & U, 106 U, and 1006 2nd. They lived here in the 1882 city directory, so they moved from the other house to this house somewhere between 1880 and 1882. This also was the last location that I have for them living in Atchison. There aren't any houses remaining in this area now. We talked to one person that lives on U and he told me that he has lived in the area since the early 50's and there hasn't been any homes there that he could remember, but he knows that there appeared to be old pieces of stone and brick in the area. He thought it might have been fill dirt, but now that he knew that there had been homes there it could have been foundations of homes that had been there.
Margaret and William raised their family and continued to live in Atchison, Kansas until 1911. From censuses, family members and city directories it appears that William was an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and worked over the years as a labor, then as a section labor and in the end was a flagman.
According to William's death certificate he had lived at 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City for four years before his death and he had lived in Missouri six years before his death. William died May 10th, 1917 and was buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Section H, Lot 36, Space 6; Kansas City, Missouri. So it looks like William and Margaret moved from Atchison to Kansas City about 1911. The last Atchison City Directory that I find them in is the 1910 directory and the last census that I find them in Atchison is the 1910 census, so I think this is correct. Where they lived for the first two years they lived in Missouri I don't know. 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Missouri was the same address his daughter Mary Ellen Lee was living at on the 1920 Census for Kansas City, Missouri. I haven't found an obituary for William in the Atchison or any of the Kansas City Newspapers. There isn't much to trace William by after he leaves Atchison. It appears that he lived the rest of his life with his daughter and her family in the Kansas City, Missouri area. But again there aren't many records to prove this.
William and Margaret had five children according to the 1900 and 1910 Federal Census for Atchison and only four living children. The other child may have died as a baby. I haven't found any information on this child other than the 1900 and 1910 censuses that state she had five children.
William was married to Margaret. She was born as Margit Tjønnås on February 27th, 1838 in Tjønnås, Bø, Telemark, Norway. But her name was Americanized to Margaret. I haven't been able to find much on Margaret during her time in Wisconsin. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census with her father Ole Evenson in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, but not the 1860 census. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison, Kansas Margaret and William had been married for forty nine years, but the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison also shows that they had been married for forty nine years. I think that the 1910 census is correct. For the 1900 census to be correct Margaret would have been about fourteen or fifteen years old when they married. I feel due to the age of their daughters that William and Margaret were married in 1861 not 1851. Census records state that their daughters Mary Ellen and Elizabeth were both born in Wisconsin in 1862 and 1865. From this information I think that the family was still living in Wisconsin until 1865and Margaret and William were married in Wisconsin. Since William was Catholic they might have been married in a Catholic Church. I know that Margaret and William attended the Catholic Church in Atchison, Kansas. I think that Margaret and the family may have lived in the Waterford, Wisconsin area until moving to Kansas. The reason that I feel that they may have been living in the Waterford area comes from a Wolters Family History book written by Father John Wolters. Margaret's daughter Elizabeth married John Wolters, an Uncle to Father Wolters. In the Wolters book it states that Elizabeth was born in Rockford, WI, but there isn't a Rockford, Wisconsin. There is a Rockford, Illinois, but I haven't found that the family ever lived there. Father Wolters passed away in June of 2008 before I had a chance to question him on his source of Elizabeth's birth. Since I can't find a Rockford in Wisconsin and I can't find that the family ever lived in Rockford, Illinois I think that it's probable that the name of the town that she was born in was Waterford and not Rockford. Waterford, Wisconsin is about six and a half mile from the Evenson homestead. Waterford, Wisconsin didn't have a newspaper until after Margaret and William were married and had left the area. Also the Catholic Church in Waterford was founded after they lived there. The early records of the Norway Lutheran Church were destroyed in a fire. I've been unable to determine through any records when and by whom Margaret and William were married. All I've found is that they were married in Wisconsin. So at this time I've hit a lot of dead ends with Margaret's and William's early years.
It looks like William took a job as a railroad worker in Kansas, about 1870. I believe this because I think I've found William listed as a railroad worker in Kansas in the 1870 census, but the family is not listed with him so it's hard to prove that this is the right William Cahill, but the information provided by the census matched our William Cahill. This is a summation of the information from the 1870 census page 6, line 6. William is listed as a railroad section labor in a boarding house in Rock Springs, Kansas. For town it just has a note to see bottom of page, but you can't read the bottom of the page. The location was in Ellsworth County. The P. O. was Fort Harker. The census was taken on June 25th, 1870. Ft. Harker is now Kanopolis, Kansas. We know for sure that William Ole Cahill was born in the town of Atchison, Kansas on October 6th, 1871. From this information it looks like William was working in Kansas by June 25th, 1870 and the family moved to Atchison, Kansas somewhere between 1865 and October 6th, 1871.
It appears that William and Margaret live in at least two homes in Atchison. The first home was at or near 2nd & R. I think Riverview Dr. may have been called 2nd at one time, but I haven't found any maps stating this. The address of this house is listed as 2nd between R&S and S 2nd & R. They lived here between 1872 and 1880. Then it appears that they moved to the area near U and 2nd St. The addresses there were SW corner of S 2nd & U, 106 U, and 1006 2nd. They lived here in the 1882 city directory, so they moved from the other house to this house somewhere between 1880 and 1882. This also was the last location that I have for them living in Atchison. There aren't any houses remaining in this area now. We talked to one person that lives on U and he told me that he has lived in the area since the early 50's and there hasn't been any homes there that he could remember, but he knows that there appeared to be old pieces of stone and brick in the area. He thought it might have been fill dirt, but now that he knew that there had been homes there it could have been foundations of homes that had been there.
Margaret and William raised their family and continued to live in Atchison, Kansas until 1911. From censuses, family members and city directories it appears that William was an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and worked over the years as a labor, then as a section labor and in the end was a flagman.
According to William's death certificate he had lived at 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City for four years before his death and he had lived in Missouri six years before his death. William died May 10th, 1917 and was buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Section H, Lot 36, Space 6; Kansas City, Missouri. So it looks like William and Margaret moved from Atchison to Kansas City about 1911. The last Atchison City Directory that I find them in is the 1910 directory and the last census that I find them in Atchison is the 1910 census, so I think this is correct. Where they lived for the first two years they lived in Missouri I don't know. 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Missouri was the same address his daughter Mary Ellen Lee was living at on the 1920 Census for Kansas City, Missouri. I haven't found an obituary for William in the Atchison or any of the Kansas City Newspapers. There isn't much to trace William by after he leaves Atchison. It appears that he lived the rest of his life with his daughter and her family in the Kansas City, Missouri area. But again there aren't many records to prove this.
William and Margaret had five children according to the 1900 and 1910 Federal Census for Atchison and only four living children. The other child may have died as a baby. I haven't found any information on this child other than the 1900 and 1910 censuses that state she had five children.
William was born in County Cork, Ireland according to census records and family history notes. I'm not sure of William birth year. The 1900 census shows Williams birthday as December 1831. William O. Cahill's delay birth certificate stated father was 40 years old at his time of birth. This would make William's birth year as 1831. His grave stone shows his birth year as 1833 and it's the only source of information that has 1833. His death certificate shows his birthday as December 24th, 1832. The death certificate information was furnished by his daughter Mary Ellen. On the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas under year immigrated the year 1832 is written. I think this is a mistake and he may have given the census taker his birth year. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison William immigrated in 1850. From this information I feel that his birthday probably was December 24th, 1832 or possible 1831. I haven't been able to locate William for sure on any immigration records yet. But I have found a William Cahill from Ireland, born 1832, that left Liverpool on the ship Manhattan and arrived at the Port of New York on April 9th, 1850. All this information lines up with our William, but I haven't been able to find a copy of this manifest yet to see if there are any other names on it that would help prove that this is the same William Cahill that married Margaret. But this is the only William Cahill that I've found that immigrated in 1850 that was about the right age to be our William.
William was married to Margaret. She was born as Margit Tjønnås on February 27th, 1838 in Tjønnås, Bø, Telemark, Norway. But her name was Americanized to Margaret. I haven't been able to find much on Margaret during her time in Wisconsin. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census with her father Ole Evenson in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, but not the 1860 census. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison, Kansas Margaret and William had been married for forty nine years, but the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison also shows that they had been married for forty nine years. I think that the 1910 census is correct. For the 1900 census to be correct Margaret would have been about fourteen or fifteen years old when they married. I feel due to the age of their daughters that William and Margaret were married in 1861 not 1851. Census records state that their daughters Mary Ellen and Elizabeth were both born in Wisconsin in 1862 and 1865. From this information I think that the family was still living in Wisconsin until 1865and Margaret and William were married in Wisconsin. Since William was Catholic they might have been married in a Catholic Church. I know that Margaret and William attended the Catholic Church in Atchison, Kansas. I think that Margaret and the family may have lived in the Waterford, Wisconsin area until moving to Kansas. The reason that I feel that they may have been living in the Waterford area comes from a Wolters Family History book written by Father John Wolters. Margaret's daughter Elizabeth married John Wolters, an Uncle to Father Wolters. In the Wolters book it states that Elizabeth was born in Rockford, WI, but there isn't a Rockford, Wisconsin. There is a Rockford, Illinois, but I haven't found that the family ever lived there. Father Wolters passed away in June of 2008 before I had a chance to question him on his source of Elizabeth's birth. Since I can't find a Rockford in Wisconsin and I can't find that the family ever lived in Rockford, Illinois I think that it's probable that the name of the town that she was born in was Waterford and not Rockford. Waterford, Wisconsin is about six and a half mile from the Evenson homestead. Waterford, Wisconsin didn't have a newspaper until after Margaret and William were married and had left the area. Also the Catholic Church in Waterford was founded after they lived there. The early records of the Norway Lutheran Church were destroyed in a fire. I've been unable to determine through any records when and by whom Margaret and William were married. All I've found is that they were married in Wisconsin. So at this time I've hit a lot of dead ends with Margaret's and William's early years.
It looks like William took a job as a railroad worker in Kansas, about 1870. I believe this because I think I've found William listed as a railroad worker in Kansas in the 1870 census, but the family is not listed with him so it's hard to prove that this is the right William Cahill, but the information provided by the census matched our William Cahill. This is a summation of the information from the 1870 census page 6, line 6. William is listed as a railroad section labor in a boarding house in Rock Springs, Kansas. For town it just has a note to see bottom of page, but you can't read the bottom of the page. The location was in Ellsworth County. The P. O. was Fort Harker. The census was taken on June 25th, 1870. Ft. Harker is now Kanopolis, Kansas. We know for sure that William Ole Cahill was born in the town of Atchison, Kansas on October 6th, 1871. From this information it looks like William was working in Kansas by June 25th, 1870 and the family moved to Atchison, Kansas somewhere between 1865 and October 6th, 1871.
It appears that William and Margaret live in at least two homes in Atchison. The first home was at or near 2nd & R. I think Riverview Dr. may have been called 2nd at one time, but I haven't found any maps stating this. The address of this house is listed as 2nd between R&S and S 2nd & R. They lived here between 1872 and 1880. Then it appears that they moved to the area near U and 2nd St. The addresses there were SW corner of S 2nd & U, 106 U, and 1006 2nd. They lived here in the 1882 city directory, so they moved from the other house to this house somewhere between 1880 and 1882. This also was the last location that I have for them living in Atchison. There aren't any houses remaining in this area now. We talked to one person that lives on U and he told me that he has lived in the area since the early 50's and there hasn't been any homes there that he could remember, but he knows that there appeared to be old pieces of stone and brick in the area. He thought it might have been fill dirt, but now that he knew that there had been homes there it could have been foundations of homes that had been there.
Margaret and William raised their family and continued to live in Atchison, Kansas until 1911. From censuses, family members and city directories it appears that William was an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and worked over the years as a labor, then as a section labor and in the end was a flagman.
According to William's death certificate he had lived at 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City for four years before his death and he had lived in Missouri six years before his death. William died May 10th, 1917 and was buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Section H, Lot 36, Space 6; Kansas City, Missouri. So it looks like William and Margaret moved from Atchison to Kansas City about 1911. The last Atchison City Directory that I find them in is the 1910 directory and the last census that I find them in Atchison is the 1910 census, so I think this is correct. Where they lived for the first two years they lived in Missouri I don't know. 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Missouri was the same address his daughter Mary Ellen Lee was living at on the 1920 Census for Kansas City, Missouri. I haven't found an obituary for William in the Atchison or any of the Kansas City Newspapers. There isn't much to trace William by after he leaves Atchison. It appears that he lived the rest of his life with his daughter and her family in the Kansas City, Missouri area. But again there aren't many records to prove this.
William and Margaret had five children according to the 1900 and 1910 Federal Census for Atchison and only four living children. The other child may have died as a baby. I haven't found any information on this child other than the 1900 and 1910 censuses that state she had five children.
William was married to Margaret. She was born as Margit Tjønnås on February 27th, 1838 in Tjønnås, Bø, Telemark, Norway. But her name was Americanized to Margaret. I haven't been able to find much on Margaret during her time in Wisconsin. Margaret is listed in the 1850 census with her father Ole Evenson in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, but not the 1860 census. According to the 1900 Federal Census for Atchison, Kansas Margaret and William had been married for forty nine years, but the 1910 Federal Census for Atchison also shows that they had been married for forty nine years. I think that the 1910 census is correct. For the 1900 census to be correct Margaret would have been about fourteen or fifteen years old when they married. I feel due to the age of their daughters that William and Margaret were married in 1861 not 1851. Census records state that their daughters Mary Ellen and Elizabeth were both born in Wisconsin in 1862 and 1865. From this information I think that the family was still living in Wisconsin until 1865and Margaret and William were married in Wisconsin. Since William was Catholic they might have been married in a Catholic Church. I know that Margaret and William attended the Catholic Church in Atchison, Kansas. I think that Margaret and the family may have lived in the Waterford, Wisconsin area until moving to Kansas. The reason that I feel that they may have been living in the Waterford area comes from a Wolters Family History book written by Father John Wolters. Margaret's daughter Elizabeth married John Wolters, an Uncle to Father Wolters. In the Wolters book it states that Elizabeth was born in Rockford, WI, but there isn't a Rockford, Wisconsin. There is a Rockford, Illinois, but I haven't found that the family ever lived there. Father Wolters passed away in June of 2008 before I had a chance to question him on his source of Elizabeth's birth. Since I can't find a Rockford in Wisconsin and I can't find that the family ever lived in Rockford, Illinois I think that it's probable that the name of the town that she was born in was Waterford and not Rockford. Waterford, Wisconsin is about six and a half mile from the Evenson homestead. Waterford, Wisconsin didn't have a newspaper until after Margaret and William were married and had left the area. Also the Catholic Church in Waterford was founded after they lived there. The early records of the Norway Lutheran Church were destroyed in a fire. I've been unable to determine through any records when and by whom Margaret and William were married. All I've found is that they were married in Wisconsin. So at this time I've hit a lot of dead ends with Margaret's and William's early years.
It looks like William took a job as a railroad worker in Kansas, about 1870. I believe this because I think I've found William listed as a railroad worker in Kansas in the 1870 census, but the family is not listed with him so it's hard to prove that this is the right William Cahill, but the information provided by the census matched our William Cahill. This is a summation of the information from the 1870 census page 6, line 6. William is listed as a railroad section labor in a boarding house in Rock Springs, Kansas. For town it just has a note to see bottom of page, but you can't read the bottom of the page. The location was in Ellsworth County. The P. O. was Fort Harker. The census was taken on June 25th, 1870. Ft. Harker is now Kanopolis, Kansas. We know for sure that William Ole Cahill was born in the town of Atchison, Kansas on October 6th, 1871. From this information it looks like William was working in Kansas by June 25th, 1870 and the family moved to Atchison, Kansas somewhere between 1865 and October 6th, 1871.
It appears that William and Margaret live in at least two homes in Atchison. The first home was at or near 2nd & R. I think Riverview Dr. may have been called 2nd at one time, but I haven't found any maps stating this. The address of this house is listed as 2nd between R&S and S 2nd & R. They lived here between 1872 and 1880. Then it appears that they moved to the area near U and 2nd St. The addresses there were SW corner of S 2nd & U, 106 U, and 1006 2nd. They lived here in the 1882 city directory, so they moved from the other house to this house somewhere between 1880 and 1882. This also was the last location that I have for them living in Atchison. There aren't any houses remaining in this area now. We talked to one person that lives on U and he told me that he has lived in the area since the early 50's and there hasn't been any homes there that he could remember, but he knows that there appeared to be old pieces of stone and brick in the area. He thought it might have been fill dirt, but now that he knew that there had been homes there it could have been foundations of homes that had been there.
Margaret and William raised their family and continued to live in Atchison, Kansas until 1911. From censuses, family members and city directories it appears that William was an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and worked over the years as a labor, then as a section labor and in the end was a flagman.
According to William's death certificate he had lived at 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City for four years before his death and he had lived in Missouri six years before his death. William died May 10th, 1917 and was buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Section H, Lot 36, Space 6; Kansas City, Missouri. So it looks like William and Margaret moved from Atchison to Kansas City about 1911. The last Atchison City Directory that I find them in is the 1910 directory and the last census that I find them in Atchison is the 1910 census, so I think this is correct. Where they lived for the first two years they lived in Missouri I don't know. 3344 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Missouri was the same address his daughter Mary Ellen Lee was living at on the 1920 Census for Kansas City, Missouri. I haven't found an obituary for William in the Atchison or any of the Kansas City Newspapers. There isn't much to trace William by after he leaves Atchison. It appears that he lived the rest of his life with his daughter and her family in the Kansas City, Missouri area. But again there aren't many records to prove this.
William and Margaret had five children according to the 1900 and 1910 Federal Census for Atchison and only four living children. The other child may have died as a baby. I haven't found any information on this child other than the 1900 and 1910 censuses that state she had five children.
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